City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
Harbors, in Chicago, 65, 68.
Harlem, 55.
Hartford, improvement of, 29.
Harvard Medical School, location of, 115.
Harvey, 40.
Haussmann, George Eugene, becomes prefect of the Seine, 17;
his place as a city builder, 18;
builds on the foundations laid by Louis XIV., 18;
character of his work, 18;
cost of his improvements, 19;
imitation of, 19.
Heart of Chicago, the, 99, 110 (see also Business Center).
Henley, regattas at, 48.
Highways, necessity for adequate, 38;
commercial advantages of, 38;
along railways, 41, 94;
drainage of, 41;
proposed system of, 121;
cost of creating, 121 (see also Roads).
Hill, James J., predicts future population of Chicago, 33;
on improvement of railway terminals, 62.
Hinsdale, 40.
Hobart, 40.
Holidays, necessity of caring for crowds on, 88.
Housing conditions in England, 21;
in Chicago, 113, 141.
Hudson Palisades, improvement of, 38.
Humboldt Park, 44.
Hungary, 19.
Hunt, Richard M., presents plan for Administration building at
World’s Fair, 6 (note).
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Illinois, good roads in, 39;
park legislation, 44, 127;
tendency toward city life in, 47;
constitutional limitations on improvements, 128.
Illinois Central Railway, 52.
India, 10.
Indian country of North America, settlement of, 9.
Indiana, coöperation of, 130.
Indians in the Northwest, 31.
Irrigation of western lands, 33.
Italy, 13, 19.
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Jackson Park, site of World’s Columbian Exposition, 6, 44, 53.
Japan, opening of, 33.
Jay, John, pertinacity of on behalf of the Northwest, 31.
Jefferson Park, 43.
Jefferson, Thomas, aids L’Enfant in planning Washington, 23, 25.
Joliet, 40.
Johnson, A. N., Illinois State Highway Commissioner, as to good
roads, 39 (note).
Juniper, suitable for lake shore planting, 38.
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Kankakee, 40.
Kankakee River, 40.
Kansas City, improvement of, 29.
Kenilworth, 130.
Kenosha, 39, 40, 47.
Kew Gardens, 48.
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La Crosse, 40.
Lagoons, along Lake Front, 52.
Lake Calumet, 55;
park reservations near, 57.
Lake Forest University, 120.
Lake Front, improvement of suggested by World’s Columbian
Exposition, 6;
testimony as to advantages of to Chicago, 6;
progress of plan for, 6;
favored by press, 7;
of right belongs to the people, 50;
to be made from city waste, 50, 122;
improvement of, 122;
legislation for improvements, 137, 138.
Lake Michigan, driveway along shore of, 38;
beauty of, 50;
boating on, 51;
treatment of shores, 53.
Lake Zurich, 40, 60.
Lanciani, L., his description of ancient Rome, 13.
La Porte, 40.
La Salle Street, improvement of, 107, 113.
L’Enfant, Peter Charles, makes plan of Washington, 23, 49, 91.
Le Nôtre, plans of for Paris, 15.
Libertyville, 40.
Lincoln Park, 43, 44, 135, 136.
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