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Allan Jacobs
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planner from SF. wrote "Making City Planning Work" & "Great Streets"
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Riverside, IL
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1868: Designed by Olmsted Sr. & Vaux. A garden suburb w/ parks & greenways that influenced 20th century suburban development
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Forest Hill Gardens, Long Island, NY
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1911: designed by Olmsted Jr., influenced Clarence Perry's "neighborhood unit" concept.
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Mariemont, OH
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1923: Designed by John Nolan & founded by Mary Emery: Suburb of Cincinnati & foreshadowed the New Urbanism movement.
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Radburn, NJ
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1928: designed by Stein & Wright. Forerunner to FDR's new deal "greenbelt" towns. Inc. alleys behind houses, cul-de-sacs, etc.
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greenbelt town
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part of new deal "resettlement adminstration" & based on garden cities concept. a short lived program that created: Greenhills, OH, Geeendale, WI, & Greenbelt, MD.
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Levittown, NY
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Began in Long Island (1947) & 1st post war (ww2) planned community. High density/fast built homes using assembly line style of home building. Coult build a home in less than a day.
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Jane Addams
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founded "Hull House" 1889 Chicago
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