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·75.4 × 105.5 cm (29 3/4 × 41 1/2 in.)

On permanent loan to The Art Institute of Chicago from the City of Chicago

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Year
1908
Dimensions
75.4 × 105.5 cm (29 3/4 × 41 1/2 in.)

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Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park

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Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan 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

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Plate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed Civic Center.

Plate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed Civic Center.

1909 · Ink on paper

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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.

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.

1907 · Watercolor with graphite on cream wove paper, discolored to tan, laid down on canvas

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Year
1908
Dimensions
75.4 × 105.5 cm (29 3/4 × 41 1/2 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1908-158058

Source

Source
aic
Status
verified

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Daniel Hudson Burnham, Jr.

Daniel Hudson Burnham, Jr.

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