Chatham Village : Pittsburgh's Garden City / Angelique Bamberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bamberg, Angelique, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Planned communities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.

Planned communities.

Architecture and society--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--20th century.

Architecture and society.

Chatham Village (Pittsburgh, Pa.).

Chatham Village (Pittsburgh, Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Pittsburgh (Pa.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Pittsburgh (Pa.).

Stein, Clarence S.

Wright, Henry, -1936.

Wright, Henry.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chatham Village, located in the heart of Pittsburgh, is an urban oasis that combines Georgian colonial revival architecture with generous greenspaces, recreation facilities, surrounding woodlands, and many other elements that make living there a unique experience. Founded in 1932, it has gained international recognition as an outstanding example of the American Garden City planning movement and was named a National Historic Landmark in 2005. Chatham Village was the brainchild of Charles F. Lewis, then director of the Buhl Foundation, a Pittsburgh-based charitable trust. Lewis sought an a.

Contents:

The Architects of a Solution

Precedent and Process

Design for a Modern Village

The Social Life of a Planned Community

A Demonstration, Not a Revolution

Preservation and Planning for a New Urbanism.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780822980704

0822980703

OCLC:

890717572