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 151
al sitesa large tract of territory willbe available for public pur-poses, and the growing pop-ulation might easily demandthe space for recreation; andthe fact that the available spacelies along the river will be ofdouble advantage, since riverbanks furnish an agreeable va-riety when they extend… … far out in the country, and alsopenetrate inside the city. Allof them should be improved,and missing links should besupplied. When, at perhaps nodistant day, the railroads enter-ing the city come to be oper-ated by electricity, no betterhighways can be imagined.They should be broadened,…
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