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Burnham Plan of Chicago

Burned by the IOC, But Not by Burnham: Lessons From the Collapse in Copenhagen

Andy Shaw | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Olympics, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Chicago Olympic Bid, Rod Blagojevich, Chicago Corruption, Mayor Daley, Daniel Burnham, Chicago Olympics, Chicago 2016, Chicago News
Andy Shaw

With or without Daley at the helm, it's time to make some other big plans that have the power to stir all of our souls.

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Chicago River: From Open Sewer to Crown Jewel?

Henry Henderson | Posted 08.02.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blair Kamin, Mwrd, Chicago River Sewage, Chicago River, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, Daniel Burnham, Chicago River Pollution, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

While the city and residents have embraced the river, the governmental agency responsible for the waterway continues to turn its back to the river and consider it an open sewer.

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Some Residents Resist Calls For Completing Burnham's Lakefront Plan

Chicago Public Radio | Shawn Allee | Posted 07.31.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Lakefront, Lakefront Chicago, Lake Michigan, Chicago Beaches, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Daniel Burnham, Friends of the Parks, Chicago News

Chicago's lakefront is having a birthday of sorts. On July 4, 1909, architect Daniel Burnham unveiled a plan for continuous park space up and down the...

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The Audacity Of Hope

Kenneth Thompson | Posted 12.27.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Obama Transition, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Barack Obama, Audacity of Hope, Daniel Burnham, President Obama, Chicago News
Kenneth Thompson

Let us hope that President-elect Obama continues to inspire the American people to forgo divisiveness and to instead unite to make the country better for all.

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Why Burnham Still Matters To Chicago

Chicago Tribune | Patrick T. Reardon | Posted 11.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Lee Bey, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Richard Daley, Chicago Central Area Committee, Chicago Humanities Festival, Daniel Burnham, Chicago News

Daniel Burnham's exhortation "Make no little plans" doesn't appear in his Plan of Chicago, but that 1909 document, called the beginning of modern urba...

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Millennium Park Getting Pavilions Designed By Acclaimed Architects Van Berkel And Hadid

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 11.02.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Zaha Hadid, New Millennium Park Pavilions, Chicago Architecture, Burnham Plan of Chicago, Daniel Burnham, Michael Torke, Burnham Plan Centennial Committee, Burnham Plan of 1909, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, Ben Van Berkel, Sustainability, Chicago News

The high-powered committee marking the 100th anniversary of architect Daniel Burnham's influential Plan of Chicago on Thursday will announce events de...

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