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The development plans ensured that River Oaks's parks and esplanades were planted with oaks, shrubs, azaleas and other flowers.
Every detail of the development was planned to establish a well-integrated community.
Advertised as a " distinguished experiment in fine living ," River Oaks became a national model for community planning.
River Oaks ' planning standards, residential architecture, and landscape design were publicized during the 1920s and 1930s in national newspapers, real estate media and design journals.
Deed restrictions at the time restricted home prices to over $ 7, 000 and specified architectural styles, with a gentlemen's agreement excluding blacks, Jews, and other minorities.
Homes along Kirby Drive were restricted to American Colonial or English Tudor style architecture.

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