Movies: Urban development

Greek internal migrants in Athens, after the Greek Civil War colonize the tops of the Tourkovounia hills....

The six-decade transformation of a block of houses, shown by means of artfully featured archival shots, highlights the beauty and sadness of human-made decay. In the blink of an eye 66 years pass by and a savings bank replaces a church....

As development encroaches on a farming community, they struggle with the loss of their heritage and land....

"At the beginning of the 19th century there is no Chicago. There was a fort that was set on fire by Indians shortly thereafter. Later, the turbulent expansion of a settlement began, which became a center for the immigrant workforce, traditional indus...

In the new world of high-speed highway driving, there are a host of new dangers to take into account....

This is a 1970’s era, color movie discussing problems fire departments have with high rise buildings. It opens with a massive high-rise tower with a ladder next to it and was produced with the assistance of the National Fire Protection Association an...