12021-01-27T12:45:14-06:00Jane Darcovich74607e991e3aae385523e2a142f659c2efe61099137plain2023-10-06T13:39:18-05:00Dan Harpereff3db32ed95b3efe91d381826e2c10c145cd452The Outer Belt Park Commission was established in 1903, on the initiative of the president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Henry Foreman. The Commission, which conducted comparative studies of other American cities’ park systems, proposed an outer belt of parks and boulevards that would encircle Chicago. These parks would include land along the Des Plaines and Calumet Rivers as well as the Skokie Marsh. The Outer Belt Park Commission worked closely with the Special Parks Commission to gain passage of the 1905 legislation that first introduced Cook County voters to the Forest Preserve District.
12021-03-02T09:46:22-06:00Outer Belt Park Commission report, 19046Henry G. Foreman, Outer Belt of Forest Preserves and Parkways for Chicago and Cook County, 1904, Front cover. Lawrence J. Gutter Collection of Chicagoana, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Illinois Chicago Library.plain2023-09-15T15:38:38-05:00
