ATDTDA (2): The Chicago Plan / Pynchon's error? (38.30 - 31)

[David Morris]

Here's another published in 1886.

http://tinyurl.com/2ud8kv

It seems that Chicago boomed after the 1871 fire, but was criticized
for it's lack of overall planning.  Olmstead and Burnham pushed for a
"City Beautiful" plan after their collaboration in laying out the
Columbia Exposition plan.  The Burnham plan was the result.  Here's a
web site describing the history of the plan in great detail.

http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/10537.html

On 2/7/07, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> Apparently the city had a relentless grid prior to Burnham's "Chicago
> Plan."  See this map ca. 1898 of the Business District:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2opnak
>
> On 2/7/07, Tim Strzechowski <dedalus204 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > As he began again to walk, the first thing he noticed was how few of the streets here followed the familiar grid pattern of the rest of town [...] (p. 38).