Title & Author:

Creating community : Lafayette Park.

Publication:

Chicago, IL : Lost and Found Productions, ©1999.

Description:

1 videocassette (approximately 33 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences

Notes:
Written, produced and directed by June Finfer ; associate producer, Paul Finfer ; sound by Jeff Moon, Ken Crappe ; photography by Ned Miller, Mark Karavite, Dave Kelly and June Finfer ; edited by David E. Simpson ; music by Ilya Levinson.
Includes footage of interviews with Joseph Fujikawa, Bruno Conterato, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Alfred Caldwell.
VHS.
Certificate for Creative Excellence, 1999 U.S. International Film and Video Festival.

Summary:

The community of Lafayette Park in downtown Detroit demonstrates a workable solution for urban sprawl. Created by architect Mies van der Rohe, developer Herbert Greenwald, planner Ludwig Hilberseimer and landscape architect Alfred Caldwell, Lafayette Park is listed in the National Register of Historic Places because of the excellence of its urban design and the quality of its community planning.

Subject:

Greenwald, Herbert S., 1915-1959.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Hilberseimer, Ludwig.
Caldwell, Alfred, 1903-1998.
City planning Michigan Detroit.
Landscape architecture Michigan Detroit.
Apartment houses Michigan Detroit.
Row houses Michigan Detroit.
Housing Michigan Detroit.
Architecture du paysage Michigan Detroit.
Habitations en bandes Michigan Detroit.
Immeubles d'habitation Michigan Detroit.
Apartment houses
Buildings
City planning
Housing
Landscape architecture
Row houses
Lafayette Park (Detroit, Mich.)
Detroit (Mich.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Michigan Detroit
American Architects.
German Architects.
German Urban planners.
American Landscape architects.
Urban planning United States Michigan Detroit 1950-2000.
Landscape architecture United States Michigan Detroit 1950-2000.
Apartment houses United States Michigan Detroit 1950-2000.
Row houses United States Michigan Detroit 1950-2000.
Moderate income housing United States Michigan Detroit 1950-2000.

Form/genre:

Videocassettes.

Added entries:

Finfer, June.
Finfer, Paul.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Caldwell, Alfred, 1903-1998.
Fujikawa, Joseph Y.
Conterato, Bruno.
Lost and Found Productions.

Holdings:

Location: Library main av 202398
Call No.: NA9127.D4 L3 1999
Status: Available