Company and Community: The King Thompson Company and Upper Arlington, Ohio, 1913-1929
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2011-12
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The Ohio State University
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My project concerns the early history of Upper Arlington, a suburb located in the northwestern part of the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area. Upper Arlington was founded and developed by King and Ben Thompson in the late 1910's, growing from a collection of six houses on ten roads to a city of approximately 35,000 residents in 2011. The history of Upper Arlington, in many ways, mirrors that of similar suburban developments across the U.S. Upper Arlington is today a small city, responding to a changing economic, social, and political context. Upper Arlington's narrative is symbolic of the urban growth and development of the United States, evolving through both contingencies and continuities. Upper Arlington was both typical and atypical of urban development and community planning practices; and the historical narrative of Upper Arlington is one of visions meeting contingencies.
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Upper Arlington, Ohio, Ohio history, Suburban development, Urban development, King and Ben Thompson