Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner, Second Edition

ISBN: 0226341720

Author: Hines, Thomas S.

Condition: New

2009 marks the centennial of the influential Plan of Chicago. Designed by Daniel H. Burnham, coauthored by Edward Bennett and produced in collaboration with the Commercial Club of Chicago, the forward-thinking plan proposed many of the citys most distinctive features, including its lakefront parks and roadways, the Magnificent Mile, and Navy Pier. As a result, by the time he died in 1912, Burnham was one of the most famous architects in America as well as an internationally renowned city planner. Thomas S. Hiness book is at once both a biography of Burnham and a vivid portrait of the birth and growth of an American city. In commemoration of the historic anniversary of Burnhams Plan, this edition of Burnham of Chicago includes a new introduction by American history scholar, Neil Harris.Indeed, the book as a whole is a model of the balanced portrait, sure of Burnhams importance but always conscious of his failings.-Paul Goldberger, New York Times Book ReviewIn every sense this is the definitive biography.-Harry Weese, Chicago TribuneProfessor Hines has written what may prove to be an epoch-making book in the study of American civilization.-Reyner Banham, Times Literary Supplement