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Beyond Burnham: An Illustrated History of Planning for the Chicago Region

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“Beyond Burnham” provides a captivating account of a century of visionary making plans for metropolitan Chicago. From Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett’s famed 1909 “Plan of Chicago” to the frenzy for superhighways and airports to battles over urban sprawl, the book showcases an illustrated portrait of the massive personalities and the ‘big plans’ they espoused. The human face of making plans appears within the interplay between public officials and citizen advocates. Powerful institutions – the Chicago Plan Commission and Regional Transportation Authority, among others – emerge to advertise metropolitan goals. A few efforts succeed at the same time as others fail, however the work of planners lives on in efforts to shape new visions for the region’s long term.

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