Author: Nanci L. Vanderweel
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Category : Elk Grove (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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The History of Elk Grove Township, 1850 to 2000
Author: Nanci L. Vanderweel
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Category : Elk Grove (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Publisher:
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Category : Elk Grove (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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Mini-history of Elk Grove
Author: James McKee School
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Category : Elk Grove (Calif.)
Languages : en
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Category : Elk Grove (Calif.)
Languages : en
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Houses for a New World
Author: Barbara Miller Lane
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691246424
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The fascinating history of the twentieth century's most successful experiment in mass housing While the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and their contemporaries frequently influences our ideas about house design at the midcentury, most Americans during this period lived in homes built by little-known builders who also served as developers of the communities. Often dismissed as "little boxes, made of ticky-tacky," the tract houses of America's postwar suburbs represent the twentieth century’s most successful experiment in mass housing. Houses for a New World is the first comprehensive history of this uniquely American form of domestic architecture and urbanism. Between 1945 and 1965, more than thirteen million houses—most of them in new ranch and split-level styles—were constructed on large expanses of land outside city centers, providing homes for the country’s rapidly expanding population. Focusing on twelve developments in the suburbs of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, Barbara Miller Lane tells the story of the collaborations between builders and buyers, showing how both wanted houses and communities that espoused a modern way of life—informal, democratic, multiethnic, and devoted to improving the lives of their children. The resulting houses differed dramatically from both the European International Style and older forms of American domestic architecture. Based on a decade of original research, and accompanied by hundreds of historical images, plans, and maps, this book presents an entirely new interpretation of the American suburb. The result is a fascinating history of houses and developments that continue to shape how tens of millions of Americans live. Featured housing developments in Houses for a New World: Boston area: Governor Francis Farms (Warwick, RI) Wethersfield (Natick, MA) Brookfield (Brockton, MA) Chicago area: Greenview Estates (Arlington Heights, IL) Elk Grove Village Rolling Meadows Weathersfield at Schaumburg Los Angeles and Orange County area: Cinderella Homes (Anaheim, CA) Panorama City (Los Angeles) Rossmoor (Los Alamitos, CA) Philadelphia area: Lawrence Park (Broomall, PA) Rose Tree Woods (Broomall, PA)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691246424
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The fascinating history of the twentieth century's most successful experiment in mass housing While the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, Richard Neutra, and their contemporaries frequently influences our ideas about house design at the midcentury, most Americans during this period lived in homes built by little-known builders who also served as developers of the communities. Often dismissed as "little boxes, made of ticky-tacky," the tract houses of America's postwar suburbs represent the twentieth century’s most successful experiment in mass housing. Houses for a New World is the first comprehensive history of this uniquely American form of domestic architecture and urbanism. Between 1945 and 1965, more than thirteen million houses—most of them in new ranch and split-level styles—were constructed on large expanses of land outside city centers, providing homes for the country’s rapidly expanding population. Focusing on twelve developments in the suburbs of Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles, Barbara Miller Lane tells the story of the collaborations between builders and buyers, showing how both wanted houses and communities that espoused a modern way of life—informal, democratic, multiethnic, and devoted to improving the lives of their children. The resulting houses differed dramatically from both the European International Style and older forms of American domestic architecture. Based on a decade of original research, and accompanied by hundreds of historical images, plans, and maps, this book presents an entirely new interpretation of the American suburb. The result is a fascinating history of houses and developments that continue to shape how tens of millions of Americans live. Featured housing developments in Houses for a New World: Boston area: Governor Francis Farms (Warwick, RI) Wethersfield (Natick, MA) Brookfield (Brockton, MA) Chicago area: Greenview Estates (Arlington Heights, IL) Elk Grove Village Rolling Meadows Weathersfield at Schaumburg Los Angeles and Orange County area: Cinderella Homes (Anaheim, CA) Panorama City (Los Angeles) Rossmoor (Los Alamitos, CA) Philadelphia area: Lawrence Park (Broomall, PA) Rose Tree Woods (Broomall, PA)
Elk Grove Township, 1833-1933
Author: Elk Grove Township Centennial Committee
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Category : Elk Grove (Ill. : Township)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Category : Elk Grove (Ill. : Township)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Elk Grove, the Peony Village
Author: Mary J. McCarthy
Publisher: Elk Grove Village Public Lib
ISBN: 9780960594009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Publisher: Elk Grove Village Public Lib
ISBN: 9780960594009
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Elk Grove Village
Author: Nancy Colby
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531639969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Prior to 1956, the area now known as Elk Grove Village was a massive cornfield. On July 17, 1956, Elk Grove Village was incorporated as a village, with a population of 116. Since that time, the growth of the village can only be described as phenomenal. Over 50 years, the village has dramatically changed since those early days of cornfields. The name Elk Grove Village was adopted from the great number of elk that roamed through the fenced-in portion of Busse Woods, along Arlington Heights Road, south of the Northwest Tollway. American Indians called the region Wapiti, meaning "elk."
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531639969
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Prior to 1956, the area now known as Elk Grove Village was a massive cornfield. On July 17, 1956, Elk Grove Village was incorporated as a village, with a population of 116. Since that time, the growth of the village can only be described as phenomenal. Over 50 years, the village has dramatically changed since those early days of cornfields. The name Elk Grove Village was adopted from the great number of elk that roamed through the fenced-in portion of Busse Woods, along Arlington Heights Road, south of the Northwest Tollway. American Indians called the region Wapiti, meaning "elk."
Cosumnes ; a Kid's History of the Elk Grove Area
Author: Joseph Kerr Jr. High School (Elk Grove, Calif.)
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Category : Elk Grove (Calif.)
Languages : en
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Category : Elk Grove (Calif.)
Languages : en
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Cosumnes
Author: Joseph Kerr Junior High School. 7th Grade
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Category : Elk Grove (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Publisher:
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Category : Elk Grove (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Chicago Tribune Index
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1964
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Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1964
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History of Sacramento County, California
Author: G. Walter Reed
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5882301335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 929
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Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5882301335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 929
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