▁of ▁Kauf mann ' s ▁store . ▁ ▁Wright ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁ref ine ▁the ▁concept ▁in ▁later ▁books ▁and ▁in ▁articles ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁building ▁models ▁in ▁the ▁concept ▁were ▁completely ▁new ▁designs ▁by ▁Wright , ▁while ▁others ▁were ▁ref in ements ▁of ▁older ▁ones , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁had ▁rarely ▁been ▁seen . ▁ ▁Plan ▁Broad acre ▁City ▁was ▁the ▁ant ith esis ▁of ▁a ▁city ▁and ▁the ▁ap othe osis ▁of ▁the ▁newly ▁born ▁sub urb ia , ▁sh aped ▁through ▁Wright ' s ▁particular ▁vision . ▁It ▁was ▁both ▁a ▁planning ▁statement ▁and ▁a ▁so cio - polit ical ▁scheme , ▁inspired ▁by ▁Henry ▁George , ▁by ▁which ▁each ▁U . S . ▁family ▁would ▁be ▁given ▁a ▁ ▁plot ▁of ▁land ▁from ▁the ▁federal ▁lands ▁res erves , ▁and ▁a ▁Wright - con ce ived ▁community ▁would ▁be ▁built ▁an ew ▁from ▁this . ▁In ▁a ▁sense ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁exact ▁opposite ▁of ▁trans it - orient ed ▁development . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁train ▁station ▁and ▁a ▁few ▁office ▁and ▁a partment ▁buildings ▁in ▁Broad acre ▁City , ▁but ▁the ▁a partment ▁dwell ers ▁are ▁expected ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁small ▁minor ity . ▁All ▁important ▁transport ▁is ▁done ▁by ▁autom obile ▁and ▁the ▁ped est rian ▁can ▁exist ▁safely ▁only ▁within ▁the ▁conf ines ▁of ▁the ▁ ▁plots ▁where ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁population ▁dwell s . ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁book ▁Urban ▁Pl anning ▁Theory ▁since ▁ 1