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The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream. (DVD) With brutal honesty and a touch of irony, The End of Suburbia explores the American Way of Life and its prospects as the planet approaches a critical turning point, as global demand for fossil fuels begins to outstrip supply. 77 min. More...

New Urbanism on the NewsHour. (DVD) Modern approaches to urban planning - the so-called "New Urbanism" movement - are the subject of this collection of NewsHour reports. It includes a conversation with architectural historian Vincent Scully. 32 min. More...

American Suburbia. (DVD) This bundled package includes four collections: Building a New Life, Our Communities, The New Frontier, and Urban Paradise. Topics include suburbs, slums, urban sprawl, asbestos, overcrowding, car parks, and more. 404 min. More...

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1950s Urban Sprawl Films: Housing Development, Planning and Design in the City. (DVD) An amazing compilation of the finest and most pertinent and valuable films dealing with these urban issues as early as the 1940s. 85 min. More...

American Suburbia: Building A New Life. (DVD) Five short films showing concepts such as modernization and lifestyle changes, focus on the pathos of city dwellers (Philadelphia) in the '40s, call for urban renewal and capture the building mania that gripped cities like New York. 71 min. More...

American Suburbia: Our Communities. (DVD) This DVD shows the suburbs of the 40s and 50s, modernization, and its impact on life during this period. 67 min. More...

American Suburbia: The New Frontier. (DVD) Watch the tale of American cities - how they grew, flourished and floundered in the '50 and '60s. See the birth of Urban Sprawl and learn about how cities planned to eradicate it! 125 min. More...

American Suburbia: Urban Paradise. (DVD) Witness the harsh realities of life in New York in the '30s. See how overcrowding drove people out of the cities and into the suburbs. Witness how cities sacrificed heritage structures to make way for more practical buildings and car parks in the '50s! 141 min. More...

Home & Hands: Community Land Trusts in Action. (VHS) Groups thinking about forming a community land trust will want this video. Moreover, this video would be of value to public library collections, particularly in urban environments. 36 min. More...

The Price of Renewal. (DVD) This documentary examines complex issues of community development, philanthropy and civic engagement by chronicling the long-term redevelopment of an older, deteriorating neighborhood called City Heights, San Diego. 60 min. More...

Radiant City. (DVD) A surrealist filmmaker joins a journalist on an outing to the `burbs. Amidst the fresh foundations of monster homes, the two explore the dark side of suburbia and create a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do. 85 min. More...