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South Water Street today
Chicago's reconstruction plan. Devoted to Chicago's economics, hygienic reconstruction and attractive development. http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosreconstr00camp#page/48/mode/2up

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Title
South Water Street today
Description
  • obstructive to its prosperity, and a conflagration danger to the whole Loop district. South Water Street is a physical misfit. If left as it is, it must forever remain dwarfed, destroying its own usefulness."
  • a drawback to Chicago's progress
  • a burdensome charge on all the people
  • Caption: "South Water Street as it is today--a physical misfit in Chicago's scheme of development." From text: "South Water Street today is an economic waste
Date
1919  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagosreconstr00camp_raw_0077.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosreconstr00camp#page/56/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagosreconstr00camp
Subject
Commercial streets  
Coverage-Spatial
The Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
Chicago's reconstruction plan. Devoted to Chicago's economics, hygienic reconstruction and attractive development. http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosreconstr00camp#page/48/mode/2up  
Author of the Book
Campbell, Frank J.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleSouth Water Street today
Description
  • obstructive to its prosperity, and a conflagration danger to the whole Loop district. South Water Street is a physical misfit. If left as it is, it must forever remain dwarfed, destroying its own usefulness."
  • a drawback to Chicago's progress
  • a burdensome charge on all the people
  • Caption: "South Water Street as it is today--a physical misfit in Chicago's scheme of development." From text: "South Water Street today is an economic waste
Date1919  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagosreconstr00camp_raw_0077.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosreconstr00camp#page/56/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagosreconstr00camp
SubjectCommercial streets  
Coverage-SpatialThe Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book TitleChicago's reconstruction plan. Devoted to Chicago's economics, hygienic reconstruction and attractive development. http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagosreconstr00camp#page/48/mode/2up  
Author of the BookCampbell, Frank J.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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