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What Is The City But The People? (1969)
Directed by John Peer Nugent, Gordon Hyatt
Documentary · 50m
In 1969, The Department of City Planning in New York City developed a new city-wide plan. This documentary, produced and written by John Peer Nugent and narrated by notable urbanist William H. Whyte, was released on public television to provide a behind-the-scenes peek at the planning process. There's a lot that is gone from contemporary New York in this documentary: a gritty Hell's Kitchen, a robust Model Cities program, and acres of slums in Bedford-Stuyvesant. But there's a lot that, for better or worse, is still the same: poverty and prosperity, diversity and wealth, greed and good intentions.
Cast
William H. Whyte
Crew
- Director
- John Peer Nugent, Gordon Hyatt
- Writer
- John Peer Nugent
- Director of Photography
- Arthur J. Ornitz, Henry Javorsky
- Editor
- Lee Reichenthal
- Producer
- John Peer Nugent
Details
- Release date
- 1969-01-01
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN