Great American Suburbs

by McAlester, Virginia Savage

• ISBN13: 9780789209764
• ISBN10: 0789209764
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-11
• Publisher: ABBEVILLE PRESS

Summary

"Highland Park and University Park owe their existence and enduring popularity to their foresighted developers, architects, and builders - figures such as Henry Exall, John S. Armstrong, Edgar Flippen, Hugh Prather, W. W. Caruth, Sr., Hal Thomson, and Fooshee Cheek. Beyond domestic architecture, the Part Cities also attracted unique institutions that contributed to their individual characters. Highland Park in 1931 became home to the Highland Park Village shopping center. With a design inspired by Spanish villages and an emphasis on open-air walkways between stores, the Highland Park Village revolutionized shopping center design. The Village was named a National Historic Landmark in 2000. University Park acquired its name after attracting Southern Methodists University to the area, a move influenced by the generous Caruth family land donation to the school. This book will fascinate architects, designers, historians, preservationists, planners, suburbanites, and would-be suburbanites alike."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword: the friends of the Highland Park Library

Notes on the essays

Introduction

History and development

Architects of the park cities

How to save a house in the park cities

Architectural styles in the park cities

1,400 Architect-designed homes in the park cities, listed by street address

Notes

Bibliography

Photo Greats

Index

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