Building Jerusalem: the Simons’ role in housing reform and town planning

Stephen V. Ward; Martin Dodge

doi:10.7765/9781526176400.00021

Building Jerusalem: the Simons’ role in housing reform and town planning

Stephen V. Ward, Martin Dodge

Geography

Oxford Brookes University

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Abstract

This chapter traces the contribution of all four Simons in housing reform: from Henry’s role in a Victorian tenement scheme, to Emily’s connection with the Edwardian garden suburb movement, and then to Shena and Ernest’s work in interwar mass municipal housing development. In addition to illustrating Ernest and Shena’s important role in the development of the Wythenshawe Estate and their longstanding connections with it, the chapter discusses how Ernest’s unique ideas about democratic town planning were profoundly shaped by his investigations of foreign nations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Simons of Manchester
Subtitle of host publication	How one family shaped a city and a nation
Editors	John Ayshford, Martin Dodge, H S Jones, Diana Leitch, Janet Wolff
Place of Publication	Manchester
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Chapter	8
Pages	218-250
Number of pages	33
ISBN (Print)	9781526176387
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7765/9781526176400.00021
Publication status	Published - 24 Sept 2024

Keywords

garden cities
council housing
Wythenshawe
Tennessee Valley Authority
Zurich
Stockholm
Mossoviet
democratic planning
postwar reconstruction

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Building Jerusalem: the Simons’ role in housing reform and town planning. / Ward, Stephen V.; Dodge, Martin.
The Simons of Manchester: How one family shaped a city and a nation. ed. / John Ayshford; Martin Dodge; H S Jones; Diana Leitch; Janet Wolff. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024. p. 218-250.

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