Resources
Topic: Bibliography
Further information on Radburn can be found:
Radburn Home Page:
Radburn.org
Letchworth Garden City
The first in the world, developed by Ebeneezer Howard
Letchworth
People
Ebenezer Howard
Ebenezer Howard
Parker and Unwin
Ebenezer Howard and Garden Cities
Topic: History
Ebenezer Howard was the person most responsible in Britain for the concept of the "Garden City", where homes would be surrounder by a Greenbelt.
General Introduction to Radburn
Topic: General
Radburn is a portion of Fair Lawn New Jersey, about 16 miles form New York City. It was planned as a "Garden City" in 1927 by the City Housing Corporation, which was responsible for Sunnyside Gardens in Queens. The primary architects for the Radburn project were Clarence Stein and Henry Wright. Stein had seen some of the garden cities in England and wanted to design a city for the motor age. The City Housing Corporation included Felix Adler (founder of Ethical Culture movement) and Eleanor Roosevelt on the board. Major elements to Radburn's design were (1) superblocks (2) separation of road functions (3) central greens.
History
Topic: History
Radburn fairlawn was created