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Cremin, Dennis H.

Grant Park the evolution of Chicago's front yard / [electronic resource] : Dennis H. Cremin. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xv, 234 pages :) illustrations, maps ;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) 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.

ISBN: 9780809332526

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

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Chicago (Ill.)--Social life and customs.
Chicago (Ill.)--History.
Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.)--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F548.65.G73 / C74 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 977.3/11