Beyond Burnham : an illustrated history of planning for the Chicago region /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schwieterman, Joseph P., 1959-
Imprint:	Lake Forest, IL : Lake Forest College Press, 2009.
Description:	vii, 232 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century. City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area -- History -- 20th century. Land use, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century. Land use, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area -- History -- 20th century. Metropolitan areas -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century. Metropolitan areas -- Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area -- History -- 20th century. City planning. Land use, Urban. Metropolitan areas. Illinois -- Chicago. Illinois -- Chicago Metropolitan Area. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7892800

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Other authors / contributors:	Mammoser, Alan P. Shuler, John A.
ISBN:	0982315619 (pbk.) 9780982315613 (pbk.)
Notes:	Statement of responsibility from cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215) and index.
Summary:	"This illustrated book - Beyond Burnham: An Illustrated History of Planning for the Chicago Regionprovides a fascinating account of a century of visionary planning for metropolitan Chicago. From Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett's famed 1909 Plan of Chicago to the push for superhighways and battles over urban sprawl, the book showcases an illustrated portrait of the big personalities and the "big plans" they espoused." "The human face of planning appears in the interplay between public officials and citizen advocates. Powerful institutions - the Chicago Plan Commission and Regional Transportation Authority, among others - emerge to promote metropolitan goals. Some efforts succeed while others fail, but the work of planners lives on in efforts to shape new visions for the region's future." "Schwieterman and Mammoser's brisk history, with its numerous maps and historical photographs, will at once entertain, inform, and engage in the spirit of this great metropolitan region." --Book Jacket.
Other form:	Online version: Schwieterman, Joseph P., 1959- Beyond Burnham. Lake Forest, IL : Lake Forest College Press, 2009

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The story of the century
Envisioning Chicago as a region. Creating the Plan of Chicago: 1900-1922 ; Daniel Burnham, Jr. and the Chicago Regional Planning Association: 1923-1935 ; The "rainbow city": a Century of Progress International Exposition ; Master engineer: Robert Kingery and the push for public works, 1936-1945 ; New ideas and new institutions: 1945-1957
Shaping a transportation version. Banner years for transportation: 1958-1964 ; Maximum mobility: the Chicago Area Transportation Study ; Regionalism on the rails: the Regional Transportation Authority
Shaping a comprehensive vision. Matthew Rockwell and the Finger Plan: 1964-1966 ; Hard times for regional planning: 1966-1979 ; "Like the United Nations": NIPC and regional diplomacy, 1979-2004
Bringing land use and transportation together. A civic renaissance in a global city ; The problem of airports: a metropolitan case study
Conclusion: Looking to the future
The Burnham-Bennett legacy in Metropolitan Chicago
a postscript / by John A. Shuler
Appendices.

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