AMERICA HAS A LONG AND RICH TRADITION TOCQUEVILLE SOCIETY MEMBERS “OF GENEROSITY THAT BEGAN WITH SIMPLE ACTS OF NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR ARE CIVIC-MINDED LEADERS —ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE, FRENCH POLITICAL ”THINKER AND HISTORIAN AND CHANGE-MAKERS WHO ARE (1805–1859) COMMITTED TO BUILDING STRONGER NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS; THEY HAVE NO MAGIC CHICAGO REGION. “TO STIR MEN’S BLOOD.... MAKE BIG PLANS... AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK —DANIEL BURNHAM, ARCHITECT, URBAN” DESIGNER AND CHICAGOAN (1846–1912)
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