Greenbelt Towns
Photograph of homes in Greendale, Wisconsin. Uncredited, n.d.
Established by Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal administration in 1935, the Greenbelt Towns program sought to provide work for the unemployed, to offer affordable housing, and to demonstrate principles of suburban town planning. Town designs were influenced by Radburn and the neighborhood unit idea of sociologist Clarence Perry, with community centers, commercial functions, and residential areas surrounded by a green belt. Three towns were built: Greenbelt, Maryland, Greenhills, Ohio, and Greendale, Wisconsin. Greendale was planned by Elbert Peets and Jacob Crane as a suburb to Milwaukee and was settled beginning in 1938.
Greenbelt Towns cover and map illustration. Greenbelt Towns: a Demonstration in Suburban Planning. Washington, D. C.: Resettlement Administration, 1936.
"This Is Greendale" cover; Five photographs of Greendale. This Is Greendale. Greendale, Wis.: s.n., ca. 1940s. Cover design by Robert Handley.
Elbert Peets. "Greendale, Wisconsin: 1948 Study for Development" map.
"Greendale, Wisconsin" map. Helpful Suggestions for Greendale Residents. Milwaukee Community Development Corporation, 1959.
Nelson-Ball & Associates. "Planning for Greendale... Trend of Metropolitan Sprawl" map illustration. Economic and Ecologic Base: a Study of the Community’s Economic and Population Characteristics, Resource, and Potential. Wisconsin, 1960.
Elbert Peets. "Typical Street Cross Sections - Greendale" sketch. n.d.