Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The goal in this centennial year of the Plan of Chicago was to set the wheels in motion for a lasting memorial to Burnham and the Plan he co-wrote with Edward Bennett, explained Peter Schlossman, AIA, President of the AIA Chicago Foundation. The idea for the competition grew out of discussions among members of AIA Chicago s Regional and Urban Design Knowledge Community and other partners about how Chicago s architecture, design and urban planning community could honor Burnham s legacy.