At the end of Jeff Speck’s excellent little book Walkable City is an image that was “in stark distinction to most American cities portrayed on TV at the time.” That image, which is at the end of the opening credits for the Mary Tyler Show, apparently inspired Speck to become an urban planner:
By the way, for those who need powerful weapons against traffic engineers, the true enemies of urbanism, I highly, highly recommend Walkable City.
