Forever Open, Clear, and Free The Struggle for Chicago's Lakefront

Name: Forever Open, Clear, and Free The Struggle for Chicago's Lakefront
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ISBN: 9780226898728

ISBN-10: 0226898725

ISBN-13: 9780226898728

Edition: 2nd 1991

Authors: Lois Wille, Gerald D. Suttles

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Of the thirty miles of Lake Michigan shoreline within the city limits of Chicago, twenty-four miles is public park land. The crown jewels of its park system, the lakefront parks bewitch natives and visitors alike with their brisk winds, shady trees, sandy beaches, and rolling waves. Like most good things, the protection of the lakefront parks didn't come easy, and this book chronicles the hard-fought and never-ending battles Chicago citizens have waged to keep them "forever open, clear, and free." Illustrated with historic and contemporary photographs, Wille's book tells how Chicago's lakefront has survived a century of development. The story serves as a warning to anyone who thinks the…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 6/11/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 214
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword to the Second Edition



Foreword




The Beginnings



""It Would Only Be Necessary to Make a Canal""



The Land They Labeled ""Free""



The Railroad-on-the-Lake



A City Circled by Parks



The Rise and Fall of White City



"". . . When You Deal with Montgomery Ward""



Daniel Burnham Makes a Plan



The Age of Cement and Convenience



""You Can Have Too Much Green Grass""



The Future


Bibliography


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