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.

Daniel Burnham: Urban Visionary

Daniel Burnham: Urban Visionary

By the mid-1880s Chicago was dealing with massive environmental and socail problems that threatened to make great parts of the city unlivable. Donald Miller, author of City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of Modern America will address Burnham's efforts to create an efficient urban community. He will examine how Burnham balanced order and freedom, growth and control, and capitalism and community to work to create a better metropolitan city. Miller will illustrate how Burnham's pioneering ideas can be instructive for our own time as he discusses how we can apply those ideas to our Chicago today.

This program is SOLD OUT. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist, please call Laia Smith at 312.922.3423 x 224 M-F 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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:
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 6:00pm to 7:30pm

Chicago Architecture Foundation

Cost: $10 Members; $15 General Public. This program is SOLD OUT. If you would like to be placed on the waitlist, please call Laia Smith at 312.922.3423 x 224 M-F 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact: lectures@architecture.org

Website: http://architecture.org

Location:
Chicago Architecture Foundation
224 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
312.922.3432
312.922.0481 (fax)
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