Grant Park : the evolution of Chicago's front yard /

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On November 4, 2008, when president-elect Barack Obama celebrated his victory with more than one hundred thousand supporters in Chicago, everyone knew where to meet. Long considered the showplace and cultural center of Chicago, Grant Park has been the site of tragedy and tension, as well success and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cremin, Dennis H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social change > Illinois > Chicago > History.
City planning > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Community development > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Landscape architecture > Illinois > Chicago > History.
Urban parks > United States > Case studies.
Architecture du paysage > Illinois > Chicago > Histoire.
Parcs urbains > États-Unis > Études de cas.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Buildings.
City planning.
Community development.
Landscape architecture.
Manners and customs.
Social change.
Urban parks.
Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) > History.
Chicago (Ill.) > History.
Chicago (Ill.) > Social life and customs.
Chicago (Ill.) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) > Histoire.
Chicago (Ill.) > Histoire.
Illinois > Chicago.
Illinois > Chicago > Grant Park.
United States.
Case studies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Early Park History : Lake, Land, and Place
  • Lake Park : A Cultural and Civic Center
  • The World's Columbian Exposition and Chicago's Cultural Flowering
  • Making the White City Permanent
  • The New Design
  • Gateway and Cultural Center : From A Century of Progress to Postwar Park
  • Parking Lots, Protests, and Mayhem : Grant Park in the Daley Era
  • The Park Reenvisioned and Renewed.

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