Chicago Visionaries - From Burnham to Today and Beyond

Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Address: Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 400 South State Street, Chicago, IL

Chicago today is as much on the brink of progress as the Chicago of 100 years ago. Join some of our city’s most innovative thinkers in a discussion of how to keep Chicago vital and vibrant in the 21st century.

Panelists include

• Carl Smith, author of the Fall 2009 selection for One Book, One Chicago, The Plan of Chicago: Daniel Burnham and the Remaking of the American City;
• Nichole Pinkard, Director of Innovation at the University of Chicago’s Urban Education Institute;
• architects Sarah Dunn and Martin Felsen of UrbanLab and Archeworks; and
• Angela Hurlock, Director of Claretian Associates, developers of green and affordable housing on Chicago’s Southeast side.
• Moderated by MarySue Barrett, President of the Metropolitan Planning Council.

For more information call (312) 747-8191 or visit www.chipublib.org.

Presented by the Chicago Public Library in partnership with the Newberry Library, Chicago Matters and The Burnham Plan Centennial.