? once Howard wrote the book "Garden Cities of Tomorrow", it spurred him to create his first garden city ? Letchworth
? 1903 ? the first garden city to be created ? at Letchworth in Hertfordshire
? Howard and his immediate associates were able to buy the estate at agricultural value
o extraordinarily difficult to attract capital for such a utopian venture
? a number of architects submitted master plans for the Letchworth estate, however the selected scheme was that of Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker
o they were influenced by the arts and crafts movement created by William Morris
? carefully zoned plan with industrial areas segregated from housing, parkland and central shopping areas
? community housing around quadrangles
? in 1905, the "cheap cottages exhibition" demonstrated that housing could be provided at a cost of ?150 per dwelling ? attracted over 60,000 people
? Letchworth flourished at this point ? encouraging roads to be planted with individual species of trees and "Arbor days"(celebrating the bloom of a particular variety) were a feature of pre 1914 social life... displayed 300 characters
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? once Howard wrote the book "Garden Cities of Tomorrow", it spurred him to create his first garden city ? Letchworth
? 1903 ? the first garden city to be created ? at Letchworth in Hertfordshire
? Howard and his immediate associates were able to buy the estate at agricultural value
o extraordinarily difficult to attract capital for such a utopian venture
? a number of architects submitted master plans for the Letchworth estate, however the selected scheme was that of Raymond Unwin and Barry Parker
o they were influenced by the arts and crafts movement created by William Morris
? carefully zoned plan with industrial areas segregated from housing, parkland and central shopping areas
? community housing around quadrangles
? in 1905, the "cheap cottages exhibition" demonstrated that housing could be provided at a cost of ?150 per dwelling ? attracted over 60,000 people
? Letchworth flourished at this point ? encouraging roads to be planted with individual species of trees and "Arbor days"(celebrating the bloom of a particular variety) were a feature of pre 1914 social life... displayed 300 characters
