| The Plan of Chicago |
| Chicago in 1909 |
| Planning Before the Plan |
| Antecedents and Inspirations |
| The City the Planners Saw |
| The Plan of Chicago |
| The Plan Comes Together |
| Creating the Plan |
| Reading the Plan |
| A Living Document |
| Promotion |
| Implementation |
| Heritage |
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Several of the key developers of the Plan of Chicago pose here during a meeting and a meal in 1908 in Daniel Burnham's Railway Exchange Building office. Starting from the left and going clockwise around the table, they are Edward B. Butler, Daniel H. Burnham, Charles D. Norton, Clyde M. Carr, Edward F. Carry, Edward H. Bennett, John DeLaMater, Charles G. Dawes, Charles H. Wacker, John V. Farwell, John W. Scott, Emerson B. Tuttle, Theodore W. Robinson, Charles H. Thorne, and John G. Shedd. Behind them are illustrations from the Plan. |
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