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1. Daniel H. Burnham to Lyman J. Gage, President of the World's Columbian Exposition, February 13, 1891. Daniel H. Burnham to Lyman J. Gage, President of the World’s Columbian Exposition, February 13, 1891. Daniel H. Burnham’s original 1891 cost estimate for construction of the World’s Columbian Exposition topped $16,000,000. While the Exposition company was expected to bear the greatest financial responsibility...
2. Opening Party, Windsor Beach Hall, January 12, 1893 Opening Party, Windsor Beach Hall, January 12, 1893 Cards; Dance parties; Balls (Parties); Dance card
3. Court of Honor, ca. 1893 Court of Honor, ca. 1893 Fairs; Monuments; Flags; Flagpoles; Fountains; Canals; Gondolas; Buildings; Optical illusions; Waterways; Gardens In 1890, nearly twenty years after the Great Chicago Fire and at the zenith of his career as an urban planner and landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted found the opportunity to resurrect his plan...
4. Chicago Crib, from Chicago Illustrated Chicago Crib, from Chicago Illustrated Sailboats; Structures; In the mid-1800s, as today, Chicago was supplied with water from Lake Michigan. At that time however, water was drawn only about one mile north of the Chicago River, into which the city sewers discharged...
5. Recreation [Navy] Pier, seen from the Lake, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1921 Recreation [Navy] Pier, seen from the Lake, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1921 Piers & wharves; Amusement piers; Sports & recreation facilities; Waterfronts Postcard.
6. Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893 Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893 Debris; Beaches; Coastlines; Lakes & ponds; People Reproduction from a viewbook. Lake Shore, from Foot of 23rd Street, ca. 1893. Rubbish from the Fire was used to fill in the area on the lakeshore between the outlying Illinois Central railroad track and...
7. Chicago South Park Commission, Plan of the South Open Ground..., as proposed to be laid out by Olmsted, Chicago South Park Commission, Plan of the South Open Ground..., as proposed to be laid out by Olmsted, Vaux & Company, Landscape Architects, 1871 The design for Chicago's park system began in 1869, with Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s ambitious proposal for the South Park.
8. Iowa State Building along the Lakefront, ca. 1893. Iowa State Building along the Lakefront, ca. 1893. State government; Beaches; Walking; People; Children Albumen print.
9. Plan of Chicago Harbor Plan of Chicago Harbor Maps; This 1839 plan for the Chicago harbor illustrates five years of shoreline encroachments and marks the position of the piers on the Chicago River. The blueprint notes that the public ground at Randolph...
10. South Branch of the Chicago River, Plan of Chicago, 1909 South Branch of the Chicago River, Plan of Chicago, 1909 Waterways; Waterfronts; Boats; Plans; View looking north on the south branch of the Chicago River, showing the suggested arrangement of streets and ways for teaming and reception of freight by boat, at different levels. Plan of Chicago by...
11. Michigan Avenue, Plan of Chicago, 1909 Michigan Avenue, Plan of Chicago, 1909 Streets; Plans; Proposed boulevard to connect the north and south sides of the river; view looking north from Washington Street. The boulevard is raised to allow free flow of east-and-west teaming traffic under it, and...
12. Luncheon by Daniel Hudson Burnham, architect, to his business city planning colleagues, when the Plan Luncheon by Daniel Hudson Burnham, architect, to his business city planning colleagues, when the Plan of Chicago was completed in 1908 Meetings; Conference rooms; Tables; Men; Government officials; City planning; p. 1020 photo caption: "Luncheon by Daniel Hudson Burnham, architect, to his busines city planning colleagues, when the Plan of Chicago was completed in 1908." The name of each person in the photo follows...
13. Plan of Chicago in 1925: Fifteen Years Work of the Chicago Plan Commission, 1925 Plan of Chicago in 1925: Fifteen Years Work of the Chicago Plan Commission, 1925 Plans; Reclamation of land; Coastlines; Digital reproduction of a page on Chicago lake front from the book The Plan of Chicago in 1925: Fifteen Years Work of the Chicago Plan Commission. Issued from the headquarters of the Chicago Plan Commission,...
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