Radburn
was the first garden city in the US. This is a travelogue built with the Tripod Photo Album Builder. All the photos were taken with a digital camera, minimally processed and uploaded to Tripod Photo Album Builder. I am also using the NEW comment and link features! Click here for a free blog and album
Radburn Fairlawn
Radburn is a section of Fairlawn New Jersey, about 16 miles from Manhattan. It was the first Garden City built in the US from 1928 - 1933 by the City Housing Corporation. The corporation first built Sunnyside Gardens
in Queens NY.The chairman of th corporation was Alexander Bing, a wealthy real estate developer in NYC. Other members of the board included First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and Felix Adler, founder of the Ethical Culture Society
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The primary architects / planners were Clarence Stein and Henry Wright. Stein had attended the one of the Ethical Culture Schools where he probably met Adler.
Garden Cities (England)
Letchworth Garden City
Utopian Britannica - info on Welwyn and Letchworth
Letchworth Garden City Society - interesting articles
Colonial Terraces (Newburgh NY) - by Henry Wright
Letchworth Garden City
Utopian Britannica - info on Welwyn and Letchworth
Letchworth Garden City Society - interesting articles
Colonial Terraces (Newburgh NY) - by Henry Wright
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