Tuesdays at APA: Beyond Burnham

Beyond Burnham
February 23, 2010


Since the publication of Burnham and Bennett's Plan of Chicago in
1909, powerful institutions such as the Chicago Plan Commission
and Regional Transportation Authority, among others, have emerged
to promote metropolitan goals in the Chicago region. In their new
illustrated book on the topic, Joseph Schwieterman and Alan
Mammoser show how the human face of planning appears in the
interplay between public officials and citizen advocates.


Schwieterman and Mammoser shared how a century of visionary
planning for metropolitan Chicago has shaped the region's
identity and character. From Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H.
Bennett's famed 1909 Plan of Chicago to the push for
superhighways and airports to battles over urban sprawl, they
described the big personalities and the "big plans" they
espoused.