5 07, 2020

Wyomissing Park – The Modern Garden Suburb of Reading

2020-07-10T13:51:30-04:00July 5th, 2020|Towns-Wards|0 Comments

In 1913, the textile magnates Ferdinand Thun (1866-1949), Henry Janssen (1866-1948), and Gustav Oberlaender (1867-1936), formed the Wyomissing Development Company and began three years of preparatory work leading to the selection of Hegemann and Peets in 1917 to plan a “Modern Garden Suburb” [...]

5 06, 2020

John Nolen – The Future City of Reading Pennsylvania

2020-07-05T18:16:49-04:00June 5th, 2020|People, Towns-Wards|0 Comments

John Nolen (1869–1937) was the first American to identify himself exclusively as a town and city planner. Nolen was orphaned as a child and placed in Girard College. After he graduated first in his class in 1884, he worked as a grocery clerk [...]

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