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Corner Windows and Cul-de-sacs: The Remarkable Story of Newfoundland's First Garden Suburb - Couverture souple

Sharpe, C.A.; Shawyer, A.J.

 
9781990445019: Corner Windows and Cul-de-sacs: The Remarkable Story of Newfoundland's First Garden Suburb
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ISBN 10 : 1990445012 ISBN 13 : 9781990445019
Editeur : Memorial University Press, 2021

Synopsis

At a distance, Corner Windows and Cul-De-Sacs is a study of urban growth, planning, and household reform; up close, the study reveals a much more human story. In 1942, while Newfoundland was in an active war zone, the death rate in St. John's was higher than anywhere else in the colony. Overcrowded and dilapidated tenements, huddled on a maze of narrow lanes, fell prey to rampant tuberculosis, shockingly high infant mortality rates, and infectious disease. In 1944, under crippling debt, the St. John's Housing Corporation was formed, with a mandate to build a new garden suburb north of the city that would lead to the abandonment and demolition of the derelict housing. Churchill Park became the core of this residential development, and between 1945 and 1947 more than 200 houses and nearly 100 apartment units were constructed, laying the groundwork for the orderly post-war expansion of the city.

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À propos des auteurs

Chris Sharpe is Professor Emeritus of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. During his 40-year career at MUNL, he pursued an interest in urban landscapes and housing. He is co-author of Sweat Equity: Cooperative House-Building in Newfoundland, 1920–1974.



Jo Shawyer is a retired Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. Throughout her career she has explored the dynamic character of cultural landscapes - their creation, maintenance, and change. Employing both field work and archival research, Jo has studied landscapes personal and public, urban and rural, historical and contemporary. She is co-author of Sweat Equity: Cooperative House-Building in Newfoundland, 1920–1974.

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Éditeur
Memorial University Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1990445012
ISBN 13 
9781990445019
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
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