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Hancock Village

File / Documentation
Name

141103_sv.jpg

Size

2.27 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

9e1a518877dc6c04f8548a18718b7fe8

Creator(s)
planner: initial site plan by Olmsted Brothers (American, 1898-1961), construction firm: Ring Engineering Co. (American, 20th century), developer: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company (American, founded 1862)
Time period
other date: development approved, 1946
Location
Site: Brookline (Massachusetts, United States)
Cultural context
American
Description
Superblock plan for garden village of duplex apartments, developed to meet postwar housing needs.
general view, walkway with steps leading to apartment entrances , 1987
Work type
Housing development
Medium
brick
Keywords
Type
Image
Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Access rights
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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