Chicago - City of Broad Shoulders


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Burnham's Plan of Chicago 1909


Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago 1909 is over 100 years old.  The plan was completed with the assistance of city planner Edward H. Bennett and artist Jules Guerin.

Image: Plan of Chicago 1909, illustration by Jules Guerin




  1. Burnham Plan of Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnham_Plan_of_Chicago
    The Burnham plan was a plan for the future of Chicago city. The project was begun in 1906 by the Merchants Club, which merged with the Commercial Club of ...
  2. The Burnham Plan Centennial: Home Page

    burnhamplan100.uchicago.edu/
    The Burnham Plan Centennial - Bold Plans, Big Dreams. Home · About the Centennial · Centennial in Review · The Plan of Chicago · Vision & Theme ...
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  3. Images for the burnham plan

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  4. Burnham Plan - Encyclopedia of Chicago

    www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/191.html
    The visionary Plan of Chicago (1909) creates pictures of a City Beautiful, calls upon civic character to realize the goal, and characterizes Chicagoans as a ...
  5. The Plan of Chicago. A Brief Summary - Chicago CartoGraphics

    chicagocarto.com/burnham/
    BOLD PLANS. BIG DREAMS. In 1909, Daniel Burnham, Edward Bennett, and the Commercial Club of Chicago launched an era of big dreams for the Chicago ...
  6. Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City : PBS

    www.pbs.org/programs/make-no-little-plans/
    Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City is a film airing on PBS that tells the story of a dreamer who shaped some of America's best-known ...
  7. Without Bounds or Limits: Images of the Plan - Art Institute of Chicago

    www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/.../planofchicago/images.html
    To that end, Burnham often used lantern slides to display images of the Plan during his promotional talks. The precursors to modern-day projection technology...
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    Daniel H. Burnham and Chicago's Parks - Chicago Park District

    www.chicagoparkdistrict.com/assets/1/23/burnham.pdf
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    and private firms throughout the region are coming together 100 years later under the auspices of the Burnham Plan Centennial to educate and inspire people ...
  9. Make Big Plans: Burnham Plan Centennial | Newberry

    www.newberry.org › ... › Digital Resources
    In images and text, this digital exhibit examines how The Plan of Chicago, or the “Burnham Plan,” contributed to the development and aspirations of the ...
  10. Burnham Plan 1905 - FoundSF

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    Map of the Burnham Plan 1905. Notice the broad avenues and central meeting points. Daniel Burnham, the most prominent city planner of the day, made his first ...
  11. Replay: What Made the Burnham Plan of ... - The Urbanophile

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    Apr 30, 2010 – As part of my Burnham Plan centennial celebration, I was recently prompted to ponder what made this plan successful. (Let us put aside for ...