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Beyond Burnham : an illustrated history of planning for the Chicago region /
- Title
- Beyond Burnham : an illustrated history of planning for the Chicago region / [Joseph P. Schwieterman and Alan P. Mammoser ; edited with a postscript by John A. Shuler].
- Author
- Schwieterman, Joseph P., 1959-
- Publication
- Lake Forest, IL : Lake Forest College Press, 2009.
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- Description
- vii, 232 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports.; 26 cm.
- Subjects
- City planning > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
- Land use, Urban > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area > History > 20th century
- Metropolitan areas > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area > History > 20th century
- Land use, Urban > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
- Metropolitan areas > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
- City planning > Illinois > Chicago Metropolitan Area > History > 20th century
- Note
- Statement of responsibility from cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The story of the century -- Envisioning Chicago as a region. Creating the Plan of Chicago: 1900-1922 ; Daniel Burnham, Jr. and the Chicago Regional Planning Association: 1923-1935 ; The "rainbow city": a Century of Progress International Exposition ; Master engineer: Robert Kingery and the push for public works, 1936-1945 ; New ideas and new institutions: 1945-1957 -- Shaping a transportation version. Banner years for transportation: 1958-1964 ; Maximum mobility: the Chicago Area Transportation Study ; Regionalism on the rails: the Regional Transportation Authority -- Shaping a comprehensive vision. Matthew Rockwell and the Finger Plan: 1964-1966 ; Hard times for regional planning: 1966-1979 ; "Like the United Nations": NIPC and regional diplomacy, 1979-2004 -- Bringing land use and transportation together. A civic renaissance in a global city ; The problem of airports: a metropolitan case study -- Conclusion: Looking to the future -- The Burnham-Bennett legacy in Metropolitan Chicago - a postscript / by John A. Shuler -- Appendices.
- ISBN
- 0982315619 (pbk.)
- 9780982315613 (pbk.)
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library