Historical News Archive
Planning with the ‘genius of the landscape’
November 24, 1991
By TOM HORTON
“Cannot we create from a beautiful, natural landscape an environment inhabited by man in which natural beauty is retained, man housed in community?”
- Plan for the Valleys of Baltimore County, 1962
At the time he was born on the outskirts of Baltimore, the view from Doug Carroll’s bedroom window had not changed appreciably from his grandmother’s day...
The Green Spring and Worthington Valley Planning Council Lives
July 1, 1968
Despite what you read in the newspapers, says William C. McDonnell, planning director for the Green Spring and Worthington Valley Planning Council (BALTIMORE, May, 1967), the council is not about to fold up and its ambitious plan for the orderly development and preservation of the scenic beauty of the prestigious valley country north of Baltimore is not about to be ditched...
The Valleys – Still Green
May 1, 1967
Property owners in the historic valleys north of Baltimore are meeting success in their unique, privately financed effort to turn the tide on urban sprawl.
BY JOHN C. SCHMIDT / Three years have passed since 270 families living in the Green Spring and Worthington Valleys unveiled a unique and impressive plan for future development of this prestigious area...
