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Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago by Daniel Hudson Burnham — VisualArtsDB

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Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago

Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago

Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago

Daniel Hudson Burnham

1909

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 89 × 163.7 cm (35 × 64 1/2 in.)
Genre: Architectural drawing
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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

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Plate 126 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Section Looking North, Taken through Proposed Grand Axis of the City, Showing the Civic Center and Grant Park.

Plate 126 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Section Looking North, Taken through Proposed Grand Axis of the City, Showing the Civic Center and Grant Park.

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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.

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Plate 35 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago, and Diagram of Lake Michigan. Proposed Roadway to connect all the towns along the shores of the Lake.

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Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Railroad Circuits Diagram

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Plate 78 (2 Drawings) from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Suggested Location and Arrangement of the Railway Passenger Stations West of the River. Subway Scheme: 1. Plan of Street Level. 2. Plan Below Street Level

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Plate 115 from The Plan of Chicago

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Plate 114 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Proposed Boulevard and Parkway on Michigan Avenue and Pine Street

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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

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

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