Washington D.C. Burnham had been a busy little bee since the Great White City and City Beautiful had certainly gathered considerable momentum in its aftermath.
Category: Progressive Era
Charles Mulford Robinson: Integration of Civic Improvement Associations into the City Beautiful Fabric
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
Chicago Columbian Exposition: World’s Fair of 1893, Daniel Burnham
The Columbian Exposition If I had to choose one single event or episode over which our history crossed into the modern world, it would be
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
Neighborhood Planning the Birth of Contemporary Community Development: Clarence Perry, Charles Robinson, the Chicago School
Neighborhood Planning: The Birth of Contemporary Community Development The dominant paradigm in the early planning movement reflected a sincere belief that the physical environment
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 