Garden city movement Garden City, Ltd. in 1899 to create the garden city of Letchworth. However, these donors would collect interest on their investment if the garden city generated profits through rents or, as Fishman calls the process, ‘philanthropic land speculation’. Howard tried to include working class cooperative organisations, which included over two million members, but could not win their financial support. Because he had to rely only on the wealthy investors of First Garden City, Howard had to make concessions to his plan, such as eliminating the cooperative ownership scheme with no landlords, short-term rent increases, and hiring architects who did not
It Was I to match the success of the original. The song only reached No. 10 on the Billboard Bubbling Under chart, an extension to the Hot 100. "It Was I" fared slightly better in Australia, where it managed to reach the No. 74 spot. Despite only achieving minor success, "It Was I" performed better in Australia than any of its successors, including "Go Insane", which only reached No. 100. It Was I "It Was I" is a song written by vocalist Gary S. Paxton that reached No. 11 in 1959 when Paxton released it as part of a duo with Clyde Battin