Greenbelt, largest and most successful of the New Deal towns

Greenbelt

September 30, 1937

Categories: American Innovation, Government, Urban
Tags: 1900 – 1940, Prince George's County

The first residents move into Greenbelt, the largest and best known of the New Deal’s federally-funded “greenbelt towns.” Greenbelt becomes an important model for other planned communities and America’s move to the suburbs. The new community initially has segregated housing in Jim Crow America.

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