Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago: municipal economyEspecially prepared for study in the schools of Chicago., auspices of the Chicago Plan Commission .. . ians. This bridge slope gradually upward from Lake Streetto South Water Street south of theriver. It will slope downward on thenorth side between Indiana and OhioStreets. Between South Water and Indi- THE QUADRANGLE OR INNER CIRCUIT OF STREETS 93 ana streets the upper roadway and bridgecrossing will be level. It will be sixteen andone-half feet higher than the presentstreet. This upper surface will extendfrom building line to building l
Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago: municipal economyEspecially prepared for study in the schools of Chicago., auspices of the Chicago Plan Commission .. . ians. This bridge slope gradually upward from Lake Streetto South Water Street south of theriver. It will slope downward on thenorth side between Indiana and OhioStreets. Between South Water and Indi- THE QUADRANGLE OR INNER CIRCUIT OF STREETS 93 ana streets the upper roadway and bridgecrossing will be level. It will be sixteen andone-half feet higher than the presentstreet. This upper surface will extendfrom building line to building line. This plan will permit the six east andwest streets near the river to go beneath thenew Michigan Avenue. Hence—the fifteenthousand trucks and wagons which usethese streets every day will not then Meantime there had been numerouslengthy public hearings and conferenceswith park and government officials. TheBoard approving the project, the CityCouncil passed an ordinance authorizingthe work on July 14, 1913. Because of oneor two errors, it was necessary to repealthis ordinance and a new one was passedon March 23, 1914. In November, 1914, the Michigan. CHICAGO. Michigan Avenue looking towards the South. Proposed double roadwav running to a plaza at itsintersection with Twelfth Street and a suggestion for buildings to surround the place, including re-arrangement of theTwelfth Street railway station. [Copyrighted by the Commercial Club.] interfere with or delay the forty-five thous-and vehicles passing north and south onMichigan Avenue. The Michigan Avenue extension wasrecommended to the city by the ChicagoPlan Commission on July 10, 1911. Twodays later the Board of Local Improvementsdirected its engineer to make an estimateof the cost. This was completed andsubmitted to the Board in May, 1913. Avenue bond issue of $3,800,000 for pay-ing that portion of the cost of this im-provement chargeable to the City ofChicago, including the construction of abridge across the river, carrie
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