Main entry:

Roche, R. Samuel (Robert Samuel)

Title & Author:

Plans of Chicago / R. Samuel Roche and Aric Lasher.

Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Architects Research Foundation, [2009]
©2009

Description:

xi, 186 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-178) and index.
Foreword / Thomas H. Beeby -- Early planning in Chicago -- Planning from the center at the World's Columbian Exposition -- Planning from the center in Washington, D.C. -- Planning from the center in the Plan of Chicago -- Peripheral planning before the automobile -- Peripheral planning after the automobile -- Relating the Chicago plans -- Making an implicit plan -- Planning the central city -- Planning the intermediate fabric -- Planning the periphery -- Implementing an implicit plan -- Afterword / Stuart Cohen.

Summary:

With exquisite illustrations, including full-color reproductions of Jules Guerin's famous watercolours, as well as original drawings by Aric Lasher, this title is the first in a series by a nonprofit foundation on Chicago architecture and urbanism. Its practical, viable proposals for city living chart a path for Chicago's future.

ISBN:

9780615282206 (hbk.)
0615282202 (hbk.)

Subject:

Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912. Plan of Chicago.
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954. Plan of Chicago.
City planning Illinois Chicago.
Buildings.
City planning.
Stadtplan
Ortsansicht
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc.
Illinois Chicago.
Chicago, Ill.

Added entries:

Lasher, Aric.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266208
Call No.: BIB 197845
Status: Available