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Author Cremin, Dennis H., author.

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

Edition Paperback edition
Publication Info. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2023.
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 95th Street Adult Nonfiction  977.311 CRE    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction  977.311 CRE    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  977.311 CRE    AVAILABLE
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Description xix, 234 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.
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.
Subject Social change -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Community development -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Landscape architecture -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History.
Urban parks -- United States -- Case studies.
Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) -- History.
Chicago (Ill.) -- History.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
ISBN 0809339102 (paperback)
9780809339105 (paperback)
0809332507 (cloth alkaline paper)
9780809332502 (cloth alkaline paper)
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