City of Pittsburgh 1930s

Mt. Washington: View of Chatham Village townhouse construction. Chatham Village was funded by the Buhl Foundation and the concept created by renowned city planners Clarence Stein and Henry Wright. The architect for Chatham Village was Ingham & Boyd, an architectural firm founded in 1911 with offices located in the Empire Building in downtown Pittsburgh. The architecture of Chatham Village was significant as it provided an architectural form to an entire model community with an intent...
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Mt. Washington: View of Chatham Village townhouse construction. Chatham Village was funded by the Buhl Foundation and the concept created by renowned city planners Clarence Stein and Henry Wright. The architect for Chatham Village was Ingham & Boyd, an architectural firm founded in 1911 with offices located in the Empire Building in downtown Pittsburgh. The architecture of Chatham Village was significant as it provided an architectural form to an entire model community with an intent to incorporate the many conveniences of modern living into the housing of moderate cost. The architects had to devise new approaches to accommodate the automobile, radio, kitchen appliances, heating systems, and utility infrastructures while also attempting to give full realization to the idealistic goals of the Garden City movement.
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