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America’s suburbs are not the homogenous places we sometimes take them for. Today’s suburbs are racially, ethnically, and economically diverse, with as many Democratic as Republican voters, a growing population of renters, and rising poverty. The cliche of white picket fences is well past its expiration date.
The history of suburbia is equally surprising American suburbs were once fertile ground for utopian planning, communal living, socially-conscious design, and integrated housing. We have forgotten that we built suburbs like these, such as the co-housing commune of Old Economy, Pennsylvania; a tiny-house anarchist community in Piscataway, New Jersey; a government-planned garden city in Greenbelt, Maryland; a racially integrated subdivision (before the Fair Housing Act) in Trevose, Pennsylvania; experimental Modernist enclaves in Lexington, Massachusetts; and the mixed-use, architecturally daring Reston, Virginia.
Inside Radical Suburbs you will find blueprints for affordable, walkable, and integrated communities, filled with a range of environmentally sound residential options. Radical Suburbs is a history that will help us remake the future and rethink our assumptions of suburbia.
Read Radical Suburbs Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City Amanda Kolson Hurley 9781948742368 Books
"This book will grabbed my attention right away and helped me understand the roots of suburbs in a new way"
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Radical Suburbs Experimental Living on the Fringes of the American City Amanda Kolson Hurley 9781948742368 Books Reviews
- This book, a concise and thought-provoking review of some experiments in suburban living, provides a fascinating view into the past. It shattered my simplistic narrative of where the suburbs came from and how they developed, and helped me imagine many more different models for what our suburbs could look like in the future. At a time when we need to imagine new ways of living, this book provides hope by showing the imagination and variety that powered some communities in the past. A must-read!
- This book will grabbed my attention right away and helped me understand the roots of suburbs in a new way
