
The Coldspring Project
1974-01-01 · 27 min · ★ 7.0
The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed housing development for lower and upper income levels on a three hundred-acre site adjoining a wildlife sanctuary. The film records the differences aired in meetings of various interest groups that tried to modify the plan according to their views, and the compromise reached, based on plans drawn up by Montréal architect Moshe Safdie.
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- Kenneth McCready, Pierre Letarte
- Production companies
- ONF | NFB
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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