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Plan of Chicago

Title: Plan of Chicago / Daniel H. Burnham, Edward H. Bennett ; edited by Charles Moore ; with a new introduction by Kristen Schaffer.
Author: Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912.
Publication: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, ©1993.

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Description

xvi, xviii, 164 pages : illustrations (some color); 32 cm

Summary

"It may not be an exaggeration to say that modern urban planning began with Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett's Plan of Chicago. This landmark text, published in 1909, revolutionized urban design. Adopted by the city of Chicago, the plan had a major impact on its development, particularly that of the Lake Shore. This reprint makes available a book that still holds valuable lessons for today's architects and planners. The most visible document of the City Beautiful movement, the plan was also a hard-headed and practical approach to the problems of modern-day city planning. It detailed proposals for circulation, transportation facilities, civic buildings, and parks.
Plan of Chicago reproduces all 143 plates from the original, 48 in color. It also contains a plate of City Hall, rendered in color by Jules Guérin, that was omitted from the 1909 edition. Kristen Schaffer's new introduction examines Burham's handwritten draft of the book focusing on those parts that were edited out of the publication, to suggest a reinterpretation of the plan."--Jacket.

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History
Books.

Note

Originally published: Chicago : Commercial Club, 1909. With new introd.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Fabric of city life: the social agenda in Burnham's draft of the Plan of Chicago / Kristen Schaffer -- Origin of the plan of Chicago -- City planning in ancient and modern times -- Chicago, the metropolis of the middle west -- The Chicago Park system -- Transportation -- Streets within the city -- The heart of Chicago -- Plan of Chicago -- Appendix: Legal aspects of the plan of Chicago.

ISBN

1878271415
9781878271419

LCCN

93014988

OCLC

ocm27811763
27811763
SCSB-1990884

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library