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 53
s contin-ued. In 1853,BaronGfeorges Bu- of access to them, and particularly hecreated new diagonal thoroughfares toshorten distances in the city. The work of Baron Haussmann in Parisis like the task which must be accomplishedin Chicago that we may put our rap-idly growing city in order so it… … PARIS. Court of the Louvre. gene Haussmann, who lives in history asthe greatest city builder of all time,took charge of the completion of the im-provement and beautification of Paris.Still working on the broad lines laid downby the architects, of 1700, Haussmannopened up all of the old city of…
Art, Municipal · Public works
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