The Plan of Chicago Daniel Burnham and the remaking of the American city / [electronic resource] :
Carl Smith.
- University of Chicago Press, 2006.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 183 p.) : ill.
- Chicago visions and revisions .
- Chicago visions + revisions. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-173) and index.
Planning before the plan. -- Antecedents and inspirations. -- The city the planners saw. -- The plan comes together. -- Creating the plan. -- Reading the plan. -- Promotion. -- Implementation. -- Heritage.
Arguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. Carl Smith's fascinating history reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself. Smith's concise and accessible narrative begins with a survey of Chicago's stunning rise from a tiny frontier settleme.
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