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Once maligned as a swampy outpost, the fledgling city of Chicago brazenly adopted the motto Urbs in horto, or City in a Garden, in 1837. This book shows how this upstart town earned its sobriquet over the next century, from the first vegetable plots at Fort Dearborn to innovative garden designs at the 1933 World's Fair.

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"Chicago Gardens fills an important niche for a diverse market of readers: gardening enthusiasts, landscape designers, urban historians, conservationists, and others with an interest in understanding and protecting the urban landscape of one of America's premier cities." - William H. Tishler, FASLA, professor emeritus of landscape architecture, University of Wisconsin - Madison"

Chicago Gardens The Early History

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 4/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226502342, 978-0226502342
      ISBN10: 0226502341
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Once maligned as a swampy outpost, the fledgling city of Chicago brazenly adopted the motto Urbs in horto, or City in a Garden, in 1837. This book shows how this upstart town earned its sobriquet over the next century, from the first vegetable plots at Fort Dearborn to innovative garden designs at the 1933 World's Fair.

      Trade Review
      "Chicago Gardens fills an important niche for a diverse market of readers: gardening enthusiasts, landscape designers, urban historians, conservationists, and others with an interest in understanding and protecting the urban landscape of one of America's premier cities." - William H. Tishler, FASLA, professor emeritus of landscape architecture, University of Wisconsin - Madison"

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