Plan of Chicago

About this eBook

Author

Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912

Original Publication

Chicago: The Commercial Club, 1908.

Credits

A Marshall, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NA: Fine Arts: Architecture

Subject

City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76669

Release Date

August 11, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.PLAN OF CHICAGO
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.CONTENTS
7. 7.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
8. 8.THE COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO — LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS PRIOR TO JUNE 1, 1909
9. 9.Untitled
10. 10.CHAPTER I ORIGIN OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO: THE WORLD’S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION OF 1893 AND ITS RESULTS: THE SPIRIT OF CHICAGO — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.CHAPTER II CITY PLANNING IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES: COMMERCE A LEADING MOTIVE IN CITY BUILDING: BABYLON, EGYPT, ATHENS, AND ROME: MEDIÆVAL CITIES: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARIS: CITY PLANNING IN GERMANY: OVERCOMING CONGESTION IN LONDON: WASHINGTON A CITY BUILT ON A PLAN: OTHER AMERICAN CITIES — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.CHAPTER III CHICAGO THE METROPOLIS OF THE MIDDLE WEST: REASONS FOR EXPECTING CONTINUOUS GROWTH: THE SUBURBS: A LAKESIDE DRIVEWAY ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN: CONNECTIONS BETWEEN OUTLYING CITIES: THE BUILDING OF GOOD ROADS — FOOTNOTES:
13. 13.CHAPTER IV THE CHICAGO PARK SYSTEM: THE MOVEMENT FOR PARK EXTENSION: PLAYGROUNDS: OUTLYING PARK SYSTEMS IN LONDON, PARIS, BERLIN, VIENNA, AND BOSTON: PROPOSED TREATMENT OF THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE: AN OUTER PARK BELT — FOOTNOTES:
14. 14.CHAPTER V TRANSPORTATION: A FREIGHT CENTER: GROUPING OF PASSENGER STATIONS: A LOOP SYSTEM
15. 15.CHAPTER VI NATURAL FEATURES OF CHICAGO: NECESSITY FOR COMPREHENSIVE TREATMENT OF THE STREET SYSTEM: STREETS WITHIN THE CITY: THE RESIDENCE STREET, THE AVENUE, AND THE BOULEVARD: STREET ARCHITECTURE: THE STREETS OF CHICAGO: PROPOSED NEW CIRCUITS — FOOTNOTES:
16. 16.CHAPTER VII THE HEART OF CHICAGO: OPPORTUNITY FOR CREATING A CONVENIENT AND UNIFIED CITY: MICHIGAN AVENUE AS THE BASE OF A GREAT COMPOSITION: THE WIDENING OF HALSTED STREET: A GROUP-PLAN FOR THE FIELD MUSEUM, THE CRERAR LIBRARY, AND THE ART INSTITUTE: CONGRESS STREET AS THE MAIN AXIS OF THE CITY: THE CIVIC CENTER — FOOTNOTES:
17. 17.CHAPTER VIII THE PLAN OF CHICAGO: THE RESULT OF SYSTEMATIC STUDY: THE COST INVOLVED IN CARRYING OUT THE WORK: THE PEOPLE ARE FINANCIALLY ABLE TO REALIZE THE PLAN: THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED: HOW THE COST MAY BE DIVIDED: THE FINAL RESULT.
18. 18.Untitled
19. 19.Untitled
20. 20.LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO — INTRODUCTORY — OUTER PARKS, BOULEVARDS, AND CIRCUITS — CITY PARKS, SQUARES, BOULEVARDS, AND AVENUES — LAKE SHORE DEVELOPMENT — TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS — CONTROL OF LANDS ADJACENT TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS — CONGESTED AREAS — PRESENT BORROWING AND TAXING POWERS — CONCLUSIONS — FOOTNOTES:
21. 21.Untitled
22. 22.INDEX
23. 23.Untitled
24. 24.Untitled

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