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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821887903321

Autore

Cremin Dennis H

Titolo

Grant Park [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of Chicago's front yard / / Dennis H. Cremin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2013

ISBN

0-8093-3252-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Disciplina

977.3/11

Soggetti

Social change - Illinois - Chicago - History

City planning - Illinois - Chicago - History

Community development - Illinois - Chicago - History

Landscape architecture - Illinois - Chicago - History

Urban parks - United States

Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.) History

Chicago (Ill.) History

Chicago (Ill.) Social life and customs

Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Early Park History : Lake, Land, and Place -- Lake Park : A Cultural and Civic Center -- The World's Columbian Exposition and Chicago's Cultural Flowering -- Making the White City Permanent -- The New Design -- Gateway and Cultural Center : From A Century of Progress to Postwar Park -- Parking Lots, Protests, and Mayhem : Grant Park in the Daley Era -- The Park Reenvisioned and Renewed.

Sommario/riassunto

On November 4, 2008, when president-elect Barack Obama celebrated his victory with more than one hundred thousand supporters in Chicago, everyone knew where to meet. Long considered the showplace and cultural center of Chicago, Grant Park has been the site of tragedy and tension, as well success and joy. In addition to serving as the staging grounds for Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession through the city, the park has been the setting for civil rights protests and the 1968 Democratic National Convention demonstrations. The faithful attended



the open-air mass of Pope John Paul II in Grant Par