“Ambicioso” Plan Unveiled for Landmark Downtown Museum Complex

Written By Editor on April 21, 2015 in museums, Proposals, River North, _story

  It seems like every architecture firm in Chicago has invoked Daniel Burnham’s signature words at one time or another: Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood At this point it’s become cliché, because the quote is always trotted out when a design differs from the accepted norm to justify the architect’s imagination, saying by proxy, “I know it looks wacky, but Uncle Dan says...