Greenhills, Ohio

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Greenhills, Ohio is a planned New Deal-era "greenbelt" community near Cincinnati, developed in the 1930s as a model suburban town with integrated green spaces and community facilities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal greenbelt town
municipality
planned community
village
adjacentTo Forest Park, Ohio
Springdale, Ohio
Winton Woods County Park
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Hamilton County, Ohio
designedAs model suburban town
developmentEra New Deal era
federalDesignProgram Resettlement Administration
surface form: Resettlement Administration greenbelt town program
governmentType council–manager government
hasArchitecturalStyle modest modern and traditional revival residential styles
hasCharacteristic community facilities
curvilinear street layout
integrated green spaces
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic in original plan
hasFacility community buildings
recreational facilities
schools
village center with shops and services
hasHistoricSignificance example of federally planned New Deal community
one of three original U.S. greenbelt towns
hasLandUseFeature buffer green spaces around residential areas
large central greenbelt
neighborhood parks
hasOpenSpacePolicy integration of parks within walking distance of homes
hasStreetPattern curving residential streets
limited through-traffic in residential areas
locatedIn Cincinnati metropolitan area
locatedNear Cincinnati, Ohio NERFINISHED
originalDeveloper United States government
surface form: United States federal government
originalPurpose to demonstrate modern town planning principles
to offer affordable housing during the Great Depression
to provide planned suburban housing near Cincinnati
partOf U.S. federal greenbelt towns
planningAgency Resettlement Administration
planningStartPeriod 1930s
region southwestern Ohio
surface form: Southwest Ohio
sisterGreenbeltTownWith Greenbelt, Maryland
Greendale, Wisconsin
state Ohio
successorPlanningAgency Farm Security Administration
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportationLink road connections to Cincinnati
urbanPlanningConcept greenbelt planning
neighborhood unit planning
supervised architectural design

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