The British urban theorist and [[garden city]] pioneer [[Ebenezer Howard]] worked as a court reporter in Chicago in the early 1870s, and although there is no evidence that he had visited Riverside, it is highly likely, given his known interests, that he would have known of the experiment; and it is equally likely that this influenced his own thinking and plans. | The British urban theorist and [[garden city]] pioneer [[Ebenezer Howard]] worked as a court reporter in Chicago in the early 1870s, and although there is no evidence that he had visited Riverside, it is highly likely, given his known interests, that he would have known of the experiment; and it is equally likely that this influenced his own thinking and plans. |