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Quigley Delivers Top Ten Reasons Chicago Is World's Best City To Congress

Huffington Post | Tim Taliaferro | Posted 10.07.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Olympics, Quigley Top Ten, Mike Quigley, Video, Second City, Chicago, Daniel Burnham, Cubs Fans, Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago News

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley took a page from David Letterman Tuesday night, delivering a Top Ten list from the floor of Congress of his "Reasons Chicago is...

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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 Architect David Woodhouse Chosen To Design Burnham Memorial

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 08.08.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Burnham Memorial, Daniel Burnham, Burnham Memorial Contest, David Woodhouse, Chicago Museum Campus, Burnham Memorial Design, Chicago News

Chicago architect David Woodhouse, who shaped the visitor pavilions at Buckingham Fountain, was named the winner Wednesday of a controversial design c...

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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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Millennium Park Burnham Centennial Pavilions Unveiled

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.09.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Millennium Park Architecture, Zaha Hadid, Chicago Architecture, Public Art, Zaha Hadid Millennium Park Pavilion, Millennium Park Pavilions, Daniel Burnham, Burnham Centennial, Burnham Pavilions, Millennium Park, Ben Van Berkel Millennium Park Pavilion, Ben Van Berkel, Chicago News

Chicagoans got their first glimpse late Tuesday of the two temporary pavilions designed by internally-celebrated architects that will setup shop in Mi...

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Looking at Chicago History Through the Keyhole of Private Clubs

Howard Wolinsky | Posted 04.23.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Lisa Holton, Union League Club, Rod Blagojevich, Daniel Burnham, Elliot Ness, Private Clubs, Lake Claremont Press, Secret Six, Mayor Daley, For Members Only: A History and Guide to Chicago's Oldest Private Clubs, Columbian Exposition, Al Capone, Chicago Private Clubs, Cliff Dwellers, Chicago Clubs, Tavern Club, Chicago News
Howard Wolinsky

The clubs played a role in shaping the city of Chicago over the past 140 years, helping transform a rough-and-tumble prairie town to a sophisticated and still rough-and-tumble world city.

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Burnham Memorial Planned For Museum Campus: The Right Site?

Chicago Tribune | Blair Kamin | Posted 04.04.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Burnham Memorial Contest, Burnham Memorial Site, Chicago Museum Campus, Daniel Burnham Memorial, Urban Planning, Daniel Burnham, Chicago News

I am both happy and horrified that some well-meaning people want to a build a lakefront memorial to Daniel Burnham, the architect and urban planner wh...

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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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A Civic Seance: Can the Spirit of Daniel Burnham Reshape Chicago?

Lynn Becker | Posted 09.15.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Architectural Competition, Chicago Architectural Club, Union Station, Burnham Plan of 1909, Chicago, Union Station 2020, Daniel Burnham, Chicago News
Lynn Becker

With the airlines apparently limitless contempt for their passengers driving more and more travelers into Amtrak's arms, the importance of inter-city rail is finally shaking free from decades of Reagan-styled abuse and ridicule.

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