PLAN OF CHICAGO

In the front yards, just as the Federal government owns the space between houses in Washington. For example, Chicago Avenue gives one the impression of a

splendid boulevard, owing to the fact that the buildings are set well back from the street; but eventually the avenue will be narrowed to 100 feet, unless the yard spaces shall be acquired, as acquired they can be at small expense, so long as the purpose is to keep the space open.

CHICAGO. VIEW OF GRAND BOULEVARD.

The diagonals are the most useful and necessary arteries. Those belonging to the first circuit passing around the business center are as follows:

Chicago Avenue and Lincoln Park Boulevard to Milwaukee Avenue and Canal Street, crossing the river north of the junction of its three branches;

Canal streets running to Halsted and Congress streets; and Congress streets to Twelfth and Canal streets, and from the latter inter-

From the intersection of

the river at Six- Archer Avenue and Cottage Court. Twenty-se-

on part, these streets run through the city, and are the principal manufacturing districts. This traffic, reaching the city from all parts of the city, makes it a very busy district.

The increase in population, its retail and business district necessarily expands also, as of the real estate forcing the wholesale interests farther away from the center.

CII. CHICAGO. VIEW OF THE LAKE SHORE DRIVE.

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Traffic on these circuit arteries would thus change in character, and they might eventually be made boulevards to carry traffic of every description except that of heavy teaming. The argument for the circuit as described is equally strong when considered with regard to any form of

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CIII. CHICAGO. PLAN OF THE CITY, SHOWING THE GENERAL SYSTEM OF BOULEVARDS AND PARKS EXISTING AND PROPOSED.

The boulevards are planned to form a continuous system of circulation; the parks are related closely to the boulevard system, and are located, wherever possible, in connection with them.

traffic. It is based on a general experience in other cities, which proves that there is a gradual evolution from mere utility to a service of a lighter and more agreeable character. For example, the Square of the Innocents in Paris, once a cloistered cemetery, is now a playground, and serves as a breathing space for the densely populated neighborhood. Some such evolution will come in the case of the present freight yards lying along the river, which ultimately will be