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.
Directing | John Peer Nugent | Director |
Production | John Peer Nugent | Producer |
Writing | John Peer Nugent | Writer |
Directing | Gordon Hyatt | Director |
Editing | Lee Reichenthal | Editor |
Camera | Henry Javorsky | Director of Photography |
Camera | Arthur J. Ornitz | Director of Photography |
Sound | Bernard Green | Music |
Production | Graham Lee Mahin | Production Supervisor |
Production | Nancy Galvin | Associate Producer |
Production | Stanley Ackerman | Production Manager |
Sound | James Lencina | Sound |