. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . 1880. Transformation of the Banks of the Seine in Paris. Chronological Views of the Petit Pont and Petit Chatelet Showing the Evolution of the Boulevards. 44 WACKERS MANUAL OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO close of the Franco-Prussian war in1870, have undertaken costly works ofimprovement. The peoples attentionfreed from war, . they everywhereturned at once to vast works of peace,determined to make their cities properplaces for their well-being, luxury. This era of peace opened with mostof the cities in Europe as great walledtowns
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . 1880. Transformation of the Banks of the Seine in Paris. Chronological Views of the Petit Pont and Petit Chatelet Showing the Evolution of the Boulevards. 44 WACKERS MANUAL OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO close of the Franco-Prussian war in1870, have undertaken costly works ofimprovement. The peoples attentionfreed from war, . they everywhereturned at once to vast works of peace,determined to make their cities properplaces for their well-being, luxury. This era of peace opened with mostof the cities in Europe as great walledtowns, little changed from the condi-tions of the Middle Ages except in thecrowding together of their peace camethe progress of in-vention, the exten-sion of the use ofsteam power, thebirth of the electricrailway, generaluse of the telegraphand telephone andthe development ofall the agencies oftransportation, in-telligence and com-merce which work.
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