Christopher Perry's Code Word For Social Uniformity
“Self-contained” was Perry’s code word for social homogeneity, where social uniformity was most evident. He propagated his “Five Block Plan”, which incorporated the standard ingredients of the suburban version of the neighborhood unit plan: residential space for 1,000 families; recreation space; provision of neighborhood facilities such as local shops, a school, and a gymnasium; and separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic [Christopher Silver, 2007]. Perry’s intentions were calibrated to walk distances, narrow streets and a mix of uses and included a fairly connected network of streets, not the automobile, since his plan conceptualized prior to an automobile-based society. His plan was based on the following basic principles: 1) Major