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Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham

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Artist
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Date
1909
Medium
Ink and watercolor on paper
Materials
paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
131.2 × 102.4 cm (51 3/4 × 40 1/4 in.)
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Credit
On permanent loan to The Art Institute of Chicago from the City of Chicago

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Plate 75 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City, Showing Complete System of Inner Circuits

Plate 75 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City, Showing Complete System of Inner Circuits

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1909

Colored ink on a printed map

Art Institute of Chicago

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Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.

Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1905

Graphite and watercolor on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Proposed Chicago Civic Center, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

Proposed Chicago Civic Center, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective

Jules Guérin · 1908

Ink, colored inks, graphite, and watercolor on toned paper

Art Institute of Chicago

Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan

Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1907

Gouache and graphite on toned paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1908

Graphite and watercolor on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit

Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1909

Ink and wash on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

CC0

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Daniel Hudson Burnham, Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago, 1909, Ink and watercolor on paper, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.

Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.

1905

Graphite and watercolor on paper

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Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan

Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan

1907

Gouache and graphite on toned paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Plate 49 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the City from Jackson Park to Grant Park, Looking Towards the West. The proposed shore treatment as a park enclosing a waterway (or a series of lagoons) is shown, together with the enlarged yacht harbor, recreation piers, and a scheme for Grant Park.

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1907

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View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

1908

Graphite and watercolor on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit

Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit

1909

Ink and wash on paper

Art Institute of Chicago

CC0

Plate 75 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City, Showing Complete System of Inner Circuits

Plate 75 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City, Showing Complete System of Inner Circuits

1909

Colored ink on a printed map

Art Institute of Chicago

CC0