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1 online resource |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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Early Park History : Lake, Land, and Place -- Lake Park : A Cultural and Civic Center -- The World's Columbian Exposition and Chicago's Cultural Flowering -- Making the White City Permanent -- The New Design -- Gateway and Cultural Center : From A Century of Progress to Postwar Park -- Parking Lots, Protests, and Mayhem : Grant Park in the Daley Era -- The Park Reenvisioned and Renewed |
| Summary |
On November 4, 2008, when president-elect Barack Obama celebrated his victory with more than one hundred thousand supporters in Chicago, everyone knew where to meet. Long considered the showplace and cultural center of Chicago, Grant Park has been the site of tragedy and tension, as well success and joy. In addition to serving as the staging grounds for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession through the city, the park has been the setting for civil rights protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention demonstrations. This book focuses on how people changed this public land from an often unsightly neighborhood park into a landscape of regional, national, and international significance |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Social change -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
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City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
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Community development -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
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Landscape architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
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Urban parks -- United States -- Case studies
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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Buildings
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City planning
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Community development
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Landscape architecture
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Manners and customs
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Social change
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Urban parks
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Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- History
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Chicago (Ill.) -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85023235
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs
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Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc
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Illinois -- Chicago
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Illinois -- Chicago -- Grant Park
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United States
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Case studies
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History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012038099 |
| ISBN |
9780809332526 |
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0809332523 |
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0809332523 |
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1299592503 |
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9781299592506 |
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