Author: Chicago (Ill.). Department of PlanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development, Urban
Languages : en
Pages :
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Urban Development Action Grant Application
Author: Chicago (Ill.). Department of PlanningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development, Urban
Languages : en
Pages :
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River City Phase I Development Project
Author: Chicago (Ill.). Urban Development Action Grant CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Community development, Urban
Languages : en
Pages :
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River City and Valley Life
Author: Christopher J. CastanedaPublisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822979187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Often referred to as “the Big Tomato,” Sacramento is a city whose makeup is significantly more complex than its agriculture-based sobriquet implies. In River City and Valley Life, seventeen contributors reveal the major transformations to the natural and built environment that have shaped Sacramento and its suburbs, residents, politics, and economics throughout its history. The site that would become Sacramento was settled in 1839, when Johann Augustus Sutter attempted to convert his Mexican land grant into New Helvetia (or “New Switzerland”). It was at Sutter’s sawmill fifty miles to the east that gold was first discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush of 1849. Nearly overnight, Sacramento became a boomtown, and cityhood followed in 1850. Ideally situated at the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, the city was connected by waterway to San Francisco and the surrounding region. Combined with the area’s warm and sunny climate, the rivers provided the necessary water supply for agriculture to flourish. The devastation wrought by floods and cholera, however, took a huge toll on early populations and led to the construction of an extensive levee system that raised the downtown street level to combat flooding. Great fortune came when local entrepreneurs built the Central Pacific Railroad, and in 1869 it connected with the Union Pacific Railroad to form the first transcontinental passage. Sacramento soon became an industrial hub and major food-processing center. By 1879, it was named the state capital and seat of government. In the twentieth century, the Sacramento area benefitted from the federal government’s major investment in the construction and operation of three military bases and other regional public works projects. Rapid suburbanization followed along with the building of highways, bridges, schools, parks, hydroelectric dams, and the Rancho Seco nuclear power plant, which activists would later shut down. Today, several tribal gaming resorts attract patrons to the area, while “Old Sacramento” revitalizes the original downtown as it celebrates Sacramento’s pioneering past. This environmental history of Sacramento provides a compelling case study of urban and suburban development in California and the American West. As the contributors show, Sacramento has seen its landscape both ravaged and reborn. As blighted areas, rail yards, and riverfronts have been reclaimed, and parks and green spaces created and expanded, Sacramento’s identity continues to evolve. As it moves beyond its Gold Rush, Transcontinental Railroad, and government-town heritage, Sacramento remains a city and region deeply rooted in its natural environment.
Site
Author: Steve WomersleyPublisher: Images Publishing
ISBN: 9781920744212
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
A useful source and reference to some of the greatest architecture of our time. This title also offers a diverse international portfolio.
Beyond the Edge
Author: Raymond GastilPublisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568983271
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Through an insightful look at projects from around the world and at the current design proposals for New York itself, the author paints a portrait of redevelopment that is both pragmatic and visionary, one that holds the promise of reconnecting New Yorkers to their waterfront as a vital place of work and of public life."--BOOK JACKET.
Chicago-Franklin Line Rail Rapid Transit Project
Author: Chicago, Near Loop Areas (south and West) Housing Issues
Author: Annual Report on New Starts
Author: United States. Federal Transit AdministrationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Federal aid to transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
Making Appropriations for Energy and Water Development for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2001, and for Other Purposes
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428918175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
Cumulative List of Organizations Described in Section 170 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description