The helmeted entrepreneur in the drawing above points ecstatically to a dream – one already being lovingly fashioned into reality on a scenic stretch of Cape Cod between Hyannis and Falmouth. The dream, called New Seabury, is not to be referred to crassly as a real estate development. “It is not just another community,” its developers insist, “or even a new town. It is a new mode of life.” This new mode of organized life will be as precisely thought out and as elegantly landscaped as a Japanese garden, with each bench, bog and bluff utilized to provide a special aura for people of special tastes. Similar visions, being promoted all over the U.S., will permit Americans to make leisure an integral part of their lives without having to rush away from home in harried pursuit of it.

New Seabury will limit its population to 4,000 families. Its 3.000 acres of sand, stream and salt marsh will be converted into 11 villages, each separated from the other by greenbelt, woodland or waterway, each with its distinctive character. The labels on the drawing above are descriptions, not the official village names – except for Bright Coves, the only one already under construction.

Bright Coves is designed for gregarious middle-income boatsmen and bathers. Commuter’s Corners will be a year-round suburbia with built-in fishing facilities on the river. Tycoon Hill will offer well-heeled summer types oceanfront and a golf course. At Retirement Bay, middle-income old folks will have good views, gardening, and quiet without solitude. Highbrow Haven will provide seclusion for the contemplative intellectual; Apartment Village is designed for year-rounders – mainly people who work in New Seabury. Equestrian Estates, high-priced and woodsy, will include a riding academy. Boatsman’s Harbor will have protected summer boating for families and fledgling sailers; Artist’s Wharf will start out with a ready-made art colony and fishing village. Sportsman’s Pond will be for the summer woodsman, hunter, fisherman and nature student, and Budget Beach for the big family with children and a not-so-big income.

First Village, Ready to Sell
Bright Coves, the first village to go up under New Seabury’s 10-year, $50-million plan, has four model homes completed and a list of buyers waiting for the official opening next week. Woodlands have been cleared and docks built. Also ready are tennis and badminton courts, riding and hiking trails, a play garden and a half-acre wildflower retreat. Catamarans will operate as ferries, carrying children to beach activities.

To design his community, Developer Emil Hanslin enlisted Pietro Belluschi, M.I.T.’s Dean of Architecture, to help assemble architects and designers. The houses in Bright Coves are varied and original in style, will sell at $15,000 to $35,000. The management sets very strict rules for residents. Anyone destroying a tree, for example, will be fined $100. If he does it again, he will be expelled from New Seabury.