“Sunnyside Gardens:  The Politics of Common Open Space,” (Michael Kwartler, FAIA and Frank Havelick), Space and Society, Sansoni/MIT Press, June 1984

Almost 60 years after it was built, Sunnyside Gardens in Queens, Long Island, designed by Clarence Stein and Henry Wright, remains a prime example of large scale residential planning in American cities. But it also represents a unique case study of the difficult legal, social, and political issues that surround the use of open land in a contemporary urban community, on  a common basis, where one man’s private property is another’s common ground.