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[Ghetta Life]

A-and I assume everyone knows that the WCE occupied part of the site of what 
is now Cicago's famously successful Millennium Park.

http://www.millenniumpark.org/

The master planner of the WCE was Daniel Burnham, supposed of the famous 
quote,""Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and 
probably will themselves not be realized."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Burnham

Beginning in 1906 and published in 1909, Burnham and assistant Edward H. 
Bennett prepared The Plan of Chicago, which laid out plans for the future of 
the city. It was the first comprehensive plan for the controlled growth of 
an American city; an outgrowth of the City Beautiful movement. The plan 
included ambitious proposals for the lakefront and river and declared that 
every citizen should be within walking distance of a park. Sponsored by the 
Commercial Club of Chicago[3], Burnham donated his services in hopes of 
furthering his own cause.

Plans and conceptual designs of the south lakefront[4] from the Exposition 
came in handy, as he envisioned Chicago being a "Paris on the Prairie". 
French inspired public works constructions, fountains, and boulevards 
radiating from a central, domed municipal palace became Chicago’s new 
backdrop. The plan set the standard for urban design, anticipating future 
need to control unexpected urban growth.



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>The World's Columbian Exposition

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