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November 11, 2009

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:15pm to 1:00pm

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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 grade students about the 1909 Plan of Chicago. Jean Linsner, Vice President of Youth Education, Chicago Architecture Foundation, shares highlights from this textbook and offers a glimpse at how today’s students and teachers take up the challenges set forth in the Manual. [MORE]

November 11, 2009

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Exhibits

Bennett’s Plan of Elgin

City of Elgin

Water = Life

The Field Museum

Be Like Burnham

Chicago Architecture Foundation

Connecting Industry:
South Shore Freight

Lubeznik Center for the Arts

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In and After School

Burnham Plan History Fair Award

Burnham Plan Centennial Committee

Burnham Birthday Celebration

DePaul University

Beyond Burnham Class & Exhibit

Chicago Academy for the Arts

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