Usonia, New York: Building a Community with Frank Lloyd Wright
This is the latest of several books written about the "organic"  housing development laid out by Frank Lloyd Wright in New York's  Westchester County. In 1945, a rural tract was purchased by a  cooperative of young couples from New York City, who were able  to enlist Wright to build his Broadacre City concept. Wright  designed three homes himself and approved the other 44. Reisley,  a co-op member who commissioned one of the houses by Wright,  outlines the organizational and social life span of Usonia, from  the pioneering days of construction work parties through  financial crises to the current well-established community. He  concludes with a chapter about his own positive experience as a  client of Wright. Contemporary photographs help tell the story,  and a visual index identifies the houses. Buy for regional  collections, Wright collections, and where interest in the  American cooperative movement warrants David R. Conn, Surrey  P.L., B.C.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.