1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389786803316

Autore

Trigge Thomas

Titolo

Calendarium astrologium: or, An almanack for the year of our Lord God, 1681 [[electronic resource] ] : It being the first after bissextile, or leap-year. Declaring, the general state of the year, with the sign each day therein; eclipses, full sea, terms and their returns; sun rising and setting, weather, monthly predictions, &c. Also rules for physic and husbandry with sundry other useful observations, not common to be found in almanacks. Unto which is added, a description of the most eminent roads from town to town, and the certain time of any mart or fair, happening in any of them. / / By Thomas Trigge, Gent. .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : Printed at London by A. Godbid] and J. Playford, for the Company of Stationers, 1681

Descrizione fisica

[32], 7, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts)

Soggetti

Astrology

Ephemerides

Almanacs, English

Markets - England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Signatures: A-B C⁴.

Imperfect: badly stained; portion of imprint suggested by Wing.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778066403321

Autore

Smith Carl S

Titolo

The Plan of Chicago [[electronic resource] ] : Daniel Burnham and the remaking of the American city / / Carl Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2006

ISBN

1-282-24006-4

9786612240065

0-226-76473-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (203 p.)

Collana

Chicago visions and revisions

Disciplina

711/.40977311

Soggetti

City planning - Illinois - Chicago - History - 20th century

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 (p. 169-173) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Planning before the plan. -- Antecedents and inspirations. -- The city the planners saw. -- The plan comes together. -- Creating the plan. -- Reading the plan. -- Promotion. -- Implementation. -- Heritage.

Sommario/riassunto

Arguably the most influential document in the history of urban planning, Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, proposed many of the city's most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. Carl Smith's fascinating history reveals the Plan's central role in shaping the ways people envision the cityscape and urban life itself. Smith's concise and accessible narrative begins with a survey of Chicago's stunning rise from a tiny frontier settlement to the nation's second-largest city. He then offers an illuminating exploration of the Plan's creation and reveals how it embodies the renowned architect's belief that cities can and must be remade for the better. The Plan defined the City Beautiful movement and was the first comprehensive attempt to reimagine a major American city. Smith points out the ways the Plan continues to influence debates, even a century after its publication, about how to create a vibrant and habitable urban environment. Richly illustrated and incisively written, his insightful book will be indispensable to our understanding of Chicago, Daniel



Burnham, and the emergence of the modern city.