Who created "Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago"?

Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago was created by Daniel Hudson Burnham in 1909.

What medium is "Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago"?

Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago is Ink and watercolor on paper.

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

Daniel Hudson Burnham

1909

Medium

Ink and watercolor on paper

Dimensions

131.2 × 102.4 cm (51 3/4 × 40 1/4 in.)

Classification

ink

Department

Architecture and Design

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

196352

About the Artist

Daniel Hudson Burnham · 1846–1912

Daniel Hudson Burnham (1846–1912) was one of the most influential American architects and urban planners of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Born in Henderson, New York, he twice failed the entrance examinations for Harvard and Yale, eventually finding his calling through an apprenticeship in architecture. His transformative partnership with John Wellborn Root, formed in Chicago in 1873, establ...

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

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