The Burnham Plan Centennial - Bold Plans, Big Dreams

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

White City Revisited

  White City Revisited

Explore Jackson Park, site of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 of which Daniel Burnham served as Director of Works. The tour includes a pictorial recreation of the famous fair and examines how Frederick Law Olmsted transformed marshes and sand dunes into a beautifully landscaped park that is now on the National Register of Historic Places.  We will also visit the restored Osaka Garden.

Meet in the Jackson Park parking lot (free parking).  From downtown, take Lakeshore Drive south. Drive PAST 57th Street, which is the exit for the Museum of Science and Industry.  The next light is Science Drive, make a right hand turn. Science Drive dead-ends at Columbia Drive.  Make a left and proceed to the end of the parking lot.  From here, the rear of the Museum is visible.  The tour begins here.

Program Partner

Chicago Architecture Foundation

The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing public interest and education in architecture and design. CAF presents a comprehensive program of tours, exhibitions, lectures, special events, and adult and youth education activities, all designed to ...[MORE]


This program was offered on these dates:
Saturday, June 13, 2009 10:30am to 12:30pm
Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:30am to 12:30pm
Saturday, August 8, 2009 10:30am to 12:30pm
Saturday, September 19, 2009 10:30am to 12:30pm
Saturday, October 3, 2009 10:30am to 12:30pm

Chicago Architecture Foundation

Cost: $15 general; $10 seniors and students; free for CAF members

Website: http://www.architecture.org

Location:
Jackson Park parking lot
Science Drive and Columbia Drive
Chicago, IL 60637
312-922-3432
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