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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:30am
For Seniors Only!: "City Beautiful: Celebrating the Burnham Plan Centennial"
Blue Island Public Library
The year 2009 marks the centennial of Daniel Burnham's visionary plan for Chicago and its environs. Burnham's Plan shaped the city and suburbs for generations of residents and visitors to enjoy. [MORE]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 5:30pm
Haussmann’s Paris and Burnham’s Chicago lecture
Alliance Francaise de Chicago
Georges-Eugène Haussmann’s radical remaking of Paris during the 1860’s had an obvious and profound influence on the 1909 Plan of Chicago prepared by Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett. Chicago-based architect Timothy Brown, who worked in Paris for many years as director of IIT’s European Study Programs, explores the sometimes unexpected ways the respective plans continue to inform contemporary urban planning efforts. [MORE]
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:30pm
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
Landmark Conservancy
As part of the Landmark Conservancy's seventh annual Fr. Baar Architecture Lecture series, director Judith McBrien introduces her new documentary. The film explores the fascinating life and complex legacy of Daniel Hudson Burnham and how his vision to organize the chaos of 19th century America shaped the nation's towns and cities for generations.
The film, the first full-length documentary about Burnham, was produced by The Archimedia Workshop in consultation with Kartemquin Films. [MORE]
November 17, 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