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In this letter to Frederic Delano, Colonel W. H. Bixby of the United States Corps of Engineers explains that his recommendation that the city devote the lakefront below Twelfth Street to commercial rather than recreational purposes is legally possible.

Creator: W. H. Bixby
Source: Art Institute of Chicago

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