Hancock Village
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2.09 MB
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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, row of brick apartments, walkways and parking spaces, 1987
Work type
Housing development
Medium
brick
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Rights
(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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