Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town

By (author): "Witold Rybczynski"
Publish Date: 2007
Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town
ISBN1416539573
ISBN139781416539575
AsinLast Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town
Original titleLast Harvest: How a Cornfield Became New Daleville: Real Estate Development in America from George Washington to the Builders of the Twenty-First Cent
In Last Harvest, the award-winning author of Home and A Clearing in the Distance tells the compelling story of New Daleville, a brand-new residential subdivision in rural Pennsylvania. When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia. Over the course of five years, Rybczynski met everyone involved in the transformation of this land -- from the developers, to the community leaders whose approvals they needed, to the home builders and sewage experts and, ultimately, the first families who moved in.