That area included an outdoor grill, picnic tables, swings, teeter-totters, tennis courts, an ice-skating rink, a baseball diamond, swimming pool, and a community center. The plan included space for community owned property. Even though technically the area between each house was not shared, the owners planted trees and flowers between the properties to honor the original plans. Wright planned circular lots for Parkwyn Village so there would be shared space between each house, but later changed them to rectangles after having the lots denied by the FHA for financing. ĭuring 1947 both plats were designed, and sent to the Federal Housing Administration for approval. Although the two groups were not living in the same location, they worked together to promote both communities. The families wanting to live closer to town found 47 acres (190,000 m 2) and called their community "Parkwyn Village". Soon the group split into two, those who wanted to live closer to the city, and those who wanted to live in Galesburg, often called " The Acres" or "Galesburg Country Homes". Some wanted to live there, but others wanted to live closer to town. The group then found 72 acres (290,000 m 2) of land in Galesburg, ten miles (16 km) away from Kalamazoo. The association was not allowed to discriminate against race, religion, or color.
Potential families had to attend a Parkwyn Association meeting before they could buy land within the community. Īfter Wright agreed to work with them, they began recruiting other families to become part of their community. Even though it was a small task during this period of his career, Wright accepted the job.
Part of the group went to present their ideas. By phone the group explained their ideas and were invited to Taliesin to explain their ideas more thoroughly. The group contacted Wright between 19 requesting his involvement in their community. After interviewing architects they asked for their opinion as to what architect would be the best for the job, and they all said Frank Lloyd Wright, but that he would never agree to work with them. The group began to search for land and interview architects. They were looking for a design that was inexpensive yet practical, and a community where decisions were made equally. In the early 1940s, a group of employees from the Upjohn Company began to meet and plan for a new cooperative community in Kalamazoo. Four houses in the community were designed by Frank Lloyd Wright: The Robert and Rae Levin House, the Eric and Margaret Ann (Davis) Brown House, the Ward McCartney House, and the Robert D. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. Parkwyn Village is a planned community of Usonian houses located along Winchell and Lorraine Avenues and Parkwyn and Taliesin Drives, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
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