Garden Cities of To-morrow

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Garden Cities of To-morrow
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Garden Cities of To-morrow is a book by the British urban planner Ebenezer Howard. When it was published in 1898, the book was titled To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform. In 1902, it was reprinted as Garden Cities of To-Morrow. The book gave rise to the garden city movement and is very important in the field of urban design.[1][2]

Background

This book offered a vision of towns free of

capitalist economic system and sought to balance individual and community needs.[4]

Two English towns were built as garden cities,

Letchworth and Welwyn. Though they did not completely measure up to the ideal, they provided a model for controlling urban sprawl.[1]

Diagrams from the 1898 edition

  • Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
    Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform
  • Diagram No.1: The Three Magnets (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
    Diagram No.1: The Three Magnets (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
  • Diagram No.2 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
    Diagram No.2 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
  • Diagram No.3 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
    Diagram No.3 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
  • Diagram No.4 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
    Diagram No.4 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
  • Diagram No.5 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
    Diagram No.5 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
  • Diagram No.6 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
    Diagram No.6 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
  • Diagram No.7 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)
    Diagram No.7 (Ebenezer Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform.)

Diagrams from the 1902 edition

  • Howard's "Three Magnets" diagram which addressed the question "Where will the people go?", the choices being "Town", "Country" or "Town-Country."
    Howard's "Three Magnets" diagram which addressed the question "Where will the people go?", the choices being "Town", "Country" or "Town-Country."

Diagrams from the 1922 edition

  • Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.
    Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.
  • Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.
    Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.
  • Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.
    Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.
  • Diagram No.1 (Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.)
    Diagram No.1 (Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.)
  • Diagram No.2 (Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.)
    Diagram No.2 (Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.)
  • Diagram No.3 (Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.)
    Diagram No.3 (Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.)
  • Diagram No.4 (Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.)
    Diagram No.4 (Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-morrow.)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Anderson, p. 173.
  2. ^ "E. HOWARD, GARDEN CITIES OF TO-MORROW". urbanplanning.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  3. ^ See diagram.
  4. ^ Sacred-texts.com. Introduction to Garden Cities of Tomorrow. Visited October 20, 2009.

References

  • Larry Anderson. Benton MacKaye: Conservationist, Planner, and creator of the Appalachian Trail. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2002.
  • Ebenezer Howard. Garden Cities of Tomorrow. London: S. Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd. 1902. (at Google Books)
  • Sacred-Texts.com. Garden Cities of Tomorrow (HTML edition with introduction).
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