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2008 Public Programs

2008 Centennial Program Partners

2009 Centennial Events

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2009 CENTENNIAL EVENTS

A work in progress, the Centennial Calendar below includes projects with confirmed dates. To request an e-document form on which to submit your organization’s Centennial programs, activities or plans or for a list of the many activities in the planning and development stages please Contact Us.

2008 Pre-Events

April 2008:  Burnham Plan Subscribers Event

July 10 – 13:  International Planning History Society, 13th International Planning History Society Conference in Chicago

October 15 – 17:  American Shore and Beach Preservation Association Annual Meeting in Chicago

October 23:  Swedenborg Library and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Daniel Burnham Program with Eric Larsen and Kristen Schaffer at the Chicago Cultural Center.

October 29 – November 9:  Chicago Humanities Festival,
THINK BIG Festival

2009 Calendar

January – March:  Glessner House Museum, Daniel H. Burnham and Prairie Avenue Exhibit and Programs

January – April:  Chicago Architecture Foundation, History of O’Hare Exhibit and Programs

January – December:  The Art Institute of Chicago, Rotating Exhibit of Jules Guerin’s Renderings for the Plan of Chicago

March 4 – 7:  Urban Affairs Association, Annual Conference at the University of Illinois – Chicago

May 2009:  Mayor’s Office of Special Events, Great Chicago Places and Spaces Festival

May – July 2009:  The Newberry Library, Exhibit on Burnham’s Plans for Manila and Baguio City

May – August:  Chicago Architecture Foundation, “Model City” Exhibit and Programs

Summer:  The Archimedia Workshop: “Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City” documentary film

June:  DePaul University, “The Power of a Shared Vision – Burnham and Beyond” Symposium

June 19:  Burnham Plan Centennial Committee, Centennial Opening Event

June 19 & 20:  Grant Park Music Festival, Premier of Michael Torke’s Burnham Centennial work for Orchestra and Chorus

June 2009:  Landmarks Illinois Annual Conference

June – September:  Field Museum of Natural History, Water: H2O=Life Exhibit and Programs

June – September:  Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), Public Input on 2040 Regional Plan Scenarios

June – October:  Facets Multi Media, Architecture, Cities and Urban Planning Film Series

July 4:  Chicago History Museum, Anniversary Event to commemorate the official release of the Plan of Chicago

July:  Burnham Family Reunion

August – October:  The Art Institute of Chicago, Ryerson & Burnham Library Archival Exhibits

September 18 – 21:  American Society of Landscape Architects, National Conference in Chicago

September:  American Planning Association – Illinois Chapter, Upper Midwest 4-State Conference: Celebrating the Plan of Chicago

 
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