| George E. Kessler | |
| Born | 1862 Frankenhausen, Germany |
|---|---|
| Died | 1923 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
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George Kessler was born in Frankenhausen, Germany to Edward Carl Kessler and Clotilde Kessler. Bad Frankenhausen (officially Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser) is a Spa town in the German state of Thuringia. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. In 1865, his widowed mother, who taught French and art to support the two, took her son to Dallas, Texas in the United States. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Later, George worked as a cashboy at Sanger Harris Dry Goods [1]. Sanger-Harris was a department store chain formed by Federated Department Stores in 1961 from two existing Dallas Texas chains Sanger Brothers and
Kessler moved to Europe and studied civic design in Germany, France, and Russia. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending In 1882 he moved to Kansas City and designed a railroad-owned amusement park. Kansas City Missouri only Items for the metro area Kansas City Kansas or North Kansas City MO should go on their respective pages In 1893 he drew up the plans for the city's park-boulevard system [1]. On May 14, 1900 Kessler married Ida Grant Field of Kansas City, Missouri. They had one son, George Edward Kessler, Jr. Beginning in 1901 through 1914 Kessler designed the Memphis Park and Parkway System. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. His plan for Memphis included two major urban parks and a loop of landscaped roadway connecting them. [2] In 1904, he designed and landscaped the grounds at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition, informally known as the Saint Louis World's Fair, was an international exposition held in St
The same year he also designed Fair Park in Dallas, but his biggest gift to that city was his Kessler Plan, which he created in 1909. Dallas Fair Park is a recreational and educational complex located in Dallas, Texas ( USA) The Kessler Plan was the City of Dallas ’s managed growth plan from 1910 through the 1930s authored by George Kessler, a Dallas-raised city planner That year the Dallas Chamber of Commerce established the City Plan and Improvement League and hired Kessler to design a long-range plan of civic improvements for Dallas. His plans included fixing the uncontrollable flooding of the Trinity River, fixing narrow, crooked downtown streets, and fixing dangerous railroad crossings. The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U Downtown Dallas is the main business district in Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city At that time his plans were not implemented and were deemed "impractical," but later it became very clear that changes were needed.
In 1918 Kessler returned to act as consulting engineer for the Dallas Property Owner's Association and in 1919 began working for the Metropolitan Development Association of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. On 3 January 1922, he returned to St. Louis. His plans for the Trinity River were finally implemented in the 1930s.
Kessler also drafted city plans for Memphis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Cleveland, El Paso, Denver, and Syracuse. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state The City and County of Denver (pronounced /ˈdɛnvɚ/ is the Capital and the most populous city of Colorado, in the United States Syracuse (locally ˈsɛrəkjuːs sometimes ˈsɪrəkjuːs or /ˈsɪərəkjuːs/ by non-natives is a city in Central New York, USA. He also designed Camp Wilson, an army cantonment near San Antonio [1]. The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center ( MCAGCC) also known as 29 Palms, Twentynine Stumps, or simply the Stumps, is the United
He died in Indianapolis, survived by his wife and son. In Dallas, the Kessler Park neighborhood is named for him. The Kessler community is a group of neighborhoods named for George E In Indianapolis, a major street, Kessler Boulevard, is named for him. There is another Kessler Boulevard in Longview, Washington, also named for him. Longview is a city in Cowlitz County, Washington, United States.
References
- ^ a b c Handbook of Texas Online - KESSLER, GEORGE E.. Retrieved 18 May 2006.
- ^ Memphis Park and Parkway System Retrieved 28 May 2007
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