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.

One Book, One Chicago: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing

One Book, One Chicago: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing

D. Bradford Hunt -- Associate Professor of Social Science at Roosevelt University and author of Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing -- reflects on Chicago public housing from its New Deal roots through the current Mayor Daley's Plan for Transformation.
 
Presented in partnership with Chicago Matters and the National Public Housing Museum.

Program Partners

Chicago Public Library

The Chicago Public Library celebrates the Burnham Plan with the selection of Carl Smith's book, The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City for its award-winning program, One Book, One Chicago. Smith's book will be ...[MORE]

Chicago Matters

Chicago Matters is an annual public information series with programming by WTTW 11, Chicago Public Radio, the Chicago Public Library and The Chicago Reporter. Now in its 19th year, Chicago Matters is the longest running multimedia public-affairs series in the ...[MORE]

National Public Housing Museum

The National Public Housing Museum, founded in 2007 and slated to open in 2012, is the first cultural institution in the United States dedicated to interpreting the American experience in public housing. The Museum draws on the power of place ...[MORE]


This program was offered on these dates:
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 6:00pm

Chicago Public Library

Cost: Free and open to the public

Website: http://www.chipublib.org/events/

Location:
Harold Washington Library Center
400 S. State Street
Cindy Pritzker Auditorium
Chicago, IL 60605
312-747-4792
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