Radburn, New Jersey

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Radburn, New Jersey is a planned community in Fair Lawn renowned as an early and influential example of garden city design and innovative suburban planning.

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instanceOf neighborhood
planned community
unincorporated community
architect Clarence Stein
country United States of America
county Bergen County, New Jersey
designatedAs U.S. National Historic Landmark District
surface form: National Historic Landmark District
designedAs model suburb
developer City Housing Corporation
followsPlanningConcept garden city movement
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
superblock design
governingBody Radburn Association
hasFeature Radburn Association
Radburn Plaza
common green spaces
cul-de-sacs
interconnected pedestrian paths
large central parks
separated walkways and underpasses
superblocks
hasTransportation Radburn station
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places
inception 1929
influenced British New Towns movement
Columbia, Maryland NERFINISHED
Greenbelt, Maryland
Reston
surface form: Reston, Virginia
knownFor early example of garden city design in the United States
innovative suburban planning
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Passaic River
Saddle River
municipality Fair Lawn, New Jersey NERFINISHED
namedAfter Radburn railway station
NHLDesignationYear 2005
NRHPListingYear 1974
partOf Fair Lawn, New Jersey NERFINISHED
partOfMetropolitanArea New York metropolitan area
planner Henry Wright
planningBegan 1928
planningPrinciple houses facing interior parks
safe routes to schools without crossing major streets
vehicular access from rear service roads
postalCode 07410
railLine NJ Transit Bergen County Line
state New Jersey, United States
surface form: New Jersey

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Radburn planning principles namedAfter Radburn, New Jersey
Radburn planning principles developedIn Radburn, New Jersey
Radburn planning principles appliedIn Radburn, New Jersey
this entity surface form: Radburn neighborhood of Fair Lawn, New Jersey
garden suburb movement hasNotableExample Radburn, New Jersey