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Title
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A Good Place to Spend a Pleasant Day, Nature and the Suburban Ideal
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Description
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Article traces the history of the movement from cities to the suburbs. Mentions craftsman bungalows and Prairie-style Foursquare homes. "Both emphasized a connection between the land and the structure, [and] were extremely popular with middle-class families from the 1890s through the 1920s." Discusses developers William Strang, Donald Drummond (who built "flatties"--flat-roofed homes), and J. C. Nichols and landscape architects Hare and Hare. Includes an illustration of the subdivision of Countryside designed for the Hodges Brothers by Hare and Hare.
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Date
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2009
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
