Plate 71 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Diagram of Docks Suggested at the Mouth of the Chicago River for Package Freight Steamers.
Medium
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
Dimensions
107.6 × 85.4 cm (42 1/2 × 33 3/4 in.)
Classification
graphite
Department
Architecture and Design
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
196329
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...