City Planning in Chicago: a Review
Author : Robert C. Klove
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Page : pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
Release : 1948
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Author : Robert C. Klove
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Page : pages
File Size : 23,93 MB
Release : 1948
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Author : D. Bradford Hunt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 38,47 MB
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1000084825
In this volume the authors tell the real stories of the planners, politicians, and everyday people who shaped contemporary Chicago, starting in 1958, early in the Richard J. Daley era. Over the ensuing decades, planning did much to develop the Loop, protect Chicago’s famous lakefront, and encourage industrial growth and neighborhood development in the face of national trends that savaged other cities. But planning also failed some of Chicago’s communities and did too little for others. The Second City is no longer defined by its past and its myths but by the nature of its emerging postindustrial future. This volume looks beyond Burnham’s giant shadow to see the sprawl and scramble of a city always on the make. This isn’t the way other history books tell the story. But it’s the Chicago way.
Author : Chicago Plan Commission
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Page : 21 pages
File Size : 29,74 MB
Release : 1945
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Author : John William Reps
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Cities and towns
ISBN : 0826209394
Spectacular modern aerial photographs of twenty-three of the towns dramatically illustrate changes to the urban scene and demonstrate the lasting influence of the initial city patterns on subsequent growth.
Author : Nelson Peter Lewis
Publisher :
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 38,39 MB
Release : 1916
Category : City planning
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Author : Carl Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 2009-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0226764737
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 settlement to the nation’s second-largest city. He then offers an illuminating exploration of the Plan’s creation and reveals how it embodies the renowned architect’s belief that cities can and must be remade for the better. The Plan defined the City Beautiful movement and was the first comprehensive attempt to reimagine a major American city. Smith points out the ways the Plan continues to influence debates, even a century after its publication, about how to create a vibrant and habitable urban environment. Richly illustrated and incisively written, his insightful book will be indispensable to our understanding of Chicago, Daniel Burnham, and the emergence of the modern city.
Author : Frederick T. Aschman
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 17,85 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Central business districts
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Author : Chicago Plan Commission
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Page : 42 pages
File Size : 25,91 MB
Release : 1945
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
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Author : Joseph P. Schwieterman
Publisher : Lake Claremont Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781893121263
Only in Chicago Can Zoning Be Epic... Chicago is renowned for its distinctive skyline, its bustling Loop business district, and its diverse neighborhoods. How the face of Chicago came to be is a story of enterprise, ingenuity, opportunity--and zoning. Until now, however, there has not been a book that focuses on the important, often surprising, role of zoning in shaping the 'The City that Works.' "The Politics of Place: A History of Zoning in Chicago" reviews the interplay among development, planning, and zoning in the growth of the Gold Coast, the Central Area, and, more recently, massive 'Planned Developments'; such as Marina City, Illinois Center, and Dearborn Park. It tells the story of bold visions compromised by political realities, battles between residents and developers, and occasional misfires from City Council and City Hall. What emerges is a fascinating, behind-the-scenes inspection of the evolving character of the city's landscape. Schwieterman and Caspall recount the many planning innovations that have originated in Chicago, the complexities and intrigue of its zoning debates, and the recent adoption of a new zoning ordinance that promises to affect the city's economy and image for years to come.
Author : Joseph P. Schwieterman
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,40 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
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Beyond Burnham provides a fascinating account of a century of visionary planning for metropolitan Chicago. From Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett's famed 1909 Plan of Chicago to the push for superhighways and airports to battles over urban sprawl, the book showcases an illustrated portrait of the big personalities and the "big plans" they espoused. The human face of planning appears in the interplay between public officials and citizen advocates. Powerful institutions--the Chicago Plan Commission and Regional Transportation Authority, among others--emerge to promote metropolitan goals. Some efforts succeed while others fail, but the work of planners lives on in efforts to shape new visions for the region's future.