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Charles Mulford Robinson
Series
Regional History Series
by Chris Nicholl,
Tim Blevins,
Dennis Daily,
Katherine Scott Sturdevant,
Michael L. Olsen,
Sydne Dean,
Calvin P. Otto,
Manly Dayton Ormes,
Heather Jordan,
William G. Thomas,
Cal O. Enos,
Katie Rudolph (editor),
Charles Mulford Robinson,
& Amy Ziegler (editor)
Doctors, Disease, and Dying in the Pikes Peak Region
A City Beautiful Dream: The 1912 Vision for Colorado Springs
Film and Photography on the Front Range
The Colorado Labor Wars: Cripple Creek, 1903-1904
Rush to the Rockies! The 1859 Pikes Peak or Bust Gold Rush
Legends, Labors & Loves: William Jackson Palmer, 1836—1909
Tim Blevins,
Dennis Daily,
Katherine Scott Sturdevant,
Michael L. Olsen,
Sydne Dean,
Calvin P. Otto,
Manly Dayton Ormes,
Heather Jordan,
William G. Thomas,
Cal O. Enos,
Katie Rudolph (editor),
Charles Mulford Robinson,
& Amy Ziegler (editor)
Doctors, Disease, and Dying in the Pikes Peak Region
Price:
$5.99 USD.
A City Beautiful Dream: The 1912 Vision for Colorado Springs
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Film and Photography on the Front Range
Price:
$5.99 USD.
The Colorado Labor Wars: Cripple Creek, 1903-1904
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Rush to the Rockies! The 1859 Pikes Peak or Bust Gold Rush
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Legends, Labors & Loves: William Jackson Palmer, 1836—1909
Price:
$5.99 USD.
Books
A City Beautiful Dream: The 1912 Vision for Colorado Springs
by Charles Mulford Robinson
Series: Regional History Series.
Price:
$4.99 USD.
Words: 47,310.
Language:
English.
Published: November 23, 2012
by
Pikes Peak Library District.
Categories:
Nonfiction » History » North America » USA, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Architecture » Urban & land use planning
The city’s potential was clear to civic architect Charles Mulford Robinson, though he acknowledged the city’s previous planning mistakes and ill-conceived design choices, like the grid of wide streets and the “unfortunate spacing” of median “parking strips” on Cascade Avenue. Robinson’s recommendations, reproduced as this book, were formed from his observations described in two reports.