Author and historian Max Grinnell will talk about a range of speculative plans for Chicago ---everything from transit systems to elaborate urban renewal projects-- that were never completed.
Over the past 130 years or so, a range of speculative plans have been unveiled for Chicago--everything from transit systems to elaborate urban renewal projects---that were never completed. Author and historian Max Grinnell will talk about Frank Lloyd Wright's plans for a mile-high skyscraper, the plans for a unified Civic Center, and other projects that would have dramatically changed Chicago. Please register.
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Adults |
TAGS: | Urban Development | Chicago History | Chicago Architecture | Chicago |
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