Linear city (Graves and Eisenman design)

{{Short description|Urban plan proposed in 1965}}

{{not to be confused|Linear city (Soria design)}}

The linear city was an urban plan proposed in 1965 by Michael Graves and Peter Eisenman for a 34 kilometer (21.1 miles) long linear settlement between New Brunswick and Trenton, New Jersey.{{Cite magazine |last=Brasuell |first=James |date=2014-11-29 |title=Renewing the Idea of a Linear City |url=https://www.planetizen.com/node/72536 |magazine=Planetizen |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Jacobs |first=Karrie |date=2020-08-21 |title=The Linear City by Peter Eisenman and Michael Graves |url=https://www.dwell.com/article/linear-city-048250fc |magazine=dwell}}{{Cite journal |date=2016-06-05 |title=Linear City |url=http://hiddenarchitecture.net/linear-city/ |journal=Hidden Architecture |language=en-US |issn=2530-8904}} If built, the proposed city would have been 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) wide.

Between 2014 and 2015, the Grounds For Sculpture, located near where the city would have been located, hosted an exhibit featuring the models and designs for this project.{{Cite web |title=Grounds For Sculpture is exhibiting a 50-year retrospective of Michael Graves' work |url=https://whyy.org/articles/grounds-for-sculpture-is-exhibiting-a-50-year-retrospective-of-michaelgraves/ |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=WHYY |language=en-US}}