Main entry:

Commercial Club of Chicago.

Title & Author:

Plan of Chicago / by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett ; edited by Charles Moore ; new introduction by Wilbert R. Hasbrouck, AIA.

Publication:

New York : Da Capo Press, 1970.

Description:

viii, xviii, 164 pages : illustrations (some color, some folded), color maps ; 33 cm.

Series:

Da Capo Press series in architecture and decorative art ; v. 29

Notes:
Reprint of the 1909 ed.
Facsimile reprint of the 1909 ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Origin of the plan of Chicago -- City planning in ancient and modern times -- Chicago, the metropolis of the middle west -- The Chicago Park system -- Transportation -- Streets within the city -- The heart of Chicago -- Plan of Chicago -- Appendix: Legal aspects of the plan of Chicago.

Summary:

The plan of Chicago is the unquestioned masterpiece of Daniel Burnham, who at the time of its completion was riding the crest of an immense reputation as one of the leading architects and certainly the leading city planner of the nation. He launched almost singlehandedly the "city beautiful movement," which was to dominate American city planning well into the twenties.

ISBN:

030671261X
9780306712616

Subject:

City planning Illinois Chicago History 20th century.
City planning Illinois Chicago.
Public works Illinois Chicago.
Urbanisme Illinois Chicago.
Travaux publics Illinois Chicago.
Public works
City planning
Illinois Chicago

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912.
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954.
Da Capo Press series in architecture and decorative art ; v. 29.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 85994
Call No.: WX13861; ID:85-B12077
Status: Available