''The Living City'' is a 1953 American

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about

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

, by

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and

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. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Short.

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''The Living City''
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