famous architects of shaker heights (excerpt)

GARDEN CITIES: SLUMLESS SMOKELESS CITIES

To-morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform 1898

….planned, self-contained communities surrounded by greenbelts containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and agriculture….

….32,000 people on a site of 6,000 acres … 29000/4019

…Satellites of a central city of 50,000 people, linked by road and rail.

…Letchworth: 1904 Unwin and Parker…

The Garden Suburb

COLLECTIVE CENSORSHIP

•The cooperation of collective censorship has made the Village notable for its charming houses—The Heritage of the Shakers, 1923.

Shaker Village Standards, 2nd Ed. 1928

CHARLES SCHNEIDER

SIMPLICITY, ADAPTABILITY, AND HOMELIKENESS….MOST SUITABLE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF SHAKER HEIGHTS

Shaker Historical Society Ohio Architect and Builder, 1903

cleveland.com, 2008

CLARENCE MACK

Cleveland Public Library Archives

ALFRED HARRIS

www.morelandcourts.org

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