Beyond Burnham
Subtitle: an illustrated history of planning for the Chicago region
By: [Joseph P. Schwieterman and Alan P. Mammoser ; edited with a postscript by John A. Shuler]
Contributors: Mammoser, Alan P.; Shuler, John A.
Publisher: Lake Forest College Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lake Forest, IL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780982315613
Subjects: City planning; History; Urban Land use; Metropolitan areas
Description: "This illustrated book - Beyond Burnham: An Illustrated History of Planning for the Chicago Regionprovides a fascinating account of a century of visionary planning for metropolitan Chicago. From Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett's famed 1909 Plan of Chicago to the push for superhighways and battles over urban sprawl, the book showcases an illustrated portrait of the big personalities and the "big plans" they espoused." "The human face of planning appears in the interplay between public officials and citizen advocates. Powerful institutions - the Chicago Plan Commission and Regional Transportation Authority, among others - emerge to promote metropolitan goals. Some efforts succeed while others fail, but the work of planners lives on in efforts to shape new visions for the region's future." "Schwieterman and Mammoser's brisk history, with its numerous maps and historical photographs, will at once entertain, inform, and engage in the spirit of this great metropolitan region."--Jacket.
Notes: Statement of responsibility from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The story of the century; title: Envisioning Chicago as a region. Creating the Plan of Chicago: 1900-1922 ; Daniel Burnham, Jr. and the Chicago Regional Planning Association: 1923-1935 ; The "rainbow city": a Century of Progress International Exposition ; Master engineer: Robert Kingery and the push for public works, 1936-1945 ; New ideas and new institutions: 1945-1957; title: Shaping a transportation version. Banner years for transportation: 1958-1964 ; Maximum mobility: the Chicago Area Transportation Study ; Regionalism on the rails: the Regional Transportation Authority; title: Shaping a comprehensive vision. Matthew Rockwell and the Finger Plan: 1964-1966 ; Hard times for regional planning: 1966-1979 ; "Like the United Nations": NIPC and regional diplomacy, 1979-2004; title: Bringing land use and transportation together. A civic renaissance in a global city ; The problem of airports: a metropolitan case study; title: Conclusion: Looking to the future; title: The Burnham-Bennett legacy in Metropolitan Chicago; title: a postscript / by John A. Shuler; title: Appendices.