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 46
d be supplied bythe power of the Eoman ar-mies over the inhabitants ofevery part of Europe. The Eomans began theirgreat city building workin the very heart oftheir capi-tal. Out of thewide publicmarket placethey evolvedtheForum. Tem-ples, treasurehouses, senateand court build-ings were erect-ed.… … Augustus CsesELT, the Roman Emperor and City Builder. 36 WACKERS MANUAL OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO done the emperors, to improve health con-ditions in the crowded city and to openthe great buildings to view, began thedevelopment of a system of widestreets. Thousands of buildings, whichhad housed the…
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