Sally A Kitt Chappell - Architectural Historial and Author

ProfileWorksChicago's Urban Nature: A Guide to the City's Architecture + Landscape Cahoki: Mirror of the CosmosGraham, Anderson, Probst and White: Transforming TraditionBarry Byrne: Architecture and WritingsWorld Columbian Exposition of 1893The Plan of Chicago 1909-1979Contact
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Chicago's Urban Nature A Guide to the City's Architecture + Landscape
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Aerial view of Chicago Botanic Garden
< < back The Chicago skyline is just visible on the horizon in this aerial view of the Chicago Botanic Garden, but the highway linking city and park is evident. Typical of Midwestern ecology, the site has the profusion of both Eastern Woodland trees and Prairie flora, with an abundance of slow-flowing water in its lagoon system.