Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City, a documentary by local nonprofit Archimedia about the planner, architect and public figure, premieres in a free screening Wednesday at 7:30 PM at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion. Governor Pat Quinn will speak beforehand.
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On plans big and little
[Kind of a repost. Getting worked like a speedbag today.] “Make no little plans” – Daniel Burnham. Or not. It’s a pernicious little quote because there’s nothing qualitative about it – it demands that plans only be not little (I’m unaware of Burnham’s official position on medium-sized plans). But Burnham said a lot of other […]
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Daniel Burnham Told Us to Fill the Potholes Too
Daniel Burnham probably never said his most famous words, and if he did, he didn’t really mean them.
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Imagine that
Daniel Burnham’s old chestnut about “little plans” is all over the 2016 materials and the dailies’ defenses of the Olympics. But Burnham had a few other things to say about Chicago and plans that are worth keeping in mind.