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Stevenage to be pioneer for Britain's model towns plan
Stevenage in Hertfordshire is chosen as the first test site for Huntin's plan to rehouse a million Britons in new model towns. Ten sites are eyed, with Stevenage facing local opposition yet praised by minister Lewis Silkin as a blueprint for postwar urban planning.
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Stevenage
England
Knights In Armor
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Lewis Silkin
London
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Britain
Manchester
Mobberley
Cheshire
Leeds
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Patrick Abercrombie
University of London
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Dublin
Hertfordshire
London and Northeastern Railway
Stevenage Residents Protective Assoct
Silkin
United States
St. Peter's
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