Real Estate

Choose one from the list below for your description and analysis. I recommend searching the USC library database, Google, Google Scholar, and Google Images** to get some quick, basic information to help with your decision. This will also familiarize you with sources and materials you’ll use in your extended research.  San Francisco (CA, 1905, Daniel Burnham, Association for the Adornment of San Francisco)  Forest Hills Gardens (NY, 1910s, FL Olmsted, Jr, Grosvenor Atterbury, Sage Foundation)  Torrance (CA, 1910s, FL Olmsted, Jr, Irving Gill, Jared Torrance)  Major Traffic Street Plan for Los Angeles (CA, 1920s, FL Olmsted, Jr, et al., LA City & County Traffic Commission)  Wyvernwood (CA, 1930s, Witmer & Watson, Hammond Sadler, Hostetter estate)  Greenbelt Town (choose either Greenbelt, MD; Greendale, WI; or Green Hills, OH; 1930s, Rexford Tugwell, US Resettlement Administration) **  Park Forest (IL, 1940s, American Community Builders, Elbert Peets)  Levittown (choose either NY, PA, or NJ; 1940s-’50s, Abraham & William Levitt) **  Lakewood (CA, 1950s, Mark Taper, Louis Boyer & Ben Weingart)  Concept Los Angeles/ General Plan (CA, 1970s, LA City Planning Department)  Seaside (FL, 1980s, Duany & Plater-Zyberk, Robert Davis) o Dates noted are approximate, and reflect the fact that planning and development work doesn’t happen instantly. Names listed are of relevant major players, which may include landowners, planners, architects & others. Your research may identify others who are important to include. o ** Be careful when searching Google Images. Due to the different kinds of text that may be associated with an image online, your search results may include images of your case as well as images of other plans/projects. The best way to check is to not just grab the image, but open the webpage where the image is located, and read the text associated with it. (For example, a search for “Burnham Plan San Francisco” also turns up images of the Chicago plan. Again, be careful.)