{"product_id":"9780816641376","title":"Morgan Park","description":"Author: Arnold R. Alanen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780816641376\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Nov 2007\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1915 to 1971 the large U.S. Steel plant was a major part of Duluth's landscape and life. Just as important was Morgan Park-an innovatively planned and close-knit community constructed for the plant's employees and their families. In this new book Arnold R. Alanen brings to life Morgan Park, the formerly company-controlled town that now stands as a city neighborhood, and the U.S. Steel plant for which it was built. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlanned by renowned landscape architects, architects, and engineers, and provided with schools, churches, and recreational and medical services by U.S. Steel, Morgan Park is an iconic example-like Lowell, Massachusetts, and Pullman, Illinois-of a twentieth-century company town, as well as a window into northeastern Minnesota's industrial roots. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStarting with the intense political debates that preceded U.S. Steel's decision to build a plant in Duluth, Morgan Park\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e follows the town and its residents through the boom years to the closing of the outmoded facility-an event that foreshadowed industrial shutdowns elsewhere in the United States-and up to today, as current residents work to preserve the community's historic character. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough compelling archival and contemporary photographs and vibrant stories of a community built of concrete and strong as steel, Alanen shows the impact both the plant and Morgan Park have had on life in Duluth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArnold R. Alanen is professor of landscape architecture at the University of WisconsinMadison. His previous books include Main Street Ready-Made: The New Deal Community of Greendale, Wisconsin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and Preserving Cultural Landscapes in America. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919098429598,"sku":"ING-9780816641376","price":53.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780816641376.jpg?v=1782807661","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780816641376","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}