Editing Columbia, Maryland (section)

=== Master plan ===
To achieve the goals set forth by the Work Group, Columbia's Master Plan called for a series of ten self-contained villages, around which day-to-day life would revolve. The centerpiece of Columbia would be [[The Mall in Columbia]] and man-made [[Lake Kittamaqundi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Columbia Jewish & Kosher Guide 2024: Kosher Info in Columbia, Maryland |url=https://www.totallyjewishtravel.com/Kosher_Tours-TL5881-columbia_maryland-Vacations.html |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=www.totallyjewishtravel.com}}</ref>

==== Villages and neighborhoods ====
[[File:Columbia Lake Front.jpg|thumb|The lakefront in Downtown Columbia sits upon [[Lake Kittamaqundi]]]]
The village concept aimed to provide Columbia a small-town feel (like [[Easton, Maryland]], where James Rouse grew up). Each village comprises several neighborhoods. The village center may contain middle and high schools. All villages have a shopping center, recreational facilities, a community center, a system of bike/walking paths, and homes. Four of the villages have [[Interfaith worship spaces|interfaith centers]], common worship facilities which are owned and jointly operated by a variety of religious congregations working together.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/heres-a-suburban-experiment-cities-can-learn-from/2017/07/11/c737165e-4d1f-11e7-bc1b-fddbd8359dee_story.html |title=Here's a suburban experiment cities can learn from |last=Hurley |first=Amanda |date=July 13, 2017 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 24, 2019 |archive-date=January 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123144541/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/heres-a-suburban-experiment-cities-can-learn-from/2017/07/11/c737165e-4d1f-11e7-bc1b-fddbd8359dee_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Most of Columbia's neighborhoods contain single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and apartments, though some are more exclusive than others. The original plan, following the neighborhood concept of [[Clarence Perry]], would have had all the children of a neighborhood attend the same school, melding neighborhoods into a community and ensuring that all of Columbia's children get the same high-quality education. Rouse marketed the city as being "color blind" as a proponent of [[James Clark Jr.|Senator Clark]]'s [[Housing discrimination in the United States|fair housing]] legislation. If a neighborhood was filled with too many purchasers of a single race, houses would be [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|blocked]] until the desired ratio was met.<ref name="New City"/>{{rp|85}}
* Village – Neighborhoods (in order of residential opening)
** [[Wilde Lake, Columbia, Maryland|Wilde Lake]] – (Est. 1967) Bryant Woods, Faulkner Ridge, Running Brook
** [[Harper's Choice, Columbia, Maryland|Harper's Choice]] – (Est. 1968) Longfellow, Swansfield, Hobbit's Glen
** [[Oakland Mills, Columbia, Maryland|Oakland Mills]] – (Est. 1969) Thunder Hill, Talbott Springs, Stevens Forest
** [[Long Reach, Columbia, Maryland|Long Reach]] – (Est. 1971) Phelps Luck, Jeffers Hill, Locust Park, Kendall Ridge
** [[Owen Brown, Columbia, Maryland|Owen Brown]] – (Est. 1972) Dasher Green, Elkhorn, Hopewell
** [[Town Center, Columbia, Maryland|Town Center]] – (Est. 1974) Vantage Point, Banneker, Amesbury, Creighton's Run, and Warfield Triangle
** [[Hickory Ridge, Columbia, Maryland|Hickory Ridge]] – (Est. 1974) Clemens Crossing, Hawthorn, Clary's Forest
** [[Kings Contrivance, Columbia, Maryland|Kings Contrivance]] – (Est. 1977) Macgill's Common, Huntington, Dickinson
** [[Dorsey's Search, Columbia, Maryland|Dorsey's Search]] – (Est. 1980) Dorsey Hall, Fairway Hills
** [[River Hill, Columbia, Maryland|River Hill]] – (Est. 1990) Pheasant Ridge, Pointers Run

Columbia takes its street names from famous works of art and literature: for example, the neighborhood of Hobbit's Glen takes its street names from the work of [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]; Running Brook, from the poetry of [[Robert Frost]]; and Clemens Crossing, from the work of [[Mark Twain]]. The book ''Oh, You Must Live in Columbia!'' chronicles the artistic, poetic, and historical origins of the street and place names in Columbia.<ref>{{cite web| title=Publications: Books| url=http://www.columbiaarchives.org/index.cfm?action=content.sub&page=publications_books&oid=5| work=Columbia Archives| publisher=[[Columbia Association]]| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725185839/http://www.columbiaarchives.org/index.cfm?action=content.sub&page=publications_books&oid=5| archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref>