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Gardens of Eden: Long Island´s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities

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Description for Gardens of Eden: Long Island´s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities Hardback. Historical profiles of the major planned communities of early twentieth-century Long Island. Num Pages: 304 pages, 300 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMVD; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 315 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Edited by SPLIA’s former director, Dr. Robert B. MacKay, Gardens of Eden is an exploration of a distinct type of suburban development that proliferated across the region before zoning regulations were developed to manage land use in New York City and its environs. While the onset of suburbia on Long Island is often believed to be a post-World War II phenomena, it actually began a half century earlier when greater affluence, improved railroad service, and new methods of financing made the dream of country living a greater reality for a growing urban middle class. Luminaries such as Grosvenor Atterbury, Charles ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393733211
SKU
V9780393733211
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About Robert B. Mackay
Robert B. MacKay, PhD, is an author, historian, and former director of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA). His previous books include Long Island Country Houses and Their Architects, 1860–1940 and America by the Yard: Cirkut Camera. He lives in Cold Spring Harbor, New York.

Reviews for Gardens of Eden: Long Island´s Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities
"Scholars of Long Island’s leading significance in American residential architecture will be very pleased with this important new contribution to regional housing history. . . . [E]xcellent work from the authors of this volume . . . . [T]he material is fresh, compact, interesting, and fills a significantly large gap in our understanding of how Long Island’s real estate projects ... Read more

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