Kansas City Kansas City: City Beautiful as a “Stroll in the Park” Kansas City started down its city beautiful path in the early 1870’s.
Category: the City Practical
Assessment and Wrap Up of the City Beautiful/Practical
City Beautiful the Elder: the City Practical Other cities implemented City Beautiful CBD projects over the next few years, including Detroit, Pittsburgh and, as mentioned,
City Beautiful Turns into City Practical in Harrisburg PA: Comprehensive Infrastructure
Harrisburg: City Beautiful as a Comprehensive Infrastructure Plan Our second and final first phase City Beautiful case study contrasts the experience of Kansas City with
the Chicago Plan
The Chicago Plan In 1896, at a formal dinner party (Merchant’s Club and later the Commercial Club—both merged in 1907) Burnham proposed to a groups
Cleveland: City Beautiful as “a City on a Hill”
Cleveland: City Beautiful as “a City on a Hill” The most tangible tie with Downing’s romanticism sprung from a 1895 design competition advocated in
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
Ron W. Coan 