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Highland Park and River Oaks : The Origins of Garden Suburban Community Planning in Texas /
In the early twentieth century, developers from Baltimore to Beverly Hills built garden suburbs, a new kind of residential community that incorporated curvilinear roads and landscape design as picturesque elements in a neighborhood. Intended as models for how American cities should be rationally, re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter one . City Planning in Dallas and Houston: The Genesis of Large-Scale Suburban Community Planning and Architecture in Dallas and Houston
- Chapter two . The Planning and Development of Residential Communities in Dallas and Houston, 1850s-1920s
- Chapter three . Highland Park: "Just Beyond the City's Dust and Smoke"
- Chapter four . Highland Park West: "The Crowning Achievement of Highland Park" and the Highland Park Shopping Village
- Chapter five . The Hogg Brothers, Hugh Potter, and the Development of River Oaks: "Homes to Last for All Time"
- Chapter six . Highland Park and River Oaks: Their Texas Influence and Permanence
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index