Chris Lin

In 1909, Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett wrote the 1909 Plan of Chicago, a comprehensive approach to urban planning for the city. A simpler version, called Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago, taught the plan to eighth-graders in the Chicago Public Schools. No Small Plans is a graphic novel inspired by that manual, launched by the Chicago Architecture Foundation with a Kickstarter campaign, and also aimed at Chicago teen-agers. In three main sections, set in past, present and future, show more teens think about the design of the city they live in, what they think it should be, and how to make that happen. Between these chapters are bits about Burnham, to make the connection with the city's history. show less