[PDF.94oc] Reforming Suburbia: The Planned Communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands

Reforming Suburbia: The Planned Communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| well-informed but could have dug deeper|By Michael Lewyn|This fact-filled book profiles three suburbs whose developers sought to be innovative: Irvine near Los Angeles, Columbia between Baltimore and Washington, and the Woodlands near Houston. These suburbs, mostly built in the 1960s/70s/80s, attempted to improve upon typical suburbia in various ways: Irvine by promoting multi| |"Ann Forsyth significantly enriches the fields of planning and architectural history with her thorough analysis of the social, ecological, and economic successes and shortcomings of these three prominent new communities. She offers valuable insights and wonder

The "new community" movement of the 1960s and 1970s attempted a grand experiment in housing. It inspired the construction of innovative communities that were designed to counter suburbia's cultural conformity, social isolation, ugliness, and environmental problems. This richly documented book examines the results of those experiments in three of the most successful new communities: Irvine Ranch in Southern California, Columbia in Maryland, and The Woodlands in the suburb...

You easily download any file type for your device.Reforming Suburbia: The Planned Communities of Irvine, Columbia, and The Woodlands   |  Ann Forsyth.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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