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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Brookline (Massachusetts, United States)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalother date: development approved, 1946en_US
dc.creatorOlmsted Brothersen_US
dc.creatorRing Engineering Co.en_US
dc.creatorJohn Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Companyen_US
dc.date1946en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-04T18:19:05Z
dc.date.available2014-03-04T18:19:05Z
dc.date.issued1946en_US
dc.identifier141123en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/160399
dc.descriptionSuperblock plan for garden village of duplex apartments, developed to meet postwar housing needs.en_US
dc.descriptiongeneral view, woman with a rake outside an apartment entrance, 1987en_US
dc.format.mediumbricken_US
dc.relation.ispartof139338en_US
dc.rights(c) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, photograph by Julie Johnsonen_US
dc.subjectApartmentsen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Modern --20th centuryen_US
dc.subjectLand use, Urbanen_US
dc.subjectHousing developmentsen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture, Domestic --United Statesen_US
dc.subjectDuplex apartmentsen_US
dc.subjectBrookline (Mass.)en_US
dc.subjectResidential districtsen_US
dc.subjectGarden suburbsen_US
dc.subjectApartment housesen_US
dc.subjectOutdoor furnitureen_US
dc.subjectElderlyen_US
dc.subjectRakesen_US
dc.subjectLeavesen_US
dc.subjectPatiosen_US
dc.subjectMulti-family housingen_US
dc.subjectPicture windowsen_US
dc.subjectBoston Suburbs - Chapter 5 - 1940-1960en_US
dc.titleHancock Villageen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/en_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode5.595en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeHousing developmenten_US
dc.contributor.displayplanner: 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)en_US


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