(pg.12). The World’s Fair was a big concern for several Chicago citizens. They were worried about the location of the fair after the bids were completed. It turned out that Chicago had won the fair (pgs.31-32). John Root‚ an architect‚ and Daniel Burnham‚ his partner‚ were major key players during this time. In August 1886‚ H.H. Holmes took a train to Englewood‚ Illinois. He finds a job in E.S. Holton Drugs store and he was hired because the owner‚ Mrs. Holton‚ was in need as a result of her husband’s
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in 1891 and if on time was to be finished by 1893. This gave world famous architect Daniel Burnham a little over two years to achieve the impossible. There were other problems than just building the fair‚ there was corruption and decay in the city which made things more problematic. The book tells the story from two different personal aspects during the time of the great world fair: 1. Daniel Burnham‚ the head director of works for the Columbian Exposition. Immediately after the fair he gained
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Journal The Rookery Building One of my favorite buildings in Chicago is the Rookery Building‚ which was built in 1888 by Daniel Burnham and John Root on the South-East corner of LaSalle and Adams streets. Eleven stories tall and 181 feet high‚ it is the oldest high rise building still standing in Chicago. The building is commonly called the “Rookery” because of the crows and pigeons that roosted in the roof and walls of the temporary city hall that previously stood at that site and the corrupt
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Chapter 5 West-Burnham states the transformation of education requires investment in the quality of interpersonal relationships and transformational change is an emotional process. He states emotional intelligence is an ability to understand self and the capacity to engage with others. It is also a moral issue as well as the mean of efficient communication. He reports the importance of emotional intelligence in educational leadership and argues the process of transformation requires emotional intelligence
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The Devil in the White City attempts to contrast the glorious achievements of Burnham and Root transforming windswept swampland on the shores of Lake Michigan with the despicable activities of one of America’s most vile serial killers. Both entities constructed edifices to exacting specifications: A fair to delight the public and establish Chicago as a world class city and a "murder palace" to satisfy murderous desires. The book shows the loss of America’s innocence in both a good and bad w
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In “The Colonel” by Carolyn Forché‚ the style is prose with a steady beat or rhythm. The Piece is not poetry because it lacks specific stanzas‚ meter or verse. The only stylistic motif of the piece that is similar to a poem is its steady beat throughout. “I was asked... on the terrace” is a set of sentences that are all short and rhythmic‚ but they are all stopped by a period and are grammatically correct the lines just don’t flow like a normal prose would‚ but it is still following the structure
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aspects of information on the author Carolyn Mackler and her coauthored novel with Jay Asher‚ The Future of Us. First‚ Carolyn Mackler was born in Manhattan on Friday‚ July 13‚ 1973. When she was at the age of one she moved from Greenwich Village to Syracuse and then to Brockport‚ New York. Of which‚ all places that are in America‚ relating to the setting of the book‚ The Future of Us‚ which is set in Pennsylvania just ways away from New York. Second‚ as Carolyn grew up she found her love of reading
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Dear Colonel Burnham: I am 1LT Sergio Cortez McClenton Sr. I am coming from Fort Gordon‚ Georgia after serving in the 35th Signal Brigade (Theater Tactical) for the last eight months. Prior to that‚ I served in Charlie Company‚ 21st Engineer Battalion‚ 3BCT at Fort Campbell‚ Kentucky for two years. I am currently in SCCC where I am learning how to become a better Signal Officer both professionally and personally. In my previous assignments‚ I have had the opportunity to serve as a Platoon Leader
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UP101: Introduction to City Planning QUIZ #1 Departm ent of Urban & Regional Planning Fall 2012 Prof. Alice E. Novak What was the name of the City Beautiful plan for Washington‚ D.C.? (2 points) Who had designed a plan for Washington‚ D.C. 100 years before the City Beautiful plan and why is the earlier plan significant to the later plan? (4 points) MCMILLAN PLAN (OF 1901) PIERRE L’ENFANT; HIS PLAN WAS USED AS THE BASIS FOR THE CITY BEAUTIFUL PLAN. Give three forces behind urban growth as
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Junqiang Cui PUP363 Prof. Kelley 9/24/2017 Reading 5 summary Finish this Reading. I know this reading has two parts. First is talk about the purpose and the significance of Chicago Plan. Second is the implementation of the Chicago Plan. We first to talk about the purpose and the significance of Chicago Plan. Chicago Plan is the correct route to guide the future development for this city. And this plan is the greatest plan in the American. Urban planning is the basis of
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