Echoes Of 1909 in Elmhurst
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Echoes of Burnham (& Bennett) in Elmhurst
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Presentation Summary
• Prelude to 1909: 1893 Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair)• The Chicago Plan Team• Chicago snapshots of 1909 • The 1909 Plan: Recommendations & Implementation• What About Elmhurst? – the Early Days• Elmhurst Through the 20th Century• The Underpass: A Large-Scale Effort• Elmhurst’s Downtown Plan • Planning Reinvestment Reinvention• Future Concepts • Elmhurst’s Comprehensive Plan• What Planning Means to Elmhurst
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Prelude to 1909
1893 Columbian Exposition (“World’s Fair”)
(1) A major coup for Chicago (repeat for 2016?)(2) Daniel Burnham – chief organizer(3) ‘City Beautiful’ Movement; the ‘White City’(4) Technology and Industry Emphasis(5) “Wow” factor: electrical display, Ferris Wheel,
state & international pavilions, etc.
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1893 Columbian Exposition
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Burnham & Bennett & their team
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Chicago in 1909
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ALSO Chicago in 1909
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1909 Plan Recommendations
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1909 Plan Recommendations & Implementation
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What about Elmhurst? (1800’s)
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Elmhurst: 20th Century Part I
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20th Century Part II
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Air photos of the Edison area (Brynhaven) in 1951 and 1956!See the changes in just FIVE YEARS:First 1951… …and then 1956!
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Stagnation and Decline (1970’s – 1980’s)
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A Transformation Begins (1990’s)
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The Underpass: No Small Plan!
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Planning Matters – The Downtown Plan
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Planning Reinvestment Reinvention
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We Have More to Do!
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The Cultural Trail: Details Matter
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Comprehensive Plan - Moving Forward
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What Quality Planning Means to Elmhurst
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What Quality Planning Means to Elmhurst
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Thank You!
John D. Said, AICPDirector, Dept. of Planning, Zoning & Economic Development, City of [email protected], 630/530-6016
Information Sources:• Plan of Chicago (Burnham & Bennett, 1909)• www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org• Elmhurst Historical Museum • Visionary; An Elmhurst Retrospective (Virginia Stewart, 2006)• Downtown Plan, City of Elmhurst, 2006• Comprehensive Plan (draft), City of Elmhurst, 2009• www.walkscore.com • Chicago Magazine, 2003• “Retail 1-2-3”, Metropolitan Planning Council, 2006• Prospect Magazine, Elmhurst College, 2005• A Guide to Neighborhood Placemaking in Chicago (Project for Public Spaces & Metropolitan Planning
Council, 2008)