Beyond Burnham : an illustrated history of planning for the Chicago region / [Joseph P. Schwieterman and Alan P. Mammoser ; edited with a postscript by John A. Shuler].
Author: Schwieterman, Joseph P., 1959-
Publisher: Lake Forest, IL : Lake Forest College Press, 2009.
ISBN: 0982315619 (pbk.)
9780982315613 (pbk.)
Description: vii, 232 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. ; 26 cm.
Subject: City planning Illinois Chicago History 20th century.
City planning Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area History 20th century.
Land use, Urban Illinois Chicago History 20th century.
Land use, Urban Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area History 20th century.
Metropolitan areas Illinois Chicago History 20th century.
Metropolitan areas Illinois Chicago Metropolitan Area History 20th century.
Notes: Statement of responsibility from cover.
Contents: Introduction: The story of the century -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- Bringing land use and transportation together. A civic renaissance in a global city ; The problem of airports: a metropolitan case study -- Conclusion: Looking to the future -- The Burnham-Bennett legacy in Metropolitan Chicago - a postscript / by John A. Shuler -- Appendices.
