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Modern City Planning: 19th Century

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required new definitions of "publicness" and the establishment of new power structures. Clearly, these changes were not restricted to one community, state or country in particular, but rather this  modernistic approach to city development was being felt all over the world. Daniel H. Burnham ushered in this extraordinary change termed the modern city. With his personal perspective and  an overdue need for revamping, Burnham looked toward modernizing Chicago into something of a showplace. Burnham would collect inspiration from what he saw outside his office window, the massive  appeal of open spaces coupled with the overwhelming need to "relieve congestion, facilitate traffic, and safeguard the public health" (Anonymous, no date). What transpired was five-mile-long parkway measuring an  entire half-mile across that Burnham would develop lakeside on exterior side of the Illinois Central Railroad tracks. His plans sought to completely "transform the eastern front of Chicago along  the Lake" (Anonymous, no date) by way of stretching out on the north beyond Grant Park and on the south to Jackson Park. Not to be left out, "forested  areas and grand boulevards" (Anonymous, no date) that enveloped the city also had a prominent place in Burnhams design. The Chicago Plan Commission, which commenced in July 1909 with over  three hundred principal citizens taking the position, was created as a means by which to "educate Chicagoans about the advantages of expending huge sums of the public money to reconstruct  the city" (Anonymous, no date). Between the efforts of builder Charles J. Wacker and Mayor Fred A. Busse, the community was presented with an astounding account of what to  expect for their tax dollars. The Manual of the Plan of Chicago: Municipal Economy, Especially Prepared for Study in the Schools of Chicago was soon developed especially for children