Plan of Chicago prepared under the direction of the Commercial club during the years 1906, 1907, and 1908 (1909)
Commercial club of Chicago. [from old catalog], Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912, Bennett, Edward H. [from old catalog], Moore, Charles, 1855-1942, ed · Chicago, The Commercial club · leaf 124
actually or seemingly without limit. Great thorough-fares may lead from the water back into the country inter-minably; broad boulevards may skirt the Lake front, or sweepthrough the city; but their beginnings on the north, on thesouth, or on the west must of necessity be points that move along… … 8o PLAN OF CHICAGO open water her long arms of piled-up rock in order to gather in safety the storm-tossed vessels.Other cities may climb hills and build around them, crowning the elevations with some dominatingstructure; but the people of Chicago must ever recognize the fact that their city is…
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