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
Garden City, Missouri Garden City, Missouri Garden City is a city in Cass County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,642 at the 2010 census. Garden City was platted in 1885, and so named on account of the fertile soil near the town site. A post office called Garden City has been in operation since 1875. The O'Bannon Homestead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Garden City is located at (38.558731, -94.189231). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census