Leeton, Australia, Australia
Year 1913 latitude: -34° 33' longitude: 146° 24' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Walter Burley Griffin Design organization Inhabitants 12,000 (2006) Target population Town website Town related links Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Leeton is a farming town planned on the bare ground. Like with Canberra Griffin designed Leeton circular, with four street districts radiating out from the town centre. Treelined streets, 102 ha of parks and art deco buildings are other features. source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Leeton/2005/02/17/1108500197552.html
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