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Grant Park : the evolution of Chicago's front yard / Dennis H. Cremin

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Cremin, Dennis H.
Published
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013.
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Language Note
English.
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.
Summary
On November 4, 2008, when president-elect Barack Obama celebrated his victory with more than one hundred thousand supporters in Chicago, everyone knew where to meet. Long considered the showplace and cultural center of Chicago, Grant Park has been the site of tragedy and tension, as well success and joy. In addition to serving as the staging grounds for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession through the city, the park has been the setting for civil rights protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention demonstrations. This book focuses on how people changed this public land from an often unsightly neighborhood park into a landscape of regional, national, and international significance.
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9780809332526 (electronic bk.)
0809332523 (electronic bk.)
0809332523 (ebook)
1299592503 (ebk)
9781299592506 (ebk)
9780809332502
0809332507
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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