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the Gilded Age Jurisdictional Policy System: An Opening Intro from Early Version
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City Beautiful: Origins, Burnham, and the Chicago Plan
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Chicago City-Building: William B. Ogden
Chapter 2 Chicago C-B The ICRR model was in essence government contracting with a private corporation to devise and manage its core economic development
Ron W. Coan 