Founded in 1986, the Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH) promotes scholarship on the planning of cities and metropolitan regions and bridges the gap between the study of cities and the practice of urban planning.

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Image: Tour of Urban Planning in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands, courtesy of Steve Moga
Image: Salk Institute tour, courtesy of Samia Cohen
  • Conference Wrap-Up, President’s Message, and Thank You
    The below was originally published in the SACRPH November 2024 Newsletter SACRPH held its 20th National Conference on Planning History online and in person at the University of California, San Diego, California last month. We would like to thank all organizers and attendees for a successful conference! The Society especially thanks the Local Arrangements Committee, led by co-chairs Nancy Kwak […]
  • Member Spotlight: Daniel Borrero
    SACRPH is a one-of-a-kind community that brings together scholars and practitioners. We are excited to showcase our members’ work and what SACRPH means to them. Daniel Borrero, Head of Programs and Operations, The Skyscraper Museum What are you currently working on? I am currently working on a new exhibition for The Skyscraper Museum that explores the hidden history of concrete in high-rise […]
  • What’s New in the Journal of Planning History
    SACRPH’s quarterly publication, the Journal of Planning History, provides a scholarly outlet for the growing multidisciplinary cadre of academics and practitioners in the broad field of planning history. This month, check out “Exposing Freeway Inequalities in the Suburbs: The Cases of Pasadena and Pacoima” by Andres F. Ramirez, Emmanuel Proussaloglou, Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, and Jacob L. Wasserman. “U.S. freeways have come […]
  • October 21st Roundtable Honoring Angel David Nieves 
    The passing of our friend, colleague, and SACRPH Board member, Dr. Angel David Nieves in December, 2023 came as an immense professional loss. For many of us, it was also deeply personal. SACRPH will be honoring Dr. Nieves’s legacy and intellectual practice during our 20th Biennial Conference in San Diego, CA.  We invite you to join us for a lunchtime […]
  • 2024 Conference Update: Student Travel Awards
    Thanks to the support of our donors, including the Robert S. Birch and John Reps endowments, we are pleased to be able to offer financial support to full-time graduate and undergraduate students who will be presenting papers at the in-person sessions (October 26) of our 2024 conference at the University of California, San Diego. We are able to offer grants […]