Title: Forever open, clear, and free; the historic struggle for Chicago's lakefront.
Authors: Wille, Lois
Publisher: Regnery
Year: 1972
Subjects: City planning Illinois Chicago; Seashore
Contents: The beginnings. -- "It would only be necessary to make a canal" -- The land they labeled "free" -- The railroad-on-the-lake. -- A city circled by parks. -- The rise and fall of White City. -- " ... When you deal with Montgomery Ward" -- Daniel Burnham makes a plan. -- The age of cement and convenience. -- "You can have too much green grass" -- The future.