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Crestwood defies odds to celebrate 50 years as the first ‘perfect’ Radburn neighbourhood in the world
A "catastrophe", "total disaster", a "crazy, ludicrous living hell" — that's how politicians described some of Australia's most radically designed neighbourhoods.
The design of the nation’s capital itself was based in part on the US town of Radburn, New Jersey, where back-to-front homes have front doors opening on public parks rather than the street.
- Gian De Poloni
- ABC news
In addition, fences are non-existent and circular streets twist around the neighbourhood, never intersecting with a …