Urban Planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010
Urban Planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010
Urban Planning in Berlin, London, Paris and Chicago 1910 and 2010
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<strong>1910</strong> #2 — Monumental City Centre <strong>Chicago</strong> p. 1<br />
The planners of <strong>Chicago</strong> paid special<br />
attention to its core or central area, where<br />
central junctions were identified as ideal<br />
locations for gr<strong>and</strong> civic build<strong>in</strong>gs. At the<br />
term<strong>in</strong>us of an impressive boulevard, was<br />
a 50,000 square metre forum for civic<br />
adm<strong>in</strong>istration, with the town hall at its<br />
heart. The adm<strong>in</strong>istrative cluster was never<br />
realised <strong>and</strong> its site is now a huge motorway<br />
junction.<br />
Daniel H. Burnham / Edward H. Bennett<br />
Plan of <strong>Chicago</strong><br />
Bird’s-eye view look<strong>in</strong>g from the west with<br />
proposed Civic Center Plaza as urban centre<br />
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Daniel H. Burnham,<br />
Edward H. Bennett<br />
Plan of <strong>Chicago</strong>, bird’s eye<br />
view look<strong>in</strong>g over the city<br />
from the west, show<strong>in</strong>g<br />
proposed Civic Center<br />
Plaza as central hub of<br />
a system of ma<strong>in</strong> traffic<br />
thorough-fares <strong>and</strong><br />
surround<strong>in</strong>gs, 1909<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g: Jules Guer<strong>in</strong><br />
Courtesy: <strong>Chicago</strong> History<br />
Museum<br />
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