Virtual Burnham
Virtual Burnham Gallery and Links to KMZ Files
Building Overlays
Our first gallery includes screenshots from the virtual models as seen with Google Earth. To view Virtual Burnham Initiative layers and experience full 360° navigation of specific Plan of Chicago structures, you will first need to download and install the free Google Earth software. Second, download the KMZ files to use in Google Earth by clicking on the link below each image.
Building of Arts: KMZ File Download
Building of Letters: KMZ File Download
Building of Natural Sciences: KMZ File Download
Civic Center: KMZ File Download
Monroe Harbor: KMZ File Download
Train Station: KMZ File Download
Map Overlays
The following screenshots show Plan of Chicago map sketches placed atop Google Earth's views of contemporary Chicago. You can acccess the KMZ file from the link below the image.
Overlay of sketch CXXIX--Monroe Harbor to the Civic Center
Overlay of sketch LXXIX--Population and parks
Overlay of sketch CIII--Plan of the city, showing the general system of boulevards and parks existing and proposed
Overlay of sketch CXI--Plan of the center of the city, showing the present street and boulevard system
Overlay of Sketch LXIX--Diagram of a system of freight handling for land and water transportation, to be worked in conjunction with one another
Overlay of Sketch LXXIII--Diagram of the city and surrounding country, showing railroad circuits, B, C, D, and E, which are, or may become, tanget to the inner circuit (A)
Overlay of sketch LXXIV--Diagram of the city center, showing the general location of existing freights yards and railroad lines, the present tunnel, system and proposed circuit, and connections for all these services, running to the central clearing yards
Overlay of sketch LXXV--Diagram of the city, showing complete system of inner circuits.
Overlay of sketch LXXI--Railroad rights-of-way and properties in the center of city and the existing radial arteries
Overlay of sketch LXXI--Railroad rights-of-way and properties in the center of city and the existing radial arteries
Overlay of sketch LXXII--Diagram of general scheme of street circulation and parks in relation to the areas covered by industries and manufactures (red); the center of industries is indicated by a star and the railroad properties and lines are blue
Overlay of sketch XCI--Existing and (in red) proposed diagonal arteries
Overlay of sketch XL--General digram of exterior highways encircling or radiating from the city
Overlay of sketch LXXXV--Plan of a complete system of street circulation and system of parks and playgrounds, presenting the city as an organism in which all the functions are related one another
Overlay of sketch LXXVI--Plan of the stret and boulevard system present and proposed
Overlay of sketch XLIV--General map showing topography, waterways, and complete system of streets, boulevards, parkways, and parks