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History of the Suburbs in the United States How the Utopian Dream Never Materialized

February 5, 2018 by Richard Markosian Leave a Comment

The suburbs are a uniquely American invention. But how did they come about? Back in the late 1930s, after America suffered the worst ravages of the Great Depression, most agreed that big cities with congestion, poverty, industrial pollution and blight, must be drastically redesigned. Lewis Mumford’s The City, was a propaganda film offering an alternative vision to cities for … [Read more...]

Suburban Sprawl in Utah– its effect on Utah Farmers

June 11, 2011 by Richard Markosian 3 Comments

Farmer Grant Holdaway

Freeway projects and growth along I-15 are gobbling up Utah's family farms For the past 15 years a mass migration has been underway from the Eastern to the Western United States. Detroit, Pittsburgh and Chicago have all had population declines while Tucson, Phoenix, Denver, Salt Lake City and Provo have seen significant population increases. A major reason for the western … [Read more...]

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