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The Burnham Plan Centennial has programs designed to inspire and educate, reflecting back on the enduring legacies of the 1909 Plan of Chicago, while also looking forward to initiating bold new plans for the region in the next century. View the November/December calendar for a full list of Centennial programs happening throughout the region.
November 5, 5:00 - 7:00pm
Our Green Metropolis: The Next 100 Years
Burnham Plan Centennial Committee
At this Green Legacy reception and special program, public officials and the Burnham Plan Centennial Committee assemble program partners who will carry forward the next generation of a green infrastructure vision. [MORE]
November 6, 4:00 - 6:00pm
The Mannahatta Project: Manhattan Island Year 1609
Chicago Botanic Garden
In his keynote address to the Chicago Nature & Wildlife Research Summit, conservation ecologist Dr. Eric W. Sanderson presents his multi-media reconstruction of Manhattan Island 400 years ago. [MORE]
November 8, noon & 2:00pm
Blueprints to Our Past Tour
Museum of Science and Industry
This indoor/outdoor tour takes you back in time to the Museum’s origins as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 World's Fair, using the building's architecture as the guide. It includes a virtual simulation, created by the UCLA Media Lab, of the 1893 Fair's White City. [MORE]
November 10, 7:00pm
Rick Kogan: The Burnham Legacy
Blue Island Public Library
Chicago Tribune columnist Rick Kogan — host of WGN radio's Sunday Papers — considers how Burnham’s legacy is a confusing yet wonderful thing, talking about the Chicago that exists apart from grand plans. [MORE]
November 11, 12:15pm
Lunchtime Lecture: The Wacker Manual
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Wacker’s Manual of the Plan of Chicago: Municipal Economy, written in 1911, taught the city’s eighth graders about the 1909 Plan. Jean Linsner shares highlights from this textbook. [MORE]
November 12, 2:00pm
Geographical Memory: The 25th Anniversary of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Historic Corridor
Lewis University
The creation of the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Corridor represents historical revisionism that placed geography and the history of waterborne transportation at the center of local consciousness. Dr. Dennis Cremin will examine the construction as well as the distortion of historical memory. [MORE]
November 14
2009 Chicago Humanities Festival
Burnham Plan Centennial Committee
The annual festival of the humanities pays tribute to the Burnham Plan Centennial with two panels—The Future of Chicago: How We Get There and Bold Plans for the Next 100 Years—as well as the Think Big Youth Expo. [MORE]
Click on the following links for a complete list of Centennial programs by category:
Exhibits
Tours
Public Programs
Green Legacy Projects
Conferences & Symposia
Exhibits
Through November 15
5th Graders' Plan for Chicago
Loyola University Museum of Art
The 5th graders from 76 Big Shoulders Fund schools have completed a plan depicting their vision for Chicago, and it is now on display at LUMA. The kids spent a year learning about, and planning for, a neighborhood other than their own. [MORE]
Through November 26
Waukegan Lakefront-Downtown Master Plan
Waukegan Public Library
This photopanel exhibit juxtaposes the award-winning City of Waukegan's Lakefront and Downtown Master Plan with Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago giving visitors a chance to experience the bold, expansive regional plan on several different scales, and showcase the future vision. [MORE]
Through November 30
Chicago Looks Ahead: 100 Years of Planning, 1909-2009
Art Institute of Chicago
The Ryerson and Burnham Libraries feature a a selection of papers, photographs, maps and books related to the 1909 Plan of Chicago through the proliferation of local planning organizations and policies in the last half of the 20th century. [MORE]
Through December 30Worth his Salt: Joy Morton’s Role in the Plan of Chicago
Morton Arboretum
Salt namesake Joy Morton, a long-time member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, backed Burnham's Plan of Chicago with his own money and influence. Panels in the Sterling Morton Library define Morton's role. [MORE]
Through December 31
Daniel Burnham's Enduring Vision for the Philippines
City Gallery of Photography
Architectural and landscape photographer Tim Long photographed the buildings and streets — built according to a Burnham Plan — that still stand and still play an important role in the landscape of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. [MORE]
Through December 31
Make Big Plans: Daniel Burnham’s Vision of an American Metropolis
Newberry Library
The Make Big Plans exhibit is now on display at more than 60 libraries throughout Chicagoland, Midway and O’Hare airports. A complementary public program series is being offered at the Arlington Heights, Wheaton, Orland Park and Chesterton libraries. It is available on line and as a slide show. [MORE]