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 39
; eighteen public squares,and about thirty parks and gardens, atfirst laid out by private citizens for theirpersonal comfort, but afterwards ab-sorbed into the imperial domain bypurchase, bequest, or confiscation. Be-sides these were the cemeteries, marblecities of the dead, shadowed by… … CITY PLANNING IN ANCIENT AND MODERN TIMES 13 porticoes, expressly built for the sake of allowing citizens to move about pleasantly in hot orrainy weather; and lastly, the great baths, establishments provided with every possible comfortand accommodation to insure the health of the body and the…
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