Chicago and New Orleans: opposite ends of a great river
This paper considers the contrasting and deliberate efforts to reshape the Tluvial futures of two important American cities which essentially re-wrote their riparian heritages. Chicago’s aggressive extension of its commercial reach through its artiTicial connection with the Mississippi has become e...
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doaj-03d1e2af12a5417186f2da023ab82ac32021-06-21T13:32:36ZengUniversidade Estadual de CampinasLabor & Engenho2176-88462017-06-0111210.20396/labore.v11i2.864974415503Chicago and New Orleans: opposite ends of a great riverCraig Edward Colten0Louisiana State University This paper considers the contrasting and deliberate efforts to reshape the Tluvial futures of two important American cities which essentially re-wrote their riparian heritages. Chicago’s aggressive extension of its commercial reach through its artiTicial connection with the Mississippi has become embodied in its environmental, political, and literary history. Conversely, New Orleans crafted a defensive local culture in its environmental history, politics, and literature. The contrasting investments in river-altering infrastructure and urban relationships with the one river expose the signiTicance of each city’s position within a watershed and in shaping its respective cultural history and its identity. https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/labore/article/view/8649744River. Urban infrastructure. Chicago. New Orleans. |
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This paper considers the contrasting and deliberate efforts to reshape the Tluvial futures of two important American cities which essentially re-wrote their riparian heritages. Chicago’s aggressive extension of its commercial reach through its artiTicial connection with the Mississippi has become embodied in its environmental, political, and literary history. Conversely, New Orleans crafted a defensive local culture in its environmental history, politics, and literature. The contrasting investments in river-altering infrastructure and urban relationships with the one river expose the signiTicance of each city’s position within a watershed and in shaping its respective cultural history and its identity.
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River. Urban infrastructure. Chicago. New Orleans. |
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