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Languages : en
Pages : 176
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Green Mountain National Forest (N.F.), Greendale Project
Main Street Ready-Made
Author: Arnold R. Alanen
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870206958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The dream of the suburb is an old one in America. For more than a century, city dwellers have sought to escape the crowding and pollution of industrial centers for the quiet streets and green spaces on their fringes. In the 1930s, that dream inspired the largest migration of Americans in the twentieth century and led to the creation of Greendale, Wisconsin, one of three planned communities initially begun to resettle the rural poor hit hard by the Great Depression. This idea, though, quickly developed into a plan to revitalize cities and stabilize farming communities around the nation. The result was three “greenbelt towns” built from scratch, expressly for working-class families and within easy commuting distance of urban employment. Greendale, completed in 1938, was consciously designed as a midwestern town in both its physical character and social organization, where ordinary citizens could live in a safe, attractive, economical community that was in harmony with the surrounding farmland. “Main Street Ready-Made” examines Greendale as an outgrowth of public policy, an experiment in social engineering, and an organic community that eventually evolved to embrace a huge shopping mall, condominiums, and expensive homes while still preserving much of the architecture and ambiance of the original village. A snapshot of 1930s idealism and ingenuity, “Main Street Ready-Made” makes a significant contribution to the history of cities, suburbs, and social planning in mid-century America.
Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870206958
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
The dream of the suburb is an old one in America. For more than a century, city dwellers have sought to escape the crowding and pollution of industrial centers for the quiet streets and green spaces on their fringes. In the 1930s, that dream inspired the largest migration of Americans in the twentieth century and led to the creation of Greendale, Wisconsin, one of three planned communities initially begun to resettle the rural poor hit hard by the Great Depression. This idea, though, quickly developed into a plan to revitalize cities and stabilize farming communities around the nation. The result was three “greenbelt towns” built from scratch, expressly for working-class families and within easy commuting distance of urban employment. Greendale, completed in 1938, was consciously designed as a midwestern town in both its physical character and social organization, where ordinary citizens could live in a safe, attractive, economical community that was in harmony with the surrounding farmland. “Main Street Ready-Made” examines Greendale as an outgrowth of public policy, an experiment in social engineering, and an organic community that eventually evolved to embrace a huge shopping mall, condominiums, and expensive homes while still preserving much of the architecture and ambiance of the original village. A snapshot of 1930s idealism and ingenuity, “Main Street Ready-Made” makes a significant contribution to the history of cities, suburbs, and social planning in mid-century America.
Suburban Resettlement Projects
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency
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Category : Greenbelt (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Considers legislation to authorize the sale of certain Federal suburban resettlement lands with preference given to veterans' groups and without competitive bidding or public advertising.
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Category : Greenbelt (Md.)
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Considers legislation to authorize the sale of certain Federal suburban resettlement lands with preference given to veterans' groups and without competitive bidding or public advertising.
Midwestern Landscape Architecture
Author: William H. Tishler
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252025938
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This richly illustrated collection profiles the bold innovators in landscape architecture who, around the turn of the twentieth century, ventured into the nation's heartland to develop a new style of design celebrating the native midwestern landscape.The pioneers of landscape architecture in the Midwest are responsible for creating some of the most recognizable parks, cemeteries, recreation areas, and other public gathering places in the region.Midwestern Landscape Architectureincludes essays on Adolph Strauch, who introduced a new concept of visually integrated landscape treatment in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery; William Le Baron Jenney, designer of Chicago's diverse West Parks; and Jens Jensen, who created the American Garden in Union Park in Chicago (a celebration of native flora) and founder of The Clearing, a unique school of the arts and humanities in Wisconsin. Other major figures include Frederick Law Olmsted Sr., co-designer of New York's Central Park, whose work in the Midwest included the layout of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and Ossian Cole Simonds, who helped reconcile the formal approach of the City Beautiful movement with the naturalism of the Prairie School in urban park design.This volume also details the contributions of crusaders for ecological awareness and an appreciation of the region's natural heritage. These include horticultural writer Wilhelm Miller, who spread the ideals of the Prairie style, and Genevieve Gillette, a landscape architect and conservationist whose preservation efforts led to the establishment of numerous Michigan state parks and wilderness areas.Midwestern Landscape Architecturefosters a better understanding of how landscape design took shape in the Midwest and how the land itself inspired new solutions to enhance its understated beauty. Despite Olmsted's assessment of the Illinois prairie as "one of the most tiresome landscapes that I ever met with," the Midwest has amassed an important legacy of landscape design that continues to influence how people interact with their environment in the heartland.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252025938
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
This richly illustrated collection profiles the bold innovators in landscape architecture who, around the turn of the twentieth century, ventured into the nation's heartland to develop a new style of design celebrating the native midwestern landscape.The pioneers of landscape architecture in the Midwest are responsible for creating some of the most recognizable parks, cemeteries, recreation areas, and other public gathering places in the region.Midwestern Landscape Architectureincludes essays on Adolph Strauch, who introduced a new concept of visually integrated landscape treatment in Cincinnati's Spring Grove Cemetery; William Le Baron Jenney, designer of Chicago's diverse West Parks; and Jens Jensen, who created the American Garden in Union Park in Chicago (a celebration of native flora) and founder of The Clearing, a unique school of the arts and humanities in Wisconsin. Other major figures include Frederick Law Olmsted Sr., co-designer of New York's Central Park, whose work in the Midwest included the layout of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, and Ossian Cole Simonds, who helped reconcile the formal approach of the City Beautiful movement with the naturalism of the Prairie School in urban park design.This volume also details the contributions of crusaders for ecological awareness and an appreciation of the region's natural heritage. These include horticultural writer Wilhelm Miller, who spread the ideals of the Prairie style, and Genevieve Gillette, a landscape architect and conservationist whose preservation efforts led to the establishment of numerous Michigan state parks and wilderness areas.Midwestern Landscape Architecturefosters a better understanding of how landscape design took shape in the Midwest and how the land itself inspired new solutions to enhance its understated beauty. Despite Olmsted's assessment of the Illinois prairie as "one of the most tiresome landscapes that I ever met with," the Midwest has amassed an important legacy of landscape design that continues to influence how people interact with their environment in the heartland.
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3078
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 3078
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Sale of Greentown Suburan Resettlement Projects, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of ..., 81-1 on S. 351 ..., February 22 and March 24, 1949
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Banking and Currency Committee
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 94
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Wisconsin Pedestrian Policy Plan, 2020: The plan
Author: Wisconsin. Division of Transportation Investment Management. Bureau of Planning
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Category : Pedestrian areas
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Publisher:
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Category : Pedestrian areas
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Inventory of Federal Archives in the States
Author: Historical Records Survey (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Publisher:
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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