This year Chicago celebrates the centennial of the publication of the visionary Plan of Chicago. Daniel Burnham and his coauthor, Edward Bennett, reimagined the American city as a vibrant, interconnected whole. Their Plan is responsible for much of Chicago’s public character, including its open lakefront and expansive park system. In Plans of Chicago (Architects Research Foundation, $49.50), Robert Samuel Roche and Aric Lasher use the 1909 Plan as a precedent for reconnecting Chicago’s center to outlying suburbs.  And it includes 130 exquisite illustrations, including reproductions of Jules Guerin’s famous watercolors.. 8pm

Plans of Chicago (Hardcover)

By Robert Samuel Roche, Aric Lasher

$49.50

ISBN-13: 9780615282206
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Architects Research Foundation, 1/2010

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