Five Fields

Five Fields is a modernist residential neighborhood in Lexington, Massachusetts developed starting in 1951. It consists of 68 half-acre (0.2 hectare) lots with modernist houses on an 80-acre site designed by The Architects Collaborative, notably Walter Gropius and Benjamin Thompson. A 20-acre portion is held in common and includes community facilities such as a swimming pool and playground. —Amanda Kolson Hurley, "The Rise of the Radical Suburbs"

Five Fields

Five Fields is a modernist residential neighborhood in Lexington, Massachusetts developed starting in 1951. It consists of 68 half-acre (0.2 hectare) lots with modernist houses on an 80-acre site designed by The Architects Collaborative, notably Walter Gropius and Benjamin Thompson. A 20-acre portion is held in common and includes community facilities such as a swimming pool and playground. —Amanda Kolson Hurley, "The Rise of the Radical Suburbs"