Channel: City Beautiful

Category: Education

Tags: town planningcity planningurban designurban planning

Description: Watch over 2,400 documentaries with Curiosity Stream for free for a month by signing up at curiositystream.com/citybeautiful and using the code, "citybeautiful" at checkout. Chicago’s lakefront went from a narrow strip along Michigan Avenue to one of the best in the world. This video tells that story. Go get involved with Better Streets Chicago! betterstreetschicago.org I’m on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel: patreon.com/citybeautiful See this on Nebula: nebula.app/videos/city-beautiful-how-chicago-built-an-amazing-lake-shore Resources: This video is mostly an adaptation of the wonderful book “Lakefront: Public Trust and Private Rights in Chicago” by Joseph D. Kearney and Thomas W. Merrill. amazon.com/dp/B08M8GZGZJ/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Produced by Dave Amos in sunny San Luis Obispo, California. Edited by Ryan Alva in Los Angeles, California. Audio by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter.