Greendale, Wisconsin

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Greendale, Wisconsin is a planned community and village near Milwaukee that was developed in the 1930s as one of the New Deal “Greenbelt” towns.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greenbelt town
planned community
village
adjacentTo Franklin, Wisconsin
Greenfield, Wisconsin
Hales Corners, Wisconsin
areaCode 414
country United States
county Milwaukee County
daylightSavingTimeZone Central Daylight Time
designFeature curvilinear street layout
greenbelts and open space
pedestrian walkways behind houses
village center with shops and services
designPrinciple garden city planning
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
developedBy Resettlement Administration
United States federal government
developedUnder New Deal
developmentPeriod 1930s
economicBase primarily residential community
federalDesignProgram Greenbelt Towns program
foundedAs planned community
governmentType village board
hasHistoricDistrict original planned village center
hasLandmark Greendale High School
Greendale Original Village
historicSignificance one of three original Greenbelt towns
incorporationStatus incorporated village
locatedIn Midwestern United States
locatedNear Milwaukee, Wisconsin
namedAfter green belt concept
nearShoppingCenter Southridge Mall
partOf Milwaukee metropolitan area
planningInfluence garden city movement
populationRange between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants
postalCode 53129
purpose model suburban community
relief for Great Depression unemployment
region southeastern Wisconsin
schoolDistrict Greendale School District
sisterGreenbeltTown Greenbelt, Maryland
Greenhills, Ohio
state Wisconsin
timeZone Central Time Zone
transportationAccess Interstate 43 NERFINISHED

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