The life of Daniel Hudson Burnham began on September 4th , 1846 in Henderson, New York. He was raised and educated in Chicago and realized his passion for architecture and organization at an ... firm naming it D.H. Burnham & Company. Although Burnham was famous for his extravagant buildings such as Union Station in Washington D.C. and the Flatiron Building in New York City, he obtained a greater reputation for his work in city planning. When Burnham designed make-believe "White City" for the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, ... architecture and consisted of grand plazas, canals, fountains, an...

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