The Plan of Chicago - Smith, Carl
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Arguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's 1909 "Plan of Chicago," proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. Carl Smith's fascinating history reveals how the "Plan" defined the City Beautiful movement and was the first comprehensive attempt to reimagine a major American city. 62 halftones. 6 maps.

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Arguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's 1909 "Plan of Chicago," proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. Carl Smith's fascinating history reveals how the "Plan" defined the City Beautiful movement and was the first comprehensive attempt to reimagine a major American city. 62 halftones. 6 maps.
Autorenporträt
Carl Smith is the Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English and American Studies and professor of history at Northwestern University. His books include three prize-winning volumes: Chicago and the American Literary Imagination, 1880-1920; Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: The Great Chicago Fire, the Haymarket Bomb, and the Model Town of Pullman; and The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City, the latter two published by the University of Chicago Press.