Burnham of Chicago

Preface to the 2009 Edition

Foreword

Introduction
I. The Long Childhood
1846-1873
II. The Large Partnership
Burnham and Root, 1873-1891
III. Building in the Sky
Burnham, Root, and the Rise of the Skyscraper, 1881-1891
IV. The Big Dream
Planning the World's Columbian Exposition, 1889-1891
V. The Make-Believe City
The Building of the Fair, 1891-1893
VI. Legacies of the Fair
1893-1901
VII. The New Capital
The Washington Plan of 1902
VIII. The Paradox of Progressive Architecture
The Cleveland Group Plan of 1903
IX. The Promise of Urban Planning
The San Francisco Plan of 1905
X. The Imperial Façade
The Philippine Plans of 1905
XI. Promoter and Benefactor
The Architect as Philanthropist
XII. The Private Life of a Public Man
XIII. The Architecture of Capitalism
D. H. Burnham and Company, 1891-1912
XIV. Beyond the White City
The Chicago Plan of 1909
XV. Uncle Dan
Epilogue: No Little Plans
Appendix A
A. Chronological List of the Buildings of Burnham and Root and D. H. Burnham and Company
Appendix B
A Note on, and Index of, Comparative Building Construction Costs, 1870-1970
Essays on Sources
Notes
Index