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Chicago Studies

A guide to resources for research on the City of Chicago.

City Plans

Plan of Chicago by Daniel Hudson Burnham; Edward H. Bennett; Charles Moore; Commercial Club of Chicago Staff (Contribution by)
ISBN: 1933147466
The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the remaking of the American city by Carl Smith
ISBN: 0226764710
The plan of Chicago @ 100 : 15 views of Burnham's legacy for a new century by Ely Chapter
ISBN: 9780615278773
Beyond Burnham by Joseph P. Schwieterman; Alan P. Mammoser; John A. Shuler (Afterword by, Editor)
ISBN: 0982315619
Chicago Metropolis 2020 by Elmer W. Johnson; Donald L. Miller (Foreword by)
ISBN: 0226402002
Plans of Chicago by R. Samuel Roche; Aric Lasher
ISBN: 9780615282206

Zoning Law

Chicago Zoning Laws
Historical municipal codes and other zoning documents for the City of Chicago in the Library's print collections (opens catalog search results).
Zoning Map - Chicago
Maps produced by the City of Chicago Bureau of Planning & Zoning

Selected Books

The Politics of Place: a history of zoning in Chicago by Joseph P. Schwieterman; Dana M. Caspall; Jane Heron (Editor)
ISBN: 9781893121263
Publication Date: 2006-02-01
Law and Land Use in Chicago by Andrew J. King
ISBN: 0824082818
Chicago's North Michigan Avenue: : planning and development, 1900-1930 by John W. Stamper
ISBN: 0226770850
Planning Chicago by D. Bradford Hunt; Jon B. DeVries
ISBN: 9781611900804
From Boom to Bubble: how finance built the new Chicago by Rachel Weber
ISBN: 9780226294483

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