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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 7:30pm
Fr. Baar Architecture Lecture: The Legacy of the Burnham Plan
Landmark Conservancy
This lively lecture by cartographer Dennis McClendon includes pictures of the Chicago that faced the planners a century ago, the grand visions they had for the city and what actually resulted from the Burnham Plan of Chicago.
The lecture is free and open to the public. A docent-guided tour of Mayslake Hall will be offered before the lecture at 6:30 p.m. at $5/person. For reservations for the lecture, please call 630-206-9566. [MORE]
Sunday, December 6, 2009 noon
Sunday, December 6, 2009 2:00pm
Blueprints to Our Past Tour
Museum of Science and Industry
This tour will take you both in and outside the Museum of Science and Industry as well as back in time to its origins as the Palace of Fine Arts for the 1893 World's Fair. Using the building's architecture as the guide, you'll see a story that spans more than a hundred years, two World's Fairs and more than 400,000 square feet of exhibit space. This tour will also include a virtual simulation of the 1893 Fair's White City, created by Lisa Snyder of the UCLA Media Lab.
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Monday, December 7, 2009 to Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Making Big Plans for the Centennial of the 1909 Plan of Chicago
Newberry Library
This "Chicago Teachers as Scholars" seminar — conducted by the Newberry's Make Big Plans exhibition co-curators James Akerman and Diane Dillon — offers a critical overview of the Plan of Chicago's central themes and its legacy.
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Monday, December 7, 2009 10:30am to 11:30am
Book Discussion: The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City
Lansing Public Library
The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City by Carl S. Smith is the first book to fully explore Burnham's Plan, the defining document of American urban planning. As Smith relates, Burnham and his coauthor, Edward Bennett, were careful to leave no part of the city untouched. The Plan called for an extensive greenbelt around Lake Michigan, recreational parks throughout the city's limits, a streamlined transportation system and cultural amenities like the Field Museum of Natural History.
Monday, December 7, 2009 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Global Warming: What's a Kid to Do?
St. Charles Public Library District
In the spirit of Daniel Burnham's forward-looking Plan of Chicago, Kidworks Touring Theatre Co. presents a “hands-on” exploration of climate changes around the world, told from the perspective of endangered animals and plants.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009 7:00pm
Chicago Matters: Beyond Burnham -- "Global Visionaries: Funmi Olopade" on WTTW
Chicago Matters
In this episode of WTTW's year-round series we meet Funmi Olopade, Professor of Medicine and Human Genetics, and Director of the Cancer Risk Clinic at the University of Chicago Medical Center. An expert in breast cancer risk assessment and treatment, her goal is to extend high-end care to typically underserved populations at home and abroad. [MORE]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 7:00pm to 8:30pm
Daniel Burnham: Master Planner
Eisenhower Public Library
Architectural consultant and preservationist Beth Johnson conducts a program about Daniel H. Burnham. [MORE]
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 7:00pm
The World's First Cities: Babylon and Beyond
Oriental Institute
The world’s first cities were built in the ancient Middle East more than 5,000 years ago, and many faced issues that confront our cities of today. In this richly illustrated lecture, Geoff Emberling, Museum Director of the Oriental Institute, explores cities from the plains of Mesopotamia to the fertile Nile Valley in ancient Egypt.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Global Warming: What's a Kid to Do?
Waukegan Public Library
In the spirit of Daniel Burnham's forward-looking Plan of Chicago, Kidworks Touring Theatre Co. presents a “hands-on” exploration of climate changes around the world, told from the perspective of endangered animals and plants.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009 8:00pm
Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City
WTTW Chicago
The first full-length documentary about Daniel Hudson Burnham makes its television broadcast premiere. Directed by Judith McBrien, the film explores Burnham's fascinating life and complex legacy and how his vision to organize the chaos of 19th century America shaped the nation's towns and cities for generations.
Make No LIttle Plans is produced by The Archimedia Workshop in consultation with Kartemquin Films.
Click here to view a video preview. [MORE]
December 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