Park Forest, United States, North America
Year 1947 latitude: 41° 28' longitude: -87° 40' Period 1947-1972 Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Elbert Peets Design organization American Community Builders Inhabitants 23,000 Target population 110,000 Town website http://www.villageofparkforest.com Town related links Literature - Hugh Mields, 'Federally Assisted New Communities. New Dimensions in Urban Development', Washington 1973 type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Park Forest, Illinois, situated 40 mi. from Chicago, was planned ten years after the Greenbelt towns with the same ideas. Park Forest was one of the first planned communities with a 'regional shopping center' functioning as a hub for the community. Another novelty was the development of rental houses. In 1968 the HUD approved Park Forest South as a Title IV New Community. source:
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