Grant Park [electronic resource] : the evolution of Chicago's front yard / Dennis H. Cremin
- Author:
- Cremin, Dennis H.
- Published:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
- Physical Description:
- xv, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Access Online:
- serialssolutions.com
- Restrictions on Access:
- License restrictions may limit access.
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- 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(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780809332502 (cloth : alkaline paper), 0809332507 (cloth : alkaline paper), 9780809332526 (ebook), and 0809332523 (ebook)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.
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