Electus D. Litchfield, Architect and Town Planner
Plan of Yorkship Village, Camden, New Jersey
Here are some of the more interesting planned communities, city maps, and virtual cities.
Local:
BJ Swartz's City of Camden, New Jersey An extensive Camden City site that includes a directory of businesses, community organizations, religious institutions, and other attractions and amenities of The City of Camden.Camden
City Maps This page contains a number of planning maps for the
City of Camden
Yorkship Village, New Jersey The village was designed by Electus Darwin Litchfield, who was influenced by the "garden city" developments popular in England at the time. He envisioned Yorkship Village as "a place of light rooms and clean yards, with adequate playgrounds and amusement fields; a place of beauty and appropriateness and cleanliness so great that a man returning from his daily toil would receive new strength and recreation; a place where the man who could save a fraction of his income would be able to obtain with it, for himself and for his children, a share of play and education, literature and music, and other uplifting things."
Virtual Jersey Shore Take the Virtual Jersey Shore Tour to find out where the shore communities are located!!
The Sunnyside Gardens development of garden apartments, to the north of Queens Boulevard, was the first planned "garden city" community in the United States and is still considered an outstanding example of urban planning. The neighborhood also features one and two-family homes and six-story apartment buildings. Major shopping streets are Queens Boulevard, Greenpoint Avenue and 46th Street.
Virtual Chestnut Hill Chestnut Hill, a designated Historic District, is the welcoming Philadelphia neighborhood that is home to more than 200 boutique shops, art galleries, antique stores, cozy cafes and fine restaurants.
Virtual Manayunk Named a Historic District in 1983, Manayunk is a truely unique area of Philadelphia.
National:
Virtual Los Angeles This map-based site contains hundreds of images of downtown Los Angeles, displaying its tremendous architectural, cultural and economic diversity. This project of the University of Southern California Geography Department.Seaside, Florida When the town of Seaside, Florida was created, it was the first manifestation of what has since become known as the New Urbanism. This return to the traditional neighborhood as a model has changed the way builders and planners view development, world-wide.
Celebration, Florida
Take the best ideas from the most successful towns of yesterday and the
technology of the new millennium, and synthesize them into a close-knit
community that meets the needs of today's families. The founders of Celebration
started down a path of research, study, discovery, and enlightenment that
resulted in one of the most innovative communities of the 20th century.
International:
Virtual Letchworth Letchworth Garden City played an important role in the of development of modern urban planning theory and practice throughout the 20th century. The principles applied when planning Letchworth were an experiment to try and overcome the problems ofovercrowded, unhealthy cities, depressed rural areas and the poor building standards prevailing in some areas by the end of the Victorian era. Those principles have had an influence on British and International planners for almost 100 years.
Virtual Venice Panoramiche QTVR di Venezia, una visita virtuale alla città più bella. QTVR panoramics of Venice, virtual tour in the most beautiful city in the world.
LiveCam Russia This site contains pictures of Russian cities, including Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
Virtual Amsterdam Stroll through Amsterdam with hundreds of images and links to all the city has to offer. You can start at random in the Center or start at the Central station You can take a Taxi or use the map to go to the area you like.
Virtual Cuba
Take an interactive look at some of Havana's main attractions.
