{"product_id":"sunnyside-gardens-planning-and-preservation-in-a-historic-garden-suburb-hardback-9780823293810","title":"Sunnyside Gardens; Planning and Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb (Hardback) 9780823293810","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSunnyside Gardens\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePlanning and Preservation in a Historic Garden Suburb\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey A. Kroessler (Author), Laura A. Heim (Illustrated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780823293810\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 April 2021\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 45 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.564 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book devoted to this landmark of architecture, urban planning, and social engineering\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Situated in the borough of Queens, New York, Sunnyside Gardens has been an icon of urbanism and planning since its inception in the 1920s. Not the most beautifully planned community, nor the most elegant, and certainly not the most perfectly preserved, Sunnyside Gardens nevertheless endures as significant both in terms of the planning principles that inspired its creators and in its subsequent history. Why this garden suburb was built and how it has fared over its first century is at the heart of \u003ci\u003eSunnyside Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Reform-minded architects and planners in England and the United States knew too well the social and environmental ills of the cities around them at the turn of the twentieth century. Garden cities gained traction across the Atlantic before the Great War, and its principles were modified by American pragmatism to fit societal conditions and applied almost as a matter of faith by urban planners for much of the twentieth century. The designers of Sunnyside— Clarence Stein, Henry Wright, Frederick Ackerman, and landscape architect Marjorie Cautley—crafted a residential community intended to foster a sense of community among residents. \u003cbr\u003e Richly illustrated throughout with historic and contemporary photographs as well as architectural plans of the houses, blocks, and courts, \u003ci\u003eSunnyside Gardens \u003c\/i\u003efirst explores the planning of Sunnyside, beginning with the English garden-city movement and its earliest incarnations built around London. Chapters cover the planning and building of Sunnyside and its construction by the City Housing Corporation, the design of the homes and gardens, and the tragedy of the Great Depression, when hundreds of families lost their homes. The second section examine how the garden suburbs outside London have been preserved and how aesthetic regulation is enforced in New York. The history of the preservation of Sunnyside Gardens is discussed in depth, as is the controversial proposal to place the Aluminaire House, an innovative housing prototype from the 1930s, on the only vacant site in the historic district.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunnyside Gardens \u003c\/i\u003epays homage to a time when far-sighted and socially conscious architects and planners sought to build communities, not merely buildings, a spirit that has faded to near-invisibility\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e   vii\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunnyside Gardens Chronology\u003c\/i\u003e   ix\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e: Sunnyside Gardens and the Garden City Idea:\u003cbr\u003e A Cityscape for Urban Reform   1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eI. Planning\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1\u003c\/b\u003e The Garden City and the Garden Suburb in Great Britain   17\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2\u003c\/b\u003e The Garden Suburb in New York   32\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3\u003c\/b\u003e Planning and Building Sunnyside Gardens   47\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4\u003c\/b\u003e Design and Community: Architecture and Landscape as a Social Good   67\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5\u003c\/b\u003e Building on Success: Radburn and Phipps Garden Apartments   86\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6\u003c\/b\u003e Foreclosure: The Great Depression and the End of a Dream   101\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e7\u003c\/b\u003e Envisioning the Future City   115\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eII. Preservation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e8\u003c\/b\u003e Preserving the Historic Garden Suburb in London and New York   129\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e9\u003c\/b\u003e Preserving Sunnyside Gardens   143\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e10\u003c\/b\u003e The Fight for the Historic District   160\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e11\u003c\/b\u003e A Question of Appropriateness: The Aluminaire House Controversy   178\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e: A Second Century for the Garden Suburb   193\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e   203\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e   205\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e   229\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e   239\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Empire State Editions","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580427202840,"sku":"9780823293810","price":115.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/sunnyside-gardens-planning-and-preservation-in-a-historic-garden-suburb-hardback-9780823293810","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}