Green Machine 1977-1980 Of all the radical designs that remained on the drafting table, Glen Howard Small¹s Green Machine came closest to leaping into reality. A revolutionary new approach to low income housing, The Green Machine received a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts and a Federal Block Grant for a feasibility study that was completed in 1980. The project garnered international publicity and endorsement, but the city of Los Angeles did not acquire the modest sum of 2 million dollars for construction of this experimental 24 family low income housing unit. In 1980, this was the price of one home in Bel Air. Enter The Green Machine with Glen Small, and see what Los Angeles missed.
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