Loyola University Chicago - Loyolan Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Although vision is often attributed to poets and pro- phets, it is wise men who can foresee and even wiser ones have enterprising foresight. With major vision as their guideline. turn of the century city planners undertook the designing of a blueprint for the burgeon- ing city. The result was the Chicago Plan of 1909, a model for the 20th century urban centers, an inspira- tion to many and a major influence on the city's character. Daniel Burnham, the principal architect of the plan, envisioned a dynamic and thriving metropolis with wide boulevards lined with imposing edifices reminis- cent of Imperial Rome. Classical Greece and Bourbon Paris. He anticipated the congestion of urban living by allocating twenty miles of the city's lakeshore strictly for recreational and cultural activities while also recommending an extensive ring of forest preserves. i -JL wa W Wa 2.3, vi- I1 'i He foresaw the improvement of transportation in the widening of major throughfares. double decking part of Michigan Ave., constructing Union Station. building piers, new bridges as well as straightening the South Branch of the Chicago River. El. - , !

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