Plans of Chicago

This year Chicago celebrates the centennial of the publication of the visionary Plan of Chicago.Daniel Burnham and his coauther, 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.

Plans of Chicago, the inaugural publication of the Chicago—based Architects Research Foundation, uses the 1909 Plan as a precedent for reconnecting Chicago’s center...