“Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood.” Daniel Burnham “Make no little plans, they have no magic to stir men’s blood.”
Burnham’s 1909 Plan for Chicago Improvement of lakefront Regional highway system Improvement of railway terminals New outer parks Systematic arrangement of streets Civic and cultural centers
Proposed layout of Garfield Park
2018 - What Now? Issues facing city of Chicago: High crime rates in certain areas (murder capital of USA?) Income disparity Unfunded pensions Poor graduation rates / educational output Loss of manufacturing
What improvements/innovations are necessary to guide Chicago’s growth through the next 100 years? City Planning? Education? Economics? Crime?