Author: South Park Commission (Chicago, Ill.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Modern and Most Valuable Park Development in the South Park District of the City of Chicago
Author: South Park Commission (Chicago, Ill.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Grant Park
Author: Dennis H CreminPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809332523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
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 as success and joy. In addition to serving as the staging grounds for Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession through the city, the park has been the setting for civil rights protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention demonstrations. The faithful attended the open-air mass of Pope John Paul II in Grant Park, and fans gathered there to cheer for the Chicago Bulls after their championship wins. The long park overlooking the beautiful waters of Lake Michigan has played an active part in Chicago and U. S. history. In 1836, only three years after Chicago was founded, Chicagoans set aside the first narrow shoreline as public ground and declared it “forever open, clear, and free. . . .” Chicago historian and author Dennis H. Cremin reveals that despite such intent, the transformation of Grant Park to the spectacular park it is more than 175 years later was a gradual process, at first fraught with a lack of funding and organization, and later challenged by erosion, the railroads, automobiles, and a continued battle between original intent and conceptions of progress. Throughout the book, Cremin shows that while Grant Park’s landscape and uses have changed throughout its rocky history, the public ground continues to serve “as a display case for the city and a calling card to visitors.” Amply illustrated with maps and images from throughout Chicago’s history, Grant Park shows readers how Chicago’s “front yard” developed into one of the finest urban parks in the country today. 2014 Illinois State Historical Society Book of the Year
A-Mer
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architectural design
Languages : en
Pages : 776
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 794
Book Description
Modern Cemetery
Author: Master Plan for Development of Park #429 (formerly South Shore Country Club) and a Statement Describing the Proposed Development
Author: Chicago Park District (Chicago, Ill.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : South Shore (Chicago, Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 6
Book Description
Mes-Z, Periodicals Index
Author: Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architectural design
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
The Reform Advocate
Author: A Greater West Park System
Author: Chicago (Ill.). West Chicago Park CommissionersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Parks
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Chicago Real Estate
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Real estate business
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description