Plate 74 from The Plan of Chicago,1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City Center, Showing the General Location of Existing Freight Yards and Railroad Lines, the Present Tunnel System and Proposed Circuit, and Connections for all these Services, Running to the Central Clearing Yards.
Medium
Ink, watercolor, and pastel on a printed map
Dimensions
101.9 × 106.7 cm (40 × 42 in.)
Classification
ink
Department
Architecture and Design
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
196335
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...