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1958 Contest Winner.."Chicago in 100 years"
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captain54
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Date: April 09, 2010 09:10PM
In 1958, Carson Pirie Scott sponsored a contest for the most imaginative plan for Chicago in 100 years. The winner of "Chicago 2058" won $20,000.
from "Chicago-A pictorial history (Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt, 1958)"
"the main feature of their layouts is the concept of maintaining the Loop's concentration of economic, social, and civic life with fewer large buildings and larger areas for parks and malls"
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4506593976/" title="2058 Chicago...1958 Contest Winners by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4506593976_af9dac1aa3_b.jpg" width="1024" height="622" alt="2058 Chicago...1958 Contest Winners" /></a>
View looking west from Lake Michigan..same approximate area
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4506600152/" title="Chicago view west from lake by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/4506600152_f3bff2a538_o.jpg" width="470" height="258" alt="Chicago view west from lake" /></a>
from "Chicago-A pictorial history (Herman Kogan and Lloyd Wendt, 1958)"
"the main feature of their layouts is the concept of maintaining the Loop's concentration of economic, social, and civic life with fewer large buildings and larger areas for parks and malls"
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4506593976/" title="2058 Chicago...1958 Contest Winners by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4506593976_af9dac1aa3_b.jpg" width="1024" height="622" alt="2058 Chicago...1958 Contest Winners" /></a>
View looking west from Lake Michigan..same approximate area
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20205384@N03/4506600152/" title="Chicago view west from lake by captain54_01, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2138/4506600152_f3bff2a538_o.jpg" width="470" height="258" alt="Chicago view west from lake" /></a>
