On July 4, 1909, Daniel H. Burnham and the Commercial Club of Chicago unveiled the culmination of three years of work and a decade of preparation. The Plan of Chicago, considered a fundamental urban planning document, presented one group's radical vision for a more beautiful, orderly, and unified city. Edward H. Bennett, who served as Chief Assistant and co-author of the Plan, survived Burnham by over four decades and with the cooperation of the Chicago Plan Commission became a significant force in the drive to realize the Plan's goals as well as one of its staunchest defenders.

1. Edward H. Bennett, untitled typescript, c.1929.
2. Ten Years of the Chicago Plan Commission brochure, April 1920.
3. Chicago Plan By the Board of Local Improvements brochure, 1922.
4. Edward H. Bennett to Edward B. Butler, May 19, 1914.
5. Chicago Plan Commission meeting minutes, p.44, February 17, 1913.
6. Grant Park and northern vicinity, March 17, 1929.