A History of Mortgage Banking in the West by E. Michael Rosser Diane M. Sanders

Author:E. Michael Rosser, Diane M. Sanders [E. Michael Rosser, Diane M. Sanders]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, General, United States, State & Local, West (AK; CA; CO; HI; ID; MT; NV; UT; WY)
ISBN: 9781607326236
Google: _QdTDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2017-10-15T16:09:01+00:00

Changing Land Uses and the New Town Movement

In response to the cookie-cutter ordinariness of the numerous “Levittowns” that sprang up across the American landscape, the second postwar change in land use was the planned development of entirely new towns or communities such as Reston, Virginia, and Columbia, Maryland, both suburbs of Washington, DC. These developments went far beyond being just residential neighborhoods. They incorporated areas for retail and commercial businesses, schools, libraries and other community services, and parks and open greenbelt areas in conjunction with housing. These new towns were designed to be self-sufficient; they were not just bedroom communities in support of nearby urban centers.

James Rouse initiated nearly forty years of development of the planned New Town community of Columbia, Maryland. Courtesy, Columbia [MD] Association.

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