famous architects of shaker heights (excerpt)

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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

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Page 1: 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

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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

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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

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CLARENCE MACK

Cleveland Public Library Archives

Cleveland Public Library Archives

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ALFRED HARRIS

www.morelandcourts.org