Tan map of a city street grid with red and blue lines showing proposed rail and transit routes converging at a central hub, with a river and plaza at the bottom.

Plate 80, The Plan of Chicago (1909): City Center Diagram

A colored-ink diagram on tan paper maps a dense street grid with diagonal avenues and a river curving through it. Red and blue lines mark proposed rail routes, transit, and subway lines converging on a central hub, with a large open civic plaza and waterfront shown at the bottom.

Artist: Daniel Hudson Burnham
Date: 1909
Medium: Colored ink and paint on a printed map
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1613 px

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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, On permanent loan to The Art Institute of Chicago from the City of Chicago

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