My experiences with lawns are primarily in public urban spaces. Neither my family nor I have ever lived in the suburbs. As part of a working-class family, we have always prioritized proximity to work and school, so my earliest memories of lawns are public spaces, which brings back great community memories. When I think about…

READINGS Beatriz Colomina, “The Lawn at War: 1941-1961,” in The American Lawn, ed. Georges Teyssot (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999). Link to book.  Diane Harris, “Where was Jim Crow? Living in Frank Lloyd Wright’s America,” in Segregation and Resistance in the Landscapes of the Americas, eds. Eric Avila and Thaisa Way, (Harvard University Press,…