What happened—and what didn’t—as a result of the Plan of Chicago.
Grant Park
Cultural Center of museums and libraries planned by Burnham was blocked by Montgomery Ward court decisions; compromise site found for Field Museum south of Roosevelt Road. Landfill and formal landscaping guided by Bennett during the 1920s.
Cultural Center of museums and libraries planned by Burnham was blocked by Montgomery Ward court decisions; compromise site found for Field Museum south of Roosevelt Road. Landfill and formal landscaping guided by Bennett during the 1920s.