Wacker's manual of the plan of Chicago; municipal economy (1911)
Moody, Walter Dwight, 1874-1920, Wacker, Charles Henry, 1856-, Chicago Plan Commission · [Chicago, Printed by H. C. Sherman & co. · leaf 43
the location of cities.First, they selected sites offering naturalmeans of defense. Later, when by the These conditions requiring defense from,:enemies without had much to do with theearly cities of America. The natural forti-fications around the site of Quebec madethat city an early center of… … CHICAGO. View looking West over the City Showing tlie Proposed Civic Center, tlie GrandAxis, Grant Parlt and the Harbor. [Copyrighte.d by the Commercial Club.] power of their armies they were able tomaintain peace over a broad area, andwhen commerce was developed, men gath-ered together at…
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