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    The Burnham Plan is a popular name for the 1909 Plan of Chicago coauthored by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett and published in 1909. It recommended...
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    ISBN 978-1-118-45363-6. Burnham, Daniel H. and Bennett, Edward H. (1910) Plan of Chicago, Chicago: The Commercial Club "Daniel Burnham". Chicago Landmarks. Archived...
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    The Burnham Plan of Manila is a popular name for Report on proposed improvements at Manila and Manila, P.I., plan of proposed improvements, a 1905 report...
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    one of the designers of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The park is an outgrowth of the 1909 Plan for Chicago, often called simply "The Burnham Plan"...
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    Center Plaza proposed in the Burnham Plan of Chicago. The tapestry is now in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. In May 2013, U.S. Bank announced...
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  • Bruce Graham (category University of Pennsylvania School of Design alumni)
    buildings all over the world and was deeply involved with evolving the Burnham Plan of Chicago. Among his most notable buildings are the Inland Steel Building...
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    San Francisco, Cleveland, and Baltimore. The Burnham Plan was a basis plan for the city of Chicago. The plan kept forest preserves along and near the city's...
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    Burnham and Root was one of Chicago's most famous architectural companies of the nineteenth century. It was established by Daniel Hudson Burnham and John...
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  • for Cincinnati (1907) Burnham Plan of Chicago (1909) Kessler Plan (1910) Broadacre City (1935) The Baltimore Plan (1949) Pei Plan (1965) EPCOT (1966) PlaNYC...
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    Neo-Classical architecture throughout Chicago and the entire United States. Burnham developed the 1909 "Plan for Chicago" in a Neo-Classical style, although...
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  • Burnham's Plan of Chicago, and symbolize the city's continued pursuit of the Plan's architectural vision with contemporary architecture and planning....
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    "Bo" Burnham (born August 21, 1990) is an American stand-up comedian, musician, actor, filmmaker, and YouTuber. Burnham's work combines elements of filmmaking...
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  • Plan before the overlays of area code 773 and later area code 872. "Paris on the Prairie" - a name from Daniel Burnham's "Plan for Chicago". Chicago portal...
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    an 1896 plan to connect the two parks with a new outer belt of parks enclosing a shoreline lagoon.: 6  Daniel Burnham's 1909 "Plan of Chicago" renewed...
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    area of Chicago, Illinois. The first floor and basement were designed by John Root of the Burnham and Root architectural firm in 1890, with the rest of the...
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  • asteroid 3467 Bernheim was named in his honor. Burnham was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1931, the son of Robert Sr. and Lydia. His family moved to Prescott...
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  • centennial of Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago. The resulting "preferred regional scenario" published in January 2010 preceded release of the draft plan for...
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    Meigs Field (category Demolished buildings and structures in Chicago)
    lakefront structure to be built based on Daniel Burnham's 1909 Plan of Chicago. The Plan of Chicago had no provision for air service. The island was...
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    member Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago (1909), also known as Burnham's plan. The plan gave the blueprint for the future growth and development of the entire...
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    Early skyscrapers (category History of construction)
    in 1909 about the potential for designing large parts of the city, the Burnham Plan of Chicago. The resulting skyscrapers reflected these debates: the...
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    The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City, Chicago visions + revisions, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-76471-0...
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    (GAP&W) was a Chicago architectural firm that was founded in 1912 as Graham, Burnham & Co. This firm was the successor to D. H. Burnham & Co. through...
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    John G. Shedd (category Businesspeople from Chicago)
    metropolis. One of the Commercial Club's most notable undertakings was the sponsorship of Edward Bennett and Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago, which was released...
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  • Agora (sculpture) (category Outdoor sculptures in Chicago)
    Agora is an installation of 106 headless and armless iron sculptures at the south end of Grant Park in Chicago. Designed by Polish artist Magdalena Abakanowicz...
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    District of the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It was designed by Frederick P. Dinkelberg of D. H. Burnham & Company...
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    comprehensive plan since the 1909 Burnham Plan of Chicago. The plan called for 1,850 acres of slum clearance, 35,000 new units of public housing, adding fifty...
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    Jules Guérin (artist) (category School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni)
    that were part of the Burnham Plan, owned by the Chicago Historical Society: Chicago. Bird's-Eye View at Night of Grant Park, Facade Of City, Proposed...
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    University of Chicago Burnham, Beaux-Arts, Plan of Chicago, & Fairs Chicago Art Deco Society Florida Pavilion – Chicago World's Fair 1933 A Century of Progress...
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  • James Burnham (November 22, 1905 – July 28, 1987) was an American philosopher and political theorist. He chaired the New York University Department of Philosophy;...
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    Magnificent Mile (category Central Chicago)
    opening of the Michigan Avenue Bridge in 1920 created a new commercial district. The concept for the Magnificent Mile was part of the 1909 Burnham Plan of Chicago...
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