The Burnham Plan Centennial - Bold Plans, Big Dreams

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City Beautiful: Celebrating the Burnham Plan Centennial

Join Art Historian Jeff Mishur as he explores the Burnham plan along with its origins and sources. Learn about the full scope of the 1909 plan and its relationship to European and American precedents and follow the transition from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the City Beautiful Movement so eloquently manifested in Burnham's plan for Chicago.

Program Partner

Wilmette Public Library

The Wilmette Public Library  serves the informational, cultural and recreational needs of its residents.   To this end, the Library makes available materials and programs which inform, educate, entertain and enrich its users.

 

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This program was offered on these dates:
Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:00pm

Wilmette Public Library

Cost: Free

Contact: Nancy Wagner nwag@wilmettelibrary.info

Location:
Wilmette Public Library
1242 Wilmette Avenue
Auditorium
Wilmette, IL 60091
847 256-6935
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