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

Daniel Hudson Burnham

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Artist
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Date
1908
Medium
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Materials
paper (fiber product)
Dimensions
75.4 × 105.5 cm (29 3/4 × 41 1/2 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

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

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

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1909

Ink 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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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, View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago, 1908, Graphite and watercolor on paper, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.

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Ink and wash on paper

Art Institute 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

1909

Colored ink on a printed map

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