Greenbelt, Maryland

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TitleGreenbelt, Maryland

Creator nameWolcott, Marion Post

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1938

Object typePhotograph

Materialsphotograph

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUS Deparment of Agriculture, Farm Security Administration, Washington DC

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsPlanned communitiesGarden citiesGardens, American

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Greenbelt, Maryland

Christian Zapatka

Description: The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the...

The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the Present Day

The town of Greenbelt, Maryland, was one of the manifestations of Franklin Roosevelt’s ‘New Deal’ programme for fighting the Great Depression. Produced through the efforts of the Resettlement Administration, Greenbelt was built ‘to employ the unemployed, to demonstrate the soundness of town planning...

Author

Monique Mosser (Editor), Georges Teyssot (Editor)

PublisherMIT Press

Subjects: Gardens--United StatesCity planningGarden citiesCity blocksPlanned communities

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