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'Particularly happy' arrangement?: Idealism, pragmatism and the enclosed open spaces of Perth garden suburbs
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posted on 2001-01-01, 00:00 authored by R Freestone, David NicholsOne of the hallmarks of many planned garden suburbs of the early twentieth century is the internal reserve: open space at the rear of residences, without street frontage. An idealistic conception with direct links to overseas planning theory, these spaces were not always well received by either local councils or residents; despite this, many survive today as legacies of early suburban reformism. Perth’s highest-profile planning advocates of the interwar years, most notably town clerk William Bold and the progressive surveying partnership of Hope and Klem, embraced and encouraged the idea and a number of middle-ring suburbs in Perth feature internal reserves which have survived both encroachment and resubdivision. Some have been given heritage status in recognition of their importance to the history and fabric of particular suburban communities; others remain neglected and essentially unacknowledged. All raise ongoing usage, maintenance and management issues for the councils that have inherited them.
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Limina, a journal of historical and cultural studiesVolume
7Pagination
65 - 81Publisher
Dept. of History, University of Western AustraliaLocation
Nedlands, W.A.ISSN
1324-4558Language
engPublication classification
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