A Modern Arcadia: Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. & the Plan for Forest Hills Gardens
- ISBN-10
- 155849314X
- ISBN-13
- 9781558493148
- Category
- Political Science / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development
- Pages
- 207
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Massachusetts Press
- Authors
- Frederick Law Olmsted, Susan L. Klaus
Description
"Bright, cheerful houses, well arranged, well trimmed lawns, hedging carefully cut... distinctly joyous," wrote architectural critic Herbert Croly in 1914 about the Forest Hills Gardens community in Queens, New York. The New York Tribune agreed, reporting that the place was a "modern Garden of Eden, a fairy tale too good to be true."
Conceived as an experiment that would apply the new "science" of city planning to a suburban setting, Forest Hills Gardens was created by the Russell Sage Foundation to provide housing for middle-class commuters as an alternative to cramped flats in New York City. Although it has long been recognized as one of the most influential planned communities in the United States, this is the first time Forest Hills Gardens has been the subject of a book.
Susan L. Klaus's illustrated history chronicles the creation of the 142-acre development from its inception in 1909 through its first two decades, offering critical insights into American planning history, landscape architecture, and the social and economic forces that shaped housing in the Progressive Era.
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