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Fernand Janin (left) and Peirce Anderson (right) in the penthouse atop the Railway Exchange Building, during work on the Plan of Chicago.

Plan team member Fernand Janin stands alone in the penthouse atop the Railway Exchange Building, where the Plan of Chicago was written.

Unknown man and member of the Plan of Chicago team pictured on the roof of the Railway Exchange Building.

Daniel H. Burnham (right) talks to a seated Charles H. Wacker (left) at a luncheon that Burnham held in his office in honor of Charles D. Norton after he was made personal secretary to U.S. President William H. Taft.

Photo of a luncheon that Burnham held in his office in honor of Charles D. Norton after he was made personal secretary to U.S. President William H. Taft. The three men pictured standing are (left to right) Edward B. Butler, Daniel H. Burnham, and…

Photo of a luncheon that Burnham held in his office in honor of Charles D. Norton after he was made personal secretary to U.S. President William H. Taft. The three men pictured sitting are (left to right) Edward B. Butler, Daniel H. Burnham, and…

Edward B. Butler, chairman of the Chicago Plan Commission, is pictured here at a luncheon that Burnham held in his office in honor of Charles D. Norton after he was made personal secretary to U.S. President William H. Taft.

Photo of a luncheon that Burnham held in his office in honor of Charles D. Norton after he was made personal secretary to U.S. President William H. Taft. Pictured with their backs to the camera, left to right, are Charles H. Thorne, Theodore W.…

Men seated at a luncheon that Burnham held in his office in honor of Charles D. Norton after he was made personal secretary to U.S. President William H. Taft.

View of Grant Park on Memorial Day, 1909