TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Bold text is denoted by =equal signs=. Footnote anchors are denoted by [number], and the footnotes have been placed at the end of the chapter. Text extracted from the Illustrations is appended to the captions. Errata slips bound in the original have been applied to the text. Some minor changes to the text are noted at the end of the book. PLAN OF CHICAGO [Illustration: I. CHICAGO. BIRD’S-EYE VIEW, SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE CITY ON THE SHORES OF LAKE MICHIGAN, TOGETHER WITH THE SMALLER SURROUNDING TOWNS CONNECTED WITH CHICAGO BY RADIATING ARTERIES. Painted for the Commercial Club by Jules Guerin. COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO] PLAN OF CHICAGO PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE COMMERCIAL CLUB DURING THE YEARS MCMVI, MCMVII, AND MCMVIII BY DANIEL H. BURNHAM AND EDWARD H. BENNETT ARCHITECTS EDITED BY CHARLES MOORE CORRESPONDING MEMBER AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS [Illustration] CHICAGO THE COMMERCIAL CLUB MCMIX COPYRIGHT, 1908 BY COMMERCIAL CLUB OF CHICAGO CONTENTS CHAPTER I ORIGIN OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO The tendency towards city life 1 Problems of the great city 1 Necessity for city-planning 2 Economy and efficiency promoted by a city plan 2 Elements of a comprehensive plan 4 Influence of the World’s Columbian Exposition on city-planning in the United States 4 The success of the Exposition due to competent direction and loyalty to Chicago 4 Improvement of the Lake front proposed by the South Park Commissioners 6 Expansion of the South Parks system 7 The Commercial Club undertakes a plan of Chicago 7 Progress of the work 7 Scope of the undertaking 8 An ideal arrangement proposed 8