Garden city movement through low taxes, low rents and more space. Despite Howard’s best efforts, the home prices in this garden city could not remain affordable for blue-collar workers to live in. The populations comprised mostly skilled middle class workers. After a decade, the First Garden City became profitable and started paying dividends to its investors. Although many viewed Letchworth as a success, it did not immediately inspire government investment into the next line of garden cities. In reference to the lack of government support for garden cities, Frederic James Osborn, a colleague of Howard and his eventual successor at the Garden City
Garden City, Missouri Ford Brush unit (B96 and B91). Brush 96 and Engine 92 are located at station 2. Finally, the Fire District’s fire insurance rating is presently a Class 6 within the city limits. Outside the city limits (without hydrants) it is a Class 9. 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