The Plan of Chicago - Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City

Informationen zum Autor Carl Smith is the Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English and American Studies and professor of history at Northwestern University. He is the author of Chicago and the American Literary Imagination, 1880-1920 , and Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief , both published by the University of Chicago Press. Klappentext Arguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's 1909 "Plan of Chicago," proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. Carl Smith's fascinating history reveals how the "Plan" defined the City Beautiful movement and was the first comprehensive attempt to reimagine a major American city. 62 halftones. 6 maps. Zusammenfassung A document in the history of urban planning! Daniel Burnham's "1909 Plan of Chicago"! produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago! proposed many of the city's most distinctive features. This title reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Smith, Carl S. Smith
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.2007
• EAN: 9780226764726
• ISBN: 978-0-226-76472-6
• No. of pages: 202
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 215 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions; Chicago Visions and Revisions; Chicago Visions and Revisions (CHUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Illinois, HISTORY / Social History, Individual architects & architectural firms, Social & cultural history, ARCHITECTURE / Individual Architects & Firms / General, ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning, City & town planning - architectural aspects, Urban & municipal planning, Social and cultural history, Urban and municipal planning and policy, C 1900 - C 1914, c 1900 to c 1909, Individual architects and architectural firms, City and town planning: architectural aspects