radburn nj
radburn nj
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
Superblock Design
Superblock Design 
 
The central idea was to cluster the houses together into superblocks, where the fronts of the houses were off a dead-end street. The backs were joined together by footpaths leading to a central green area. This was an adaptation of ideas at Letchworth, Herts in England.
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

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If you click on "view full size image" you can see it in more detail. I took a digital picture from one of the original brochures for Radburn of this map.
Michael | December 26, 2005

i really want to be a member online and have a clear picture of the design
williamson d1 | [email protected] | December 18, 2005

i love it
Anonymous | October 16, 2005

Hello. I really like your picture of the super block design. I live in the suburbs of NJ. I loved knowing that they got it from England!

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Lilia Mallik
Lilia Mallik | [email protected] | April 10, 2005

cool picture
Anonymous | March 20, 2005