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Preface | vii
Sunnyside Gardens Chronology | ix
Introduction: Sunnyside Gardens and the Garden City Idea:
A Cityscape for Urban Reform | 1
I. Planning
1 The Garden City and the Garden Suburb in Great Britain | 17
2 The Garden Suburb in New York | 32
3 Planning and Building Sunnyside Gardens | 47
4 Design and Community: Architecture and Landscape as a Social Good | 67
5 Building on Success: Radburn and Phipps Garden Apartments | 86
6 Foreclosure: The Great Depression and the End of a Dream | 101
7 Envisioning the Future City | 115
II. Preservation
8 Preserving the Historic Garden Suburb in London and New York | 129
9 Preserving Sunnyside Gardens | 143
10 The Fight for the Historic District | 160
11 A Question of Appropriateness: The Aluminaire House Controversy | 178
Conclusion: A Second Century for the Garden Suburb | 193
Acknowledgments | 203
Notes | 205
Bibliography | 229
Index | 239

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 06/04/2021
      ISBN13: 9780823293803, 978-0823293803
      ISBN10: 0823293807
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Preface | vii
      Sunnyside Gardens Chronology | ix
      Introduction: Sunnyside Gardens and the Garden City Idea:
      A Cityscape for Urban Reform | 1
      I. Planning
      1 The Garden City and the Garden Suburb in Great Britain | 17
      2 The Garden Suburb in New York | 32
      3 Planning and Building Sunnyside Gardens | 47
      4 Design and Community: Architecture and Landscape as a Social Good | 67
      5 Building on Success: Radburn and Phipps Garden Apartments | 86
      6 Foreclosure: The Great Depression and the End of a Dream | 101
      7 Envisioning the Future City | 115
      II. Preservation
      8 Preserving the Historic Garden Suburb in London and New York | 129
      9 Preserving Sunnyside Gardens | 143
      10 The Fight for the Historic District | 160
      11 A Question of Appropriateness: The Aluminaire House Controversy | 178
      Conclusion: A Second Century for the Garden Suburb | 193
      Acknowledgments | 203
      Notes | 205
      Bibliography | 229
      Index | 239

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