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 63
ched by those ties of remembrance that are restrain-ing influences throughout life. Next to the school, the public library should have place; andhere again the landscape setting should be generous and the situation commanding. The town-hall, the engine-house with its lookout tower, the police… … There was a time in the older portions of the country when church and churchyardoccupied the chief place in the town; and to-day enterprising real estate dealers find it to theiradvantage to give to one or more religious denominations building sites. But so numerous arethe sects into which…
Art, Municipal · Public works
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