| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Roger Fullington series in architecture
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Roger Fullington series in architecture.
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| Summary |
"Shows how the developers of Highland Park in Dallas and River Oaks in Houston were trying to create better living conditions in a countryside atmosphere away from the uncontrolled development that had blighted late 19th-century and early 20th-century urban neighborhoods in Texas. Also explores why planned suburban and community growth failed at the city-wide level and remained confined to elite suburbs. Also looks at subdivisions in Fort Worth, San Antonio, Amarillo, Wichita Falls, Beaumont, Galveston, and Port Arthur to provide information on how city planners worked with landscape architects to incorporate infrastructure improvements, coordinate landscape planning, and employ such legal devices as restrictive covenants to shape elite space coherently. The work of Texas' foremost suburban house architects, such as C.D. Hill, William Ward Watkin, and John F. Staub, is also analyzed"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-322) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. City Planning in Dallas and Houston: The Genesis of Large-Scale Suburban Community Planning and Architecture in Dallas and Houston -- Chapter 2. The Planning and Development of Residential Communities in Dallas and Houston, 1850s/1920s -- Chapter 3. Highland Park: "Just Beyond the City's Dust and Smoke" -- Chapter 4. Highland Park West: "The Crowning Achievement of Highland Park" and the Highland Park Shopping Village -- Chapter 5. The Hogg Brothers, Hugh Potter, and the Development of River Oaks: "Homes to Last for All Time" -- Chapter 6. Highland Park and River Oaks: Their Texas Influence and Permanence -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
City planning -- Texas -- History.
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City planning. |
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Texas. |
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History. |
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Garden suburbs -- Texas -- History.
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Garden suburbs. |
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Highland Park (Tex.)
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River Oaks (Tex.)
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Architecture and society -- Texas -- History.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- City Planning & Urban Development. |
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ARCHITECTURE -- Urban & Land Use Planning. |
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Architecture and society. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX) |
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ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning. |
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Texas -- Highland Park. |
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Texas -- River Oaks. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ferguson, Cheryl Caldwell, 1953- Highland Park and River Oaks. First edition 9780292748361 (DLC) 2013048678 (OCoLC)861216700 |
| ISBN |
9780292748378 (electronic book) |
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029274837X (electronic book) |
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9780292748361 |
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0292748361 |
| Sudoc No. |
Z UA380.8 F381hi |
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