Plan of Chicago

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The Plan of Chicago is a landmark 1909 urban planning blueprint that proposed a comprehensive redesign and beautification of Chicago, profoundly influencing modern city planning in the United States.

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Generate an image of the Plan of Chicago (The Plan of Chicago is a landmark 1909 urban planning blueprint that proposed a comprehensive redesign and beautification of Chicago, profoundly influencing modern city planning in the United States.)

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Label Occurrences
Plan of Chicago canonical 10
Burnham Plan of Chicago 4
1909 Plan of Chicago 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city plan ⓘ
comprehensive plan ⓘ
landmark planning blueprint ⓘ
urban planning document ⓘ
aimedAt beautification of Chicago ⓘ
functional efficiency of Chicago ⓘ
long-range development of Chicago ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1909 Plan of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago

Burnham Plan ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago
appliesTo Chicago ⓘ
linked to: City of Chicago
architecturalIllustrationsBy Jules Guérin ⓘ
author Daniel H. Burnham ⓘ
linked to: Daniel Burnham

Edward H. Bennett ⓘ
commissionedBy Commercial Club of Chicago ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
historicalSignificance first major comprehensive plan for a large American city ⓘ
impactOn creation of the Chicago boulevard system ⓘ
development of Chicago lakefront parks ⓘ
establishment of forest preserves in Cook County ⓘ
influenced City Beautiful movement ⓘ
modern city planning in the United States ⓘ
regional planning in the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement City Beautiful movement ⓘ
notableFor comprehensive regional perspective ⓘ
emphasis on public open space ⓘ
influence on later comprehensive plans ⓘ
integration of transportation and land use planning ⓘ
placeOfPublication Chicago ⓘ
linked to: City of Chicago
proposed a continuous public lakefront ⓘ
a coordinated railway and freight terminal system ⓘ
a new civic center for Chicago ⓘ
a regional highway system ⓘ
a system of radial and circumferential boulevards ⓘ
expansion of park and forest preserve systems ⓘ
improvements to the Chicago River ⓘ
lakefront parks along Lake Michigan ⓘ
widening of major streets ⓘ
publicationDate 1909-07-04 ⓘ
publicationYear 1909 ⓘ
publisher Commercial Club of Chicago ⓘ
recognizedAs milestone in American urban planning history ⓘ
subject city beautification ⓘ
civic centers ⓘ
park systems ⓘ
transportation planning ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
textContributedBy Charles Moore ⓘ
timeHorizon approximately 50 years ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daniel Burnham → notableWork → Plan of Chicago ⓘ
Daniel Burnham → authorOf → Plan of Chicago ⓘ
Plan of Chicago → alsoKnownAs → Burnham Plan ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago
Plan of Chicago → alsoKnownAs → 1909 Plan of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago
Plan of Manila → relatedWork → Burnham Plan of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago
Daniel Burnham → notableWork → Plan of Chicago ⓘ
subject linked to: Burnham
Northerly Island → partOf → Burnham Plan lakefront system ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago
Historic Michigan Boulevard District → cityDesignContext → Burnham Plan of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago
Commercial Club of Chicago → hasNotableWork → Burnham Plan of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago
Commercial Club of Chicago → commissioned → Burnham Plan of Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Plan of Chicago
D. H. Burnham & Company → didUrbanPlanFor → Plan of Chicago ⓘ
Edward H. Bennett → notableWork → Plan of Chicago ⓘ
Edward H. Bennett → coAuthorOf → Plan of Chicago ⓘ
E. H. Bennett → notableWork → Plan of Chicago ⓘ
E. H. Bennett → coAuthorOf → Plan of Chicago ⓘ