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 Written direction, in contrast to the raw, unpolished and underground tone of his debut. Despite its significant impact on hip hop at the time, "Illmatic" did not experience the larger sales of most major releases at the time in hip hop, such as Snoop Dogg's "Doggystyle" (1993). This was due in part to Nas's shy personality and uninvolvement in promoting the record. Nas began to make appearances on other artists' work, including Kool G Rap's "4,5,6" (1995) and Raekwon's "Verbal Intercourse" on his album "Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…" (1995), which made Nas the first non Wu-Tang Clan member to appear