Charles Mulford Robinson Taking advantage of Burnham’s City Beautiful “coolness” Charles Mulford. Robinson, a journalist by trade, injected new vitality into the civic improvement movement
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City Beautiful and City Practical
The City Beautiful: the Younger The “City Beautiful” is sometimes referred to in textbooks or planning histories. As a movement it was prominent for a
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City Beautiful, Charles Robinson and Daniel Burnham
The City Beautiful The City Beautiful Era (loosely including 1893-1920–it actually continued through the Depression and New Deal public works often embraced it’s principles)
Ron W. Coan 