Plan of Chicago Centennial Edition

The Centennial Edition of the Plan of Chicago is a high quality, yet affordable reprint of the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett that enables residents throughout the region (and beyond) to access, study and learn from this important work, and better understand its profound impact on our region and on the modern profession of urban planning.

The reprint utilizes the Chicago History Museum's high-resolution images of all the pages in the original publication in the same format and dimension of the 1909 edition and its entire text and illustrations.

The commemorative edition features an introduction by Carl Smith, author of The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of an American City, and provides an opportunity to recognize 21st century subscribers including individual, corporate and foundations that have contributed to the Centennial. The publication also includes a forward by John Rowe who serves as Vice Chair of the Commercial Club Civic Committee and Chairman Emeritus of the Chicago History Museum and Burnham Plan Centennial Committee co-chairs John Bryan and George Ranney, and VSA Partners, Inc. has designed an elegant new cover for the special Centennial edition published in July 2009.

The Centennial Edition is available through the Great Books Foundation and at the Chicago History Museum, Chicago Architecture Foundation,  the Book Cellar, Powell's Bookstore and Printers Row Fine and Rare Books.