@article{THESIS,
      recid = {12710},
      author = {Drew, Nate},
      title = {Between Tradition and Innovation: Balancing Architectural  and Societal Heritage Through Conscious Stewardship of  Garden Cities Since 1903},
      publisher = {University of Chicago},
      school = {B.A.},
      address = {2024-06},
      number = {THESIS},
      abstract = {Letchworth Garden City, England, and the Falkenberg Estate  in Berlin, Germany are two of the most influential relics  of the Garden City Movement. Both have achieved heritage  status for their impact in the field of urban planning,  having offered logical and humanitarian solutions to the  smoggy and overcrowded living conditions of the late 19th  century caused by rapid, uncontrolled growth and  densification of cities during the First and Second  Industrial Revolutions. This heritage status restricts  aesthetic and structural modification of the built  environment with the goal of preserving the historic  identity of the sites. Although deserving of historical  preservation and recognition, Letchworth and Falkenberg  continue to face the challenge of providing housing to  future generations of residents. This paper argues that the  monumentalization of the Garden City Movement heightens the  tension between tradition (marked by static architectural  preservation) and innovation (serving the evolving needs of  the residents) at Letchworth Garden City and the Falkenberg  Estate; it does so using a Rieglian understanding of  monument preservation and a thematic analysis of the  Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation and the Berliner  Bau- und Wohnungsgenossenschaft von 1892, the two  landowning organizations responsible for the stewardship  and heritage preservation practices at each site. Using  historical and contemporary primary and secondary sources  and expert interviews, I show that both organizations  resist the oppositional forces of tradition and innovation  by bringing them into conversation with each other through  new applications of the garden city model.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/12710},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.12710},
}