Lakefront: Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago

by Joseph D Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill

Book Overview

How did Chicago, a city known for commerce, come to have such a splendid public waterfront--its most treasured asset? Lakefront reveals a story of social, political, and legal conflict in which private and public rights have clashed repeatedly over time, only to produce, as a kind of miracle, a generally happy ending.

Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill study the lakefront's evolution from the middle of the nineteenth century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501768204
• ISBN13: 9781501768200
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"