COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Commercial Club of Chicago. Civic Committee
Author:
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
Author:
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Author:
Moore, Charles
Date:
1909
Short Title:
CXI. Chicago : Plan of the center of the city, showing the present street and boulevard system.
Publisher:
Commercial Club of Chicago. Civic Committee
Publisher Location:
Chicago
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
22
Obj Width cm:
18
Note:
Map of Chicago within seventh chapter to Plan of Chicago. Shows roads, railway stations, bridges, parks, drainage, shoreline and harbor. Includes a legend and bar scale. With descriptive text: The proposed additional arteries and street widenings (orange) ... Colored lithograph. Map is 22 x 18 cm, on sheet 31 x 24 cm. Chapter spans pages 99-118.
City:
Chicago (Ill.)
Subject:
Land Development
Subject:
Transportation
Subject:
Roads
Subject:
Railroad
Full Title:
CXI. Chicago : Plan of the center of the city, showing the present street and boulevard system.
List No:
14346.087
Series No:
87
Engraver or Printer:
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company
Engraver or Printer:
Lakeside Press (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication Author:
Commercial Club of Chicago. Civic Committee
Publication Author:
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
Publication Author:
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Publication Author:
Moore, Charles
Pub Date:
1909
Pub Title:
Plan of Chicago prepared under the direction of The Commercial Club during the years MCMVI, MCMVII and MCMVIII by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett, architects, edited by Charles Moore, corresponding member American Institute of Architects. Chicago : The Commercial Club, MCMIX.
Pub Note:
Plan of Chicago, by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett; published in Chicago by the Commercial Club of Chicago, 1909. Bound in board covered with dark blue cloth. Gilded title and Commercial Club of Chicago logo on front cover, as well as gilded title on spine. Top edge gilded. Collation: [1], xviii, 164, [1] pages, with [34] leaves of plates throughout, including 13 double and 3 fold-out. Includes table of contents, list of illustrations, list of subscribers, eight chapters describing proposed developments in Chicago, as well as a section on the legal aspects of the Plan and an index. Volume comprised of CXLI [141] plates - some appearing within the text - which consist of maps and views showing plans for the development of Chicago, including images of other cities for comparison, such as San Francisco, London, Paris, Berlin and Manila. Maps and views feature political boundaries, railways, roads, bridges, buildings, parks, drainage, shorelines, islands and harbors. Volume integrates a wide variety of imagery in order to illustrate a multi-dimensional perspective on Chicago, employing maps, wood-cuts, etchings, paintings, drawings and photographs. Widely admired as a masterpiece of city planning. The Encyclopedia of Chicago praises, ”The visionary Plan of Chicago creates pictures of a city beautiful, calls upon civic character to realize the goal, and characterizes Chicagoans as a people who can and will act in the best public interest to realize the vision. Such a combination of idealism and imagination distinguishes this work of Burnham and Bennett.” Colophon: Engraved and printed for the Commercial Club of Chicago, in the year nineteen hundred and nine, by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, at the Lakeside Press, Chicago. Provenance indicated by purple rubber stamp on front endpaper: C. B. & Q. R. R. Co. Received May 12 1936, Office of President. President refers to Ralph Budd, President of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad from 1932 to 1949, was an innovative business leader best known for the Burlington Zephyr streamliners, which set records for speed.
Pub List No:
14346.000
Pub Type:
City Atlas
Pub Maps:
142
Pub Height cm:
32
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
14346087.jp2
Authors:
Commercial Club of Chicago. Civic Committee; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954; Moore, Charles
