Plan of Chicago (Da Capo Press Series in Architecture and Decorative Art)

Folio. viii (xv), 164 pp, introduction, list of color and b&w illustrations, I. Origin of the Plan of Chicago; City; II. City Planning in Ancient and Modern Times; III. The Metropolis of the Middle West; IV. The Chicago Park System; V. Transportation; VI. Steets within the City; VII. The Heart of Chicago; VIII. Plan of Chicago; Appendix: introductory; outer parks, boulevards, and circuits; city parks, squared, boulevards, and and avenues; Lake Shore development, transportation problems; control of lands adjacent to public improvements; congested aread; present borrowing and tasing powers; conclusions, index. Da Capo Press Series in Architecture and Decorative Art, Volume 29, 1970 Reprint of first edition in 1909. Tan cloth with black letttering to front board and spine. "We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher."