Reasons Revisited Reasons to be Letchworth: what can we learn from the garden city movement?
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May 21, 2023 AI Snips
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Garden City Origins
- Ebenezer Howard's Garden City concept aimed to merge urban and rural benefits.
- It pioneered greenbelts, zoning, and green spaces within cities.
Garden City Governance
- Garden Cities had a unique governance model involving a company managing the town.
- This company reinvested profits locally instead of distributing them to distant landowners.
Letchworth's 'License Question'
- Lechworth residents voted on whether to allow a pub in the town center.
- They narrowly voted against it, leading to a myth of Lechworth being a 'dry town'.