Planning Chicago Contributor(s): Hunt, D. Bradford (Author), DeVries, Jon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611900808 ISBN-13: 9781611900804 Publisher: Routledge
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2013 |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning - Architecture | Urban & Land Use Planning - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) |
Dewey: 307.121 |
LCCN: 2013930970 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" L (0.90 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: In this volume the authors tell the real stories of the planners, politicians, and everyday people who shaped contemporary Chicago, starting in 1958, early in the Richard J. Daley era. Over the ensuing decades, planning did much to develop the Loop, protect 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 some 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 always on the make. This isn't the way other history books tell the story. But it's the Chicago way. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hunt, D. Bradford: - D. Bradford Hunt is an associate professor of social science and history at Roosevelt University in Chicago.DeVries, Jon B.: - Jon B. DeVries is director of the Marshall Bennett Institute of Real Estate at Roosevelt University. |
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