July-August 1967: Thurston H. Ross delivered a speech on high-rise schools, the abandonment of the front and back yard concept for suburban homes, and a return to the town meeting type of government in the future. Ross was the director of the Bureau of Business Research at the University of California from 1930-1960 and also editor of Southern California Business Review.
From the Urban Land Archives: Urban Schools Go Vertical
In the July-August 1967 edition of Urban Land, Thurston H. Ross delivered a speech on high-rise schools, the abandonment of the front and back yard concept, and a return to the town meeting type of government in the future.
Drawing by C. William Brubaker, AIA. The Perkins and Will Partnership, for Schools for America, the American Association of School Administrators, publishers.
