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Art
Chicago Model City

When

Opens Thursday June 11, 2009 (5:30–7pm)

June 11, 2009 – Nov 20, 2009

Daily (9:30am–5pm)

Where
Chicago Architecture Foundation (224 S Michigan Ave, 312.922.3432)
Price
FREE
Details
http://architecture.org/exhibitions.html
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As the city celebrates the centennial of Daniel Burnham's Plan of Chicago (if you don't think it's brilliant, try navigating a metropolis that's not laid out on a grid), the Chicago Architecture Foundation opens an exhibition highlighting the city's history, infrastructure, geography, and future. The show, designed to be a permanent fixture at CAF, is divided into five sections that explore Chicago as global, connected, green, beautiful, and new. Photographs, maps, videos, and a huge scale model of the Loop are all incorporated to help viewers grasp the intricacies of urban planning.

Audrey Mast