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The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City (Chicago Visions and Revisions)

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Arguably essentially the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed a number of the city’s most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. Carl Smith’s fascinating history reveals the Plan’s central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself. 

Smith’s concise and accessible narrative begins with a survey of Chicago’s stunning rise from a tiny frontier settlement to the nation’s second-largest city. He then offers an illuminating exploration of the Plan’s creation and reveals the way it embodies the renowned architect’s belief that cities can and will have to be remade for the better. The Plan defined the City Beautiful movement and was once the first comprehensive try to reimagine an important American city. Smith points out the ways the Plan continues to influence debates, even a century after its publication, about find out how to create a vibrant and habitable urban environment. 

Richly illustrated and incisively written, his insightful book might be indispensable to our understanding of Chicago, Daniel Burnham, and the emergence of the up to date city.


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