The Burnham Plan Centennial - Bold Plans, Big Dreams

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Burnham Book Fair

Burnham Book Fair

Barnes & Noble DePaul Center and the Chaddick Institute at DePaul University are proud to sponsor a Burnham Book Fair. Join professor Joe Schwieterman and Alan Mommoser, authors of Beyond Burnham: An Illustrated History of Planning for the Chicago Region (to be released on August 25 by Lake Forest College Press), various contributors to Lambda Alpha International's The Plan of Chicago @ 100: 15 Views of Burnham's Legacy for a New Century, and the authors of other newly released books.
 
Book topics range from Jane Addams (author: Jan Metzger) and Joy Morton (author: Jim Ballowe) to the Great Books Foundation's new reprint of the 1909 Plan of Chicago. The evening continues in Millennium Park with the world premiere of the Archimedia Workshop's documentary Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City.
 
For more informaiton on this event, please call 312-362-8792 or click on "what's new" at depaul-loop@bncollege.com. To RSVP for DePaul's outing to see the documentary, please contact Lauren at burnham@depaul.edu.

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DePaul University

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This program was offered on these dates:
Wednesday, September 2, 2009 5:30pm to 7:00pm

DePaul University

Cost: Free and open to the public

Contact: Lauren- 312.362.8792 or burnahm@depaul.edu

Website: http://www.depaul-loop@bncollege.com

Location:
Barnes & Noble DePaul Center
1 E. Jackson Blvd at State Street
Chicago, IL 60604
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