{"product_id":"corner-windows-and-cul-de-sacs-the-remarkable-story-of-newfoundlands-first-garden-suburb-paperback-softback-9781990445019","title":"Corner Windows and Cul-de-Sacs; The Remarkable Story of Newfoundland's First Garden Suburb (Paperback \/ softback) 9781990445019","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCorner Windows and Cul-de-Sacs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Remarkable Story of Newfoundland's First Garden Suburb\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781990445019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 December 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eCorner Windows and Cul-de-Sacs\u003c\/i\u003e remains a significant work that will aid in promoting the study of postwar planning and architecture in Newfoundland, a topic overshadowed by public and scholarly interest in the island's colonial fishing heritage. [This] book stands as a powerful reminder of the classist dimensions of postwar planning as well as the urgent relevance of these issues today. - Dustin Valen, \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"We keep being told that Don Mills was Canada's first planned suburb (in truth a Garden City), and such claims are challenged only by those familiar with Montreal's Ville de Mont-Royal. Fortunately, Chris Sharpe and A.J. Shawyer's study of Churchill Park, St. John's, should give them pause…\" -\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: 0.06em;\"\u003e Richard Harris, \u003ci\u003eUrban History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAt a distance, \u003cem\u003eCorner Windows and Cul-De-Sacs \u003c\/em\u003eis a study of urban growth, planning, and household reform; up close, the study reveals a much more human story. In 1942, while Newfoundland was in an active war zone, the death rate in St. John's was higher than anywhere else in the colony. Overcrowded and dilapidated tenements, huddled on a maze of narrow lanes, fell prey to rampant tuberculosis, shockingly high infant mortality rates, and infectious disease. In 1944, under crippling debt, the St. John's Housing Corporation was formed, with a mandate to build a new garden suburb north of the city that would lead to the abandonment and demolition of the derelict housing. Churchill Park became the core of this residential development, and between 1945 and 1947 more than 200 houses and nearly 100 apartment units were constructed, laying the groundwork for the orderly post-war expansion of the city.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/em\u003e (ix)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePrologue\u003c\/em\u003e (1)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.     St. John's before 1888: A Town UnplannedTransition from Fishery to Industry (8)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Haphazard Collection of Buildings (10)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Owned the Houses? The Leasehold Property System (16)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbsentee Landlords (18)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Health: A Desperate Situation (21)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWater Sources, Sewer Systems, and Nuisance (22)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.     The Fledgling Municipal Council Faces Reality Launching the Municipal Council: Straight into Debt (30)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImproving the Water Supply: \"Waste Water\" and Fire Protection (31)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExpanding the Sewer Network: Not an Easy Task (32)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Health Becomes a Priority (39)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Health: The Public Becomes Engaged (41)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.     The Municipal Council Seeks \"A Cure for Housing Ills\" What Was the Urban Reform Movement? (48)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Adams: An Influential Town Planner (51)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLand Speculation: An Obstacle to Planning (54)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe City Charter: The First Planning Document for St. John's (55)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMayor Gosling's Initiatives (58)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding Houses for Workingmen: Quidi Vidi, Cavell, and Merrymeeting (61)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.     The 1920s and 1930s: Difficult TimesMayor Tasker Cook (1921–29) (68)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rotary Club Investigates (69)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur Dalzell: \"Is All Well?\" (71)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMayor Charles J. Howlett (1929–32) (74)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrederick Todd: \"Though Slums Are Bad the Cure is Simple\" (75)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Unimaginable: The Arrival of the Commission of Government (1934–49) (77)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMayor Andrew Carnell (1933–49) (78)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHousing: \"Shacktowns,\" New Houses, and Old Tenements (79)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCouncillor Meaney's Proposal (88)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Commission of Government Examines Councillor Meaney's Proposal (92)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.     War and Modernity Come to St. John'sWorld War II, 1939–45 (95)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Municipal Council Copes with the \"Friendly Invasion\" (97)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe War Opens a Window on the World (100)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Municipal Council and Town Planning (102)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Municipal Council Pursues Councillor Meaney's Proposal (104)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.     \"A Humiliating Catalogue of Facts\"The Commission of Enquiry on Housing and Town Planning (110)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroducing Brian Dunfield (111)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Six Reports of the CEHTP (115)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Public's Reaction to the Report: \"A Humiliating Catalogue of Facts\" (123)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.     \"A Bold Scheme for Doubling the Living Space of the Town\"Properties: Expropriation, Compensation, and Cost of Acquisition (131)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Kind of Houses? How Will They Be Financed? (135)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe St. John's Housing Corporation (137)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Public's Reaction to the Proposal (138)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fourth and Fifth Interim Reports (140)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSixth Report: The Commission Resigns (146)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Dream to Reality: Filtering Out the Poor (147)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.     Dealing with the Opposition Selling the Project to the Dominions Office in London (151)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Sharp Reminder (157)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Leasehold Question (159)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.     Shovels in the Ground The Trunk Sewer (162)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurning the Sod (167)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The Housing\": Owner-Occupied and Detached (169)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePaul Meschino Joins the Team (170)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeschino Brings House Styles from \"Away\" to Newfoundland (173)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside Meschino's Houses: A New Style of Living (178)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside Meschino's Houses: Retaining Newfoundland Tradition (180)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.  Mr. Dunfield's Folly?1945: The Rising Cost of Construction (187)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstruction Begins: \"Citizens Enthused Over New Houses\" (190)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnexpected Demands: The \"Widows' Mansions\" and the \"Soldier Emergency\" (193)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1946: The Changing Landscape (199)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Could Afford to Buy the Corporation's Houses? The SJHC Tries to Economize (201)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe SJHC Begins to Lose Control of the Project (210)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Housing Area Gets a Name (214)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1947: The Axe Falls on the SJHC (215)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.  Canada Enters the Discussion1948: Phasing Out the SJHC (219)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation (220)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1949: Brian Dunfield Leaves the SJHC (223)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1950: Loose Ends, and a Tangle of Financial Troubles (224)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1951–81: A New Mandate and a New Philosophy for the SJHC (227)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Residents of the Inner City Are Finally Rehoused (229)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.  Churchill Park: A Daring ExperimentThe Two Mandates of the CEHTP (236)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Three Villages (239)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife in Churchill Park (243)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrian Dunfield and His Passion for \"The Housing\" (249)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAppendices\u003c\/em\u003e (253)\u003cem\u003eBibliography\u003c\/em\u003e (322)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e (357)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/em\u003e (363)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Memorial University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52640498450712,"sku":"9781990445019","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/corner-windows-and-cul-de-sacs-the-remarkable-story-of-newfoundlands-first-garden-suburb-paperback-softback-9781990445019","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}