Dennis Cremin

Gebundenes Buch

Grant Park: The Evolution of Chicago's Front Yard

Beschreibung

In 1836 Chicagoans set aside the first narrow shoreline as public ground and declared it "forever open, clear, and free.” Dennis H. Cremin reveals that despite such intent, the transformation of Grant Park to the spectacular park it is more than 175 years later was a gradual process, at first fraught with a lack of funding and organisation, and later challenged by erosion, the railroads, automobiles, and a continued battle between original intent and conceptions of progress.

Autor

Dennis H. Cremin is the coauthor of Chicago: A Pictorial Celebration and contributor to The Encyclopedia of Chicago. He has extensive experience as a public historian, serving as director of research and public programs for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Gaylord Building Historic Site and as a State Scholar for the Illinois Humanities Council. He served on the Road Scholars Speakers Bureau, provided guided tours for the City of Chicago's Office of Cultural Affairs, and worked as an archivist for the Grant Park Music Festival. He is an associate professor of history at Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Southern Illinois University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 582g
• ISBN-13: 9780809332502
• ISBN-10: 0809332507
• Artikelnr.: 36147274