Murals: I - Exploration II - Fort Dearborn III - The New City IV - Float Bridge and I & M Canal V - Three Swing Bridges VI - The Great Fire VII - Three Bridges VIII - Columbian Exposition IX - Reversal of the Waters X - Michigan Avenue Bridge XI - Grant Park and the Burnham Plan XII - A Century of Progress XIII - The South Branch XIV - The North Branch XV - The Main Branch XVI - The Riverwalk Artwork copyright 2000 Ellen Lanyon All rights reserved Acknowledgements by Ellen Lanyon Essay by Michael Rooks

XI - Grant Park and the Burnham Plan Daniel Burnham created a grand design which protected Chicago's lakefront from the industrial development typical of other waterfront cities of the world. 1909: The Burnham Plan called for parks, monuments and museums along Lake Michigan. 1926: Buckingham Fountain had been completed, and the Burnham Plan for Grant Park was well established. Insets, left, Postcards show the Field Museum of Natural History, built between 1911 and 1919, followed by the John G. Shedd Aquarium in 1929, and the Adler Planetarium in 1931. Today, these three major sites in Grant Park comprise the Museum Campus.