Chicago: Vision for the Future

2009 marks the Centennial of Daniel H. Burnham's and Edward H. Bennett's 1909 Plan of Chicago. The Burnham Plan, as it become known, redirected Chicago's development from disorganized industrial and commercial growth to a planned movement toward the "city beautiful". One hundred years later, Chicago and major cities worldwide face different but equally portentous problems and opportunities. Established cities like Chicago must evolve more quickly. Entirely new cities will need to plan for change from the beginning. Both will need vision to weave new technologies into their urban fabric. Daniel Burnham's famous dictum, "Make no little plans."