The Burnham Blog by Patrick T. Reardon

This blog—that starts today—is about history, planning and the future.

It's rooted in the recognition that we live in a world that is created by plans—and by the failure to make plans.

It is written by Patrick T. Reardon, a Chicagoan, born and bred. He has been writing about the city, its region and planning issues, mainly in the Chicago Tribune, for nearly 40 years.

Here's a taste of today's post:

Living Inside the Burnham Plan

The Plan of Chicago—known as the Burnham Plan for its main author Daniel Burnham—was published a century ago.

So what? Why should anyone care?

Here's why:

Whether you realize it or not, you live inside the Burnham Plan. All of us do—Chicagoans, suburbanites, even those on the farthest edges of development.

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