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Burnham Centennial Program: Bold Plans For the Next 100 Years

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  • ABOUT Douglas Farr

    Douglas Farr is the founding principal and president of Farr Associates, an award-wining architecture and urban planning firm, the first in the world to have designed three LEED Platinum buildings. The author of Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature, Farr is also on the boards of the Congress for the New Urbanism, the BioRegional Development Group, and the Energy and Climate TAC of the Star Community Index. He was the founding chair of the LEED Neighborhood Development project. Profile

  • ABOUT Cheryle Jackson

    Cheryle Jackson began her professional career at the local public TV and radio station WKNO in Memphis, and soon moved on to National Public Radio in Washington, DC, where she became Vice President of Corporate Communications. In Chicago, she worked for Amtrak, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, and then became the President and CEO of the Chicago Urban League. She is currently running for the United States Senate from Illinois.

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  • ABOUT Adele Simmons

    Adele Simmons is vice chair of Chicago Metropolis 2020, where she focuses on early childhood education. She also serves as vice chair of the Burnham Centennial Committee, a future-focused initiative engaging over 250 partner organizations region-wide. Simmons was president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for a decade, overseeing grants of over $1.5 billion, including an annual $25 million program for Chicago.

     

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  • ABOUT John Tolva

    John Tolva is the Director of Citizenship & Technology for the IBM Corporation. He is responsible for developing new social, educational, environmental and cultural heritage projects using the most innovative technologies in partnership with non-profit institutions and governmental entities. He manages international teams from specialized IBM skill groups and labs around the world.

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In 2109, what will Chicago look like? What change will have come to the dwellings in our city and its outskirts, to roadways and transit, communications networks, technology, and economies? Will we commute via flying cars? Or will we no longer be commuting at all? Join a panel of visionary designers and thinkers for an exciting look into an imaginative future. Panelists include architect and planner Doug Farr; former president of the Chicago Urban League and candidate for United States Senate Cheryle Jackson; and IBM Director, Citizenship & Technology, John Tolva. Adele Simmons, vice chair of Chicago Metropolis 2020, moderates.

Presented in partnership with the Chicago Public Library, Chicago Matters, and Chicago Metropolis 2020.

Above: Photograph by Justin Kern for The Windy Pixel.

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the future, present, changes, technology, urban planning, Chicago

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Burnham Centennial Program: The Future of Chicago How We Get There

A panel considers practical and immediate solutions to questions about housing, education, transportation, and environmental sustainability in and around Chicago.

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Burnham Centennial Program Think Big Youth Expo

During the 2008–2009 school year, students at schools throughout Chicago explored the city’s relevance to them historically, currently, and personally. Students also reflected on Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago and contemplated the city’s future and their own roles in its stewardship.

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