The Burnham Plan Centennial - Bold Plans, Big Dreams

Calendar & Projects

ALL CALENDAR ITEMS ARE FROM 2009. PLEASE CHECK WITH PROGRAM PARTNERS FOR CURRENT COSTS AND DATES.

Virtual Burnham Initiative: Web Launch!

Virtual Burnham Initiative: Web Launch!

 

We bring you the City that Never Was.

The Virtual Burnham Initiative (VBI) transforms a selection of flat images from the 1909 Plan of Chicago—by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett into 3-D models accessible through the VBI website and navigable in Google Earth. 

Program Partner

Lake Forest College

Lake Forest College, a co-educational, private liberal arts college located 30 miles north of Chicago, Illinois, was founded in 1857 at the same time and by the same individuals who founded the City of Lake Forest. The College, while primarily ...[MORE]


This program was offered on these dates:
Monday, June 15, 2009

Lake Forest College

Cost: free

Contact: Website Goes liver June 15, 2009. For more information contact: Davis Schneiderman, Director, Virtual Burnham Initiative dschneiderman@lakeforest.edu 847 735-5282

Website: http://www.vbi.lakeforest.edu

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