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Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago
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MediumInk and watercolor on paper
Dimensions131.2 × 102.4 cm (51 3/4 × 40 1/4 in.)
OriginChicago
InstitutionThe Art Institute of Chicago
Accession No.19.148.1966
Credit LineOn permanent loan to The Art Institute of Chicago from the City of Chicago
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Plan of Chicago, Plate 63, Plan of a Proposed Park

Plan of Chicago, Plate 63, Plan of a Proposed Park

1909Ink and wash on paper
Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park

Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park

1909Ink and wash on paper
Civic Center, Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Site Plan

Civic Center, Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Site Plan

1909Ink and wash on paper
Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit

Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit

1909Ink and wash on paper
Plate 129 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. The Business Center of the City, Within the First Circuit Boulevard, Showing the Proposed Grand East-and-West Axis and Its Relation to Grant Park and the Yacht Harbor; the Railway Terminals Schemes on the South and West Sides, and the Civic Center

Plate 129 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. The Business Center of the City, Within the First Circuit Boulevard, Showing the Proposed Grand East-and-West Axis and Its Relation to Grant Park and the Yacht Harbor; the Railway Terminals Schemes on the South and West Sides, and the Civic Center

1909Graphite
Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Diagram Showing City Growth

Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Diagram Showing City Growth

1909Colored ink
Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago

Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago

1909Ink on paper
Plate 125 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation of Grant Park and Harbor; the Eastern Facade of the City on Michigan Avenue, and the Dome of the Administration Building of the Civic Center, Looking from Lake Michigan.

Plate 125 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation of Grant Park and Harbor; the Eastern Facade of the City on Michigan Avenue, and the Dome of the Administration Building of the Civic Center, Looking from Lake Michigan.

1909Ink
Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Railroad Circuits Diagram

Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Railroad Circuits Diagram

1909Colored ink and paint on a printed map
The Plan of Chicago Plate 106, Chicago, Illinois, Presentation Drawing

The Plan of Chicago Plate 106, Chicago, Illinois, Presentation Drawing

1909Ink and wash on paper
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