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America's Original GI Town: Park Forest, Illinois

America's Original GI Town: Park Forest, Illinois

Randall, Gregory C.

Paperback

Series: Creating the North American Landscape

General World HistoryArchitecture HistoryRegional: Midwest

ISBN10: 0801877520
ISBN13: 9780801877520
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: Nov 7 2003
Pages: 264
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.22 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

At the close of World War II, Americans became increasingly concerned about the problem of housing for returning veterans, relocated defense workers, and their families. Designs such as the garden city that dated from the turn of the twentieth century or earlier were prominent once again, as planners saw a renewed need for ready-made communities. One such community--among the first and, perhaps, most representative--was Park Forest, Illinois, a privately built and publicly managed town twenty-six miles south of Chicago.

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