. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . must be safeguardedbeyond anything else, for they and theirchildren form the backbone of the intelli-gent American laboring class. No otherplan of any other city, foreign or otherwise,so thoroughly provides for equal benefitsand comforts of all classes as does the Chi-cago Plan. The energy with which the Chicago PlanCommission undertook its work for better-ment is shown by the fact that on Novem-ber 16, 1909, less than two weeks after itwas created, the Commission took up thefirst great task of its career—the wideningof Twelfth Stre
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . must be safeguardedbeyond anything else, for they and theirchildren form the backbone of the intelli-gent American laboring class. No otherplan of any other city, foreign or otherwise,so thoroughly provides for equal benefitsand comforts of all classes as does the Chi-cago Plan. The energy with which the Chicago PlanCommission undertook its work for better-ment is shown by the fact that on Novem-ber 16, 1909, less than two weeks after itwas created, the Commission took up thefirst great task of its career—the wideningof Twelfth Street, about which we willlearn in another chapter. This work, whencompleted, will result in making a broadthoroughfare from the lake front reachingthrough the very center of Chicagos popu-lation. 1. What was the thought of a .powerful ruler in improving a cityf 2. Give three reasons why the imperial way of city building is impossible in moderntimes. 3. How ivas the Plan of Chicago originated or inspiredf 4. In what period was the Plan of Chicago in- spired?. ?^^i ^^affca
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