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What Would Jane Say? CityBuilding Women and a Tale of Two Chicagos,Used
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In response to the Burnham Plan's centennial, author Janice Metzger digs into the 1909 Plan of Chicago, revealing not just what Burnham and the Commercial Club put into their master plan, but what they left out. What Would Jane Say? tells the tale of two approaches to citybuilding in the early 1900s and the people and ideas behind them. It also tells the story of what was created in Chicago and what could have been created. Metzger sets a detailed stage of Chicago at the turn of twentieth centurythe players and the movements, the problems and the reform efforts, the conflicts and the possibilitiesshe takes readers into speculative chapters devoted to transportation, law, housing, neighborhood development, immigration, labor, health, and education. What would Jane Addams and her peers say if they had been involved in the Plan of Chicago? Using painstaking research, historical detail, and a pinch of imagination, Metzger thinks she has a pretty good ideaCity Beautiful, City LivableWhat Would Jane Say? tells the tale of two approaches to citybuilding in the early 1900s and the people and ideas behind them. It also tells the story of what was created in Chicago and what could have been created.In 1909, architecture giant Daniel Burnham, Edward Bennett, and the Commercial Club of Chicago developed the Plan of Chicago, primarily with personal and business interests in mind. They subscribed to the City Beautiful movement, which assumed that a city that was attractive and well organized would resolve the vexing troubles around them. At the same time, the formidable Jane Addams and many female contemporaries were engaged in citybuilding work of a different sort. Their achievements still resonate today, even if the women's names do not. They subscribed to City Livable ideas that addressed the social, economic, and cultural needs of the population. After author Janice Metzger sets a detailed stage of Chicago at the turn of twentieth centurythe players and the movements, the problems and the reform efforts, the conflicts and the possibilitiesshe takes readers into wonderful speculative chapters in the areas of transportation, law, housing, neighborhood development, immigration, labor, health, and education. What would Jane Addams and her peers say if they had been involved in the Plan of Chicago? Using painstaking research, historical detail, and a pinch of imagination, Metzger thinks she has a pretty good idea.
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