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Sunday, November 15, 2009 2:00pm to 4:00pm
No Little Plans: The Roads of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago and Historic Route 66: A Journey through History
Joliet Public Library
Windy City Road Warrior David G. Clark looks at Burnham and Bennett’s concepts for road building that included grand boulevards as well as a system of radiating and encircling highways throughout Chicago and the suburbs.The Roads of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago presentation considers the highways proposed by the Plan, and how that plan differed markedly from our current dependence on tollways and expressways. [MORE]
November 15, 2009
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Exhibits
Bennett’s Plan of Elgin
Water = Life
Be Like Burnham
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Connecting Industry:
South Shore Freight
In and After School
Burnham Plan History Fair Award
Burnham Plan Centennial Committee