| Description |
xvii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Chicago visions and revisions |
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Chicago visions + revisions.
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| Contents |
1. Planning before the plan -- 2. Antecedents and inspirations -- 3. The city the planners saw -- 4. The plan comes together -- 5. Creating the plan -- 6. Reading the plan -- 7. Promotion -- 8. Implementation -- 9. Heritage |
| Summary |
Arguably the most influential document in the history of American urban planning, Daniel Burnham's 1909 'Plan of Chicago' proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This text reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people have envisioned the cityscape and urban life itself |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-173) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912.
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City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2006005125 |
| ISBN |
0226764710 hardback |
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9780226764719 |
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