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Grant Park : the evolution of Chicago's front yard /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cremin, Dennis H.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) > History.
Chicago (Ill.) > History.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs.
Social change > Illinois > Chicago > History.
City planning > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Community development > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Landscape architecture > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Chicago (Ill.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Urban parks > United States > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.