Cremin, Dennis H.

Grant Park the evolution of Chicago's front yard / Dennis H. Cremin. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm.)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.



9780809332526


Social change--History.--Illinois--Chicago
City planning--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Community development--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Landscape architecture--History.--Illinois--Chicago
Urban parks--United States--Case studies.


Electronic Books.

F548 / .G736 2013