Planning Chicago

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In this volume the authors tell the actual stories of the planners, politicians, and on a regular basis individuals who shaped recent Chicago, starting in 1958, early in the Richard J. Daley era. Over the ensuing decades, planning did much to develop the Loop, give protection to 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 a few 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 at all times at the make. This isn’t the best way other history books tell the story. Nevertheless it’s the Chicago way.



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