Usonia the Beautiful
99% Invisible
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Eustonia Homes - A Cooperative of Young Families to Pursue the Dream of Owning a Modern Affordable Home
Eustonia Homes, a cooperative was founded in 1944 by idealistic young families to pursue the dream of owning a modern affordable home. This land was acquired in December 1946 and in April 1947, Frank Lloyd Wright, the supervising architect sent the unique site plan. The site plan put 40 some houses on circular properties without fences so that the property boundaries would flow into each other. It almost looks like some sort of Star Wars planet fit for suburban ewoks.
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