Articles and images of the Meadowbrook Open House Event November 15, 1936
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due to FHA rules for getting the buildings and their mortgages approved
Articles and images of the Meadowbrook Open House Event November 15, 1936
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Articles and images of the Meadowbrook Open House Event November 15, 1936
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Photos of the last standing bridge illustrated in the preview to the Opening Day highlighting the Accent on Environment. The bridges spanned both sides of the Green Brook to the small island, which is accessible by foot when the water is low from Brook Ave, because the Dams have been removed but you can still see their foundations. Another bridge spanned from the Cul De Sac over the Green Brook and was going to be a feature of the neighborhood as that leads directly to the Solarium/Greenhouse and Swimming Pool which existed until about 1972 but you can see it's filled in foot-print.
Published prior to the opening 14 November 1936 these articles highlight some of the Johnston / Mali history and past and how the development remained connected to them through street names.
I tried contacting the paper to find less blurry scans than from newspapers.com but no luck.
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I've updated the Google map layer "Nearby Features" for familiarity with these older homes...
Link to Meadowbrook History Map ---> https://tinyurl.com/MeadowbrookMap
I paid attention to capture only homes on East Front Street as it illustrates the perspective to help me understand the landscape of the similar estates nearby. Some of these homes still exist.