Wildwood Park, Winnipeg
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Wildwood Park is a suburban community in Winnipeg
that has a central green space and no front roads (only back alleys), with communal walkways, playgrounds and parks. Nearly all of the original houses are based on five variations of three basic designs, pre-fabricated in one section of the site. The site plan concept is based on the Radburn
community design of architects Henry Wright and Clarence Stein
who advocated the idea of designing neighbourhoods for the "motor age". It varies from the original in the introduction of crescents (or loops) as the local access roads. It was developed in 1946–47 by Hubert Bird and designed by Green, Blankstein, Russell (GBR). It is well known as an early example of the Radburn pattern, which has found extensive application in the second half of the 20th century. It presages the emergence of the Fused Grid
that uses the same principle of filtered permeability.
Wildwood Park is in the Charleswood–Fort Garry city ward and the Pembina Trails school division
of Winnipeg. It corresponds to Statistics Canada's census dissemination area 110466, in census tract 0503.00, within the Winnipeg census division
, part of the Winnipeg census metropolitan area. It comprises much of the Wildwood
Winnipeg census neighbourhood, within the Fort Garry North neighbourhood cluster (according to how census data is reported for the city of Winnipeg). It is in the Fort Garry–Riverview provincial electoral division (Fort Garry
until 2008), and the Winnipeg South Centre
federal electoral division. Before Unicity
in 1972, this was part of the Rural Municipality of Fort Garry.
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
that has a central green space and no front roads (only back alleys), with communal walkways, playgrounds and parks. Nearly all of the original houses are based on five variations of three basic designs, pre-fabricated in one section of the site. The site plan concept is based on the Radburn
Radburn, New Jersey
Radburn is an unincorporated planned community located within Fair Lawn, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.Radburn was founded in 1929 as "a town for the motor age"...
community design of architects Henry Wright and Clarence Stein
Clarence Stein
Clarence Samuel Stein was an American urban planner, architect, and writer, a major proponent of the "Garden City" movement in the United States.- Biography :...
who advocated the idea of designing neighbourhoods for the "motor age". It varies from the original in the introduction of crescents (or loops) as the local access roads. It was developed in 1946–47 by Hubert Bird and designed by Green, Blankstein, Russell (GBR). It is well known as an early example of the Radburn pattern, which has found extensive application in the second half of the 20th century. It presages the emergence of the Fused Grid
Fused Grid
The Fused Grid is a street network pattern first proposed in 2002 and subsequently applied in Calgary, Alberta and in Stratford, Ontario . It represents a synthesis of two well known and extensively used network concepts: the "grid" and the “Radburn” pattern, derivatives of which are found in most...
that uses the same principle of filtered permeability.
Wildwood Park is in the Charleswood–Fort Garry city ward and the Pembina Trails school division
Pembina Trails School Division
Pembina Trails School Division is a school division in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.It operates one technical college in cooperation with the Louis Riel School Division called Winnipeg Technical College....
of Winnipeg. It corresponds to Statistics Canada's census dissemination area 110466, in census tract 0503.00, within the Winnipeg census division
Division No. 11, Manitoba
Census Division No. 11 Winnipeg is located in the Winnipeg Capital Region of the Province of Manitoba, Canada. The City of Winnipeg is the Capital city of the province and comprises the largest portion of the census division. The population of the area as of the 2006 census was 636,177...
, part of the Winnipeg census metropolitan area. It comprises much of the Wildwood
Wildwood, Winnipeg
Wildwood is a neighbourhood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It contains the community of Wildwood Park....
Winnipeg census neighbourhood, within the Fort Garry North neighbourhood cluster (according to how census data is reported for the city of Winnipeg). It is in the Fort Garry–Riverview provincial electoral division (Fort Garry
Fort Garry (electoral district)
Fort Garry is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1957, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1958...
until 2008), and the Winnipeg South Centre
Winnipeg South Centre
Winnipeg South Centre is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1979 and since 1988.-Geography:...
federal electoral division. Before Unicity
Unicity
The term Unicity refers to reforms in the structure of the metropolitan government of Winnipeg in 1972. Unicity, an ambitious experiment in local government reform, established the City of Winnipeg as one unified city; until that point, the greater Winnipeg area had been composed of several...
in 1972, this was part of the Rural Municipality of Fort Garry.
Further reading
- Don Gillmor (2005), “Urban Planning: Wildwood Childhood” in Canadian Geographic, v 125, n 4 (July/August), p 54.
- Michael David Martin (2001), “Returning to Radburn” in Landscape Journal, v 20, n 2, pp 156–175.
- Michael David Martin (2001), “The Landscapes of Winnipeg's Wildwood Park” in Urban History Review, v 30, n 1 (October), pp 22–39.
- Michael David Martin (2002), “The Case for Residential Back-Alleys: A North American Perspective” in Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, v 17, n 2, pp 145–171.
- Michael David Martin (2004), “Designing the Next Radburn: A Green-hearted American Neighbourhood for the 21st Century”, proceedings of Open Space/People Space: An International Conference on Inclusive Environments, Edinburgh: Research Centre for Inclusive Access to Outdoor Environments. ISBN 1-904443-03-6.
- Carl Nelson (1985), Wildwood Park Study, Ottawa: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
- Mavis Reimer (1989), Wildwood Park Through the Years, Winnipeg: Wildwood History Book Committee. ISBN 0-88925-831-7.
- Sigfried Toews (1973), A Tribute to Wildwood Park: a housing report for J. Lehrman, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba.
- (1948) “Operation Integrated: Two New House Designs, Site Selection, Wildwood Park, Fort Garry” in Builders' Bulletin, n 10 (March 6), Ottawa: Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation.