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Author Cremin, Dennis H.

Title Grant Park [electronic resource] : the evolution of Chicago's front yard / Dennis H. Cremin.

Imprint Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xv, 234 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Early Park History : Lake, Land, and Place -- Lake Park : A Cultural and Civic Center -- The World's Columbian Exposition and Chicago's Cultural Flowering -- Making the White City Permanent -- The New Design -- Gateway and Cultural Center : From A Century of Progress to Postwar Park -- Parking Lots, Protests, and Mayhem : Grant Park in the Daley Era -- The Park Reenvisioned and Renewed.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Social change -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Community development -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Landscape architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Urban parks -- United States -- Case studies.
Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- History.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780809332502 (cloth : alkaline paper)
0809332507 (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780809332526 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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