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 66
h derision. It was a subjectof laughter the country overand of amusement in everycourt in Europe. The worldcould not believe that a suffi-cient number of people wouldever live at Washington tocarry out a tenth of the LEn-fant plan. It was fortunate that thefaith of the people in PresidentWashington… … Original Plan of Washington Designed by Peter CharlesLiBnfant. doned for three-quarters of a cen-tury, yet develop-ment and growthsince the Civil Warhas served to pro-duce for us atWashington one ofthe most beautiful,impressive andstately cities in theworld. The city longsince outgrew theoriginal…
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