Lakefront by Joseph D. Kearney PAPERBACK 9781501768200

Cornell University Press

Lakefront\nby Joseph D. Kearney\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 8\u20139 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Joseph D. Kearney\nTitle: Lakefront\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: City and town planning: architectural aspects\nPublisher: Cornell University Press\nPublication year: 2022\nISBN-13: 9781501768200\nISBN-10: 1501768204\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nHow did Chicago, a city known for commerce, come to have such a splendid public waterfrontits most treasured asset? Lakefront reveals a story of social, political, and legal conflict in which private and public rights have clashed repeatedly over time, only to produce, as a kind of miracle, a generally happy ending. \nJoseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill study the lakefront''s evolution from the middl.