. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. Chicago.—Plan ot a Complete System of Street Circulationand System of Parks and Playgrounds, Presenting the City as anOrganism in Which .\11 of the Functions are Related One CnV PLANNING PROGRKSS 33. Chicago.—View Looking South over the on the Lakelront Alony; the South creation ot this and other laketront park lands valued at 550,000,000, will be made possible by the utilization of Chicagosannual product ot approximately three million cubic yards of water material. by the late Daniel Hudson Burnham, under the d
. City planning progress in the United States, 1917. Chicago.—Plan ot a Complete System of Street Circulationand System of Parks and Playgrounds, Presenting the City as anOrganism in Which .\11 of the Functions are Related One CnV PLANNING PROGRKSS 33. Chicago.—View Looking South over the on the Lakelront Alony; the South creation ot this and other laketront park lands valued at 550,000,000, will be made possible by the utilization of Chicagosannual product ot approximately three million cubic yards of water material. by the late Daniel Hudson Burnham, under the directionof the Commercial Club ot Chicago, an organization ot onehundred of the citys leading men in all branches ot busi-ness. The Commercial Club turnished the original tundof $85,000 for technical work in organizing the plan andfor the publication of its report entitled Plan of Chicago,to be found in all public and municipal libraries. TheClub also furnished $10,000 per annum for five years torthe maintenance of a large staff of technical experts. T/ie Plan Commission.—In 1909 the Commercial Clubpresented the plan of Chicago to the city as a gitt, and, byact of the City Council, the Chicago Plan Commissionwas created to study and develop the plan. T
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