Gardens of Eden: Long Island's Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities

by Robert B. MacKay

Edited by SPLIA's former director, Dr. Robert B. MacKay, Gardens of Eden is an exploration of a distinct type of suburban development that proliferated across the region before zoning regulations were developed to manage land use in New York City and its environs. While the onset of suburbia on Long Island is often believed to be a post-World War II phenomena, it actually began a half century earlier when greater affluence, improved railroad service,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393733211
• ISBN13: 9780393733211
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.3"