Highland Park and River Oaks : the origins of garden suburban community planning in Texas /
"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...
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| Format: | Government Document Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Roger Fullington series in architecture.
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Table of 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.