Greenbelt

by Friends of the Greenbelt Museum, Megan Searing Young, Jill Parsons St. John

Book Overview

As part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, the town of Greenbelt was the first and largest experimental ideal community.

One of three green towns established during the Great Depression, the town was planned and built by the federal government; despite opposition, the project put struggling Americans to work, provided low-income housing to the overcrowded D.C. region, and was a bold experiment in town planning and cooperative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738592013
• ISBN13: 9780738592015
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.5" x 9.1"