“Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood,” Chicagoans say again and again. This famous sentence has always come with a tiny asterisk, perhaps known to only the most ...

Daniel Burnham’s exhortation “Make no little plans” doesn’t appear in his Plan of Chicago, but that 1909 document, called the beginning of modern urban planning, is the embo… ...

They called it the White City. It was as magical a creation as the Emerald City of Oz, built in less than two years by architect Daniel H. Burnham in a swamp eight miles south of downtown Chicago ...

The preeminent American architect at the turn of the 20th century, Daniel Burnham created hundreds of major buildings with his partner, John Wellborn Root, and as a city planner he designed Baguio ...

Daniel Burnham exhorted us to “make no small plans.” (Burnham, by the way, was a backer of the nascent idea of an emerald necklace of forest preserves around Cook County).

Chicago loves to make big plans. Our history is full of them: Reversing the Chicago River, beautifying the lakefront, building the world’s tallest buildings. The famous dictum of Daniel Burnham ...

This documentary film explores the fascinating life and complex legacy of architect and city planner Daniel Hudson Burnham, famous for designing the Flatiron Building in New York, Union Station in ...

Discover showtimes, read reviews, watch trailers, find streaming options, and see where to watch Make No Little Plans Daniel Burnham and the American City (2010). Explore cast details and learn ...