. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . on by that labor, provisionought also to be made for the beautificationof the city and the preservation of publichealth by means of parks. Parks of a city set in a garden, and two years later thepeople set about creating for the city a parksystem which should justify to the worldthat description of the city. At that timehalf a square of land, upon which the PublicLibrary now stands, was all the park areain Chicago. In 1842 Washington Square 126 WACKERS MANUAL OP THE PLAN OP CHICAGO was added, and subsequently Jefferson,Union, Ellis
. Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy . on by that labor, provisionought also to be made for the beautificationof the city and the preservation of publichealth by means of parks. Parks of a city set in a garden, and two years later thepeople set about creating for the city a parksystem which should justify to the worldthat description of the city. At that timehalf a square of land, upon which the PublicLibrary now stands, was all the park areain Chicago. In 1842 Washington Square 126 WACKERS MANUAL OP THE PLAN OP CHICAGO was added, and subsequently Jefferson,Union, Ellis and Vernon Parks came intobeing, mostly through the generosity andpublic spirit of the citizens. In 1869 an agitation was begun to connectthe parks by boulevards, and thus create apark system. This agitation succeeded, cago there are nearly five thousand peopleto each acre of park space. The averagefor the entire city is close to one thousandpersons to the acre, while for health andgood order there should be one acreof park space for each one CHICAGO. Lake shore from Chicago Avenue on the north to Jackson Park on the south. A general schemeis to he carried as far north as Wilmette. This park, enclosing lagoons for boating, would be a continuousplayground for the people and may be built at practically no cost by utilizing the wastage from the city andexcavated material. [Copyrighted by the Commercial Club.] and with the addition of Lincoln, Hum-boldt, Garfield, Douglas, Washington andJackson Parks to the citys open-air areasthe park system became the pride of Chi-cago. The adding of large park lands tothe city stopped, however, over forty yearsago. In 1880 Chicago was the second cityin America in park area, being exceededonly by Philadelphia. The city has nowdropped to seventh place, however, andwhen density of population is taken intoaccount our city occupies the thirty-seventhplace among American municipalities. Atleast half the population of Chicago nowlive mo
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