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new townForm of urban planning designed to relocate populations away from large cities by grouping homes, hospitals, industry and cultural, recreational, and shopping centers to form entirely new, relatively autonomous communities. The new-town movement was anticipated by the Utopian Ebenezer Howard in the early 20th century (see garden city). The first official new towns were proposed in Britain's New Towns Act of 1946. The idea found favor in other countries, especially in the U.S., Western Europe, and Soviet Siberia. New towns outside Britain often failed to incorporate enough of the mixed-use atmosphere that gives a town vitality. A dramatic increase in commuting and use of the car obviated the need for new towns to be so self-contained. new town (in Britain) a town that has been planned as a complete unit and built with government sponsorship, esp to accommodate overspill population How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Back in the 1960s when the notion was first gaining prominence, The Irvine Company, a private real estate investment firm, put the theory into practice with a planned community that seamlessly integrated home life and the work environment. Bennett Homes, the Puget Sound region's two-time "Builder of the Year" award winner, has purchased 82 lots valued at approximately $12 million at Cascadia, the visionary, new planned community in Pierce County. Back in the 1960s when the notion was first gaining prominence, The Irvine Company, a private real estate investment firm, put the theory into practice with a planned community that seamlessly integrated home life and the work environment. |
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