TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Carl S.
TI  - The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the remaking of the American city 
T2  - Chicago visions and revisions
SN  - 9780226764733 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
AV  - NA737.B85 S65 2006eb
U1  - 711/.40977311 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Burnham, Daniel Hudson,
KW  - City planning
KW  - Illinois
KW  - Chicago
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Urbanisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Stadsplanning
KW  - gtt
KW  - Burnham, Daniel Hudson
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - City Planning & Urban Development
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - ARCHITECTURE
KW  - Urban & Land Use Planning
KW  - Chicago (Ill.)
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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