City in a Garden
Subtitle: A History of Chicago's Parks
Publisher: Center for American Places, Incorporated
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781935195221
Subjects: Chicago (ill.), description and travel; Parks; Chicago (ill.), history
Description: Early Chicago park advocates dared to dream that vast stretches of swampy wasteland could be transformed into magnificent parks rivaling any in the world. Bachrach's tale is filled with heroes and scoundrels, idealism, Chicago-style politics, and the sad decline caused by years of neglect-- but with a hopeful twist of restoration in recent years.