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America Transformed: As people flocked to cities in the late 19th century, Americans recognized that cities lacked space where locals could enjoy nature and its health benefits. In 1869, Chicago decided that it needed a system of parks and green boulevards. City officials hired Frederick Law Olmsted, who had designed New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace. This plan, published in 1871, offers a vision of Chicago with open lawns, trees, and a lagoon along Lake Michigan. This site was chosen for the location of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and today this chain of green spaces is Washington Park, the Midway Plaisance, and Jackson Park.
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Document identity
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4m90f747w
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Plan of the South Open Ground, the Upper Plaisance, the Midway Plaisance, the Lake Open Ground, the Lagoon Plaisance and the Parkway Quadrant
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obj
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map
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1
Source metadata
id
4m90f747w
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan of the South Open Ground, the Upper Plaisance, the Midway Plaisance, the Lake Open Ground, the Lagoon Plaisance and the Parkway Quadrant
description
America Transformed: As people flocked to cities in the late 19th century, Americans recognized that cities lacked space where locals could enjoy nature and its health benefits. In 1869, Chicago decided that it needed a system of parks and green boulevards. City officials hired Frederick Law Olmsted, who had designed New York City's Central Park and Boston's Emerald Necklace. This plan, published in 1871, offers a vision of Chicago with open lawns, trees, and a lagoon along Lake Michigan. This site was chosen for the location of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, and today this chain of green spaces is Washington Park, the Midway Plaisance, and Jackson Park.
date
["1871"]
year
1871
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_011144
creators
South Park Commission (Chicago, Ill.)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Olmsted and Vaux (Firm)
Parks--Illinois--Chicago--Maps
Chicago (Ill.)--Maps
Jackson Park (Chicago, Ill.)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Chicago
Cook (county)
Illinois
Jackson Park
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Illinois
county
Cook
city
Chicago
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Chicago
publisher
The Commission
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
9s1621613
schema:latitude
41.7667
schema:longitude
-87.5667
extent
1 map ; 47 x 37 cm.
notes
Oriented with north to the left.
Includes table of areas and distances.
"Photo lith by the N.Y. Lithg. Engrg. & Printg. Co."
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no
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4m90f747w
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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85b429cfd6c90db7