Clarence Stein

Clarence Stein Quotes

United States, Architect
June 19, 1882 – February, 7, 1975.

Clarence Samuel Stein(June 19, 1882 – February 7, 1975) was an American urban planner, architect, and writer, a major proponent of the Garden City movement in the United States.

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The house itself is of minor importance. Its relation to the community is the thing that really counts.

Clarence Stein
A small house must depend on its grouping with other houses for its beauty, and for the preservation of light air and the maximum of surrounding open space.

Clarence Stein
- House
- Small
- Light

On the one hand, the great focal points and the main arteries of traffic speak of the dignity of government and the easy movement of commerce. But we need also the more intimate side of city planning, the by ways with their little shops, the occasional drinking fountain at a street corner, the glimpse of some secluded garden through a half-open gate.

Clarence Stein
- Great
- City
- Hand