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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Greendale
Author: Clarence Walter HackbarthPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Main Street Ready-Made
Author: Arnold R. AlanenPublisher: 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.
A Report on the First Two Years of the Greendale Community
Author: United States. Farm Security AdministrationPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
This is Greendale
Author: Greendale Remembers
Author: Village of Greendale
Author: The Aging of a Greenbelt Town
Author: Joseph A. EdenPublisher:
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Category : Greendale (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Economic and Ecologic Base Village of Greendale, Wisconsin
Author: Nelson-Ball and AssociatesPublisher:
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Category : City planning
Languages : en
Pages : 75
Book Description
Greendale
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9780898214116
Category : Greendale (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
The History of Greendale for Kids
Author: Colette BoothPublisher:
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Category : Greendale (Wis.)
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
The History of Greendale for Kids explains how Greendale, Wisconsin came to be. During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt successfully planned garden cities in farmlands outside of several major U.S. cities, known as greenbelts. Greenbelt towns gave families a chance to leave polluted cities and start a new life. Pioners of these villages, contributed to cooperative communities valuing self-sufficiency.