Radburn, “the town for the motor age.” Perhaps the most significant single notion in 20th Century urban development.
The Radburn Idea, admired, copied, and improved on in England, Scandinavia, India, Canada, and, of all places, Russia. “A finger exercise,” says Mumford bravely, “preparing for symphonies yet to come.” And which in this country are still yet to come. Somehow when you look at Fair Lawn today, it seems amazing that Radburn hasn’t been gobbled up, that it survives at all. It is historical.
