Fifty Years Later, Greenhills is Still Green

A lasting legacy of the New Deal, Greenhills was created in the 1930s as an experiment in community planning and design.

1 minute read

October 16, 2000, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Greenhills wasintended to be a national model - a self-containedneighborhood where residents could work, shop, play,dine out, go to school, see doctors and worship onlysteps from their homes. And while it fell short of some goals - plans to attract light industry, for example, never materialized - the village of 4,300 today remains true to planners' overarching objective: creating a community where land-use decisions could help shape tight-knit, small-town values."

Thanks to Dan Tasman

Read the full story: More than 50 years later, Greenhills is Still Green

Wednesday, October 11, 2000 in The Cincinnati Post

Community / Economic Development Ohio

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching. Mary G., Urban and Environmental Planner

I love the variety of courses, many practical, and all richly illustrated. They have inspired many ideas that I've applied in practice, and in my own teaching.

Mary G., Urban and Environmental Planner

Get top-rated, practical training for planners

Start Learning

Advertise with us

FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?

After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.