Burnham Park

Burnham Park is an open park with a length of 9.66 kilometers and a 2.42 square kilometer park consisting of Chicago Park properties, along the edge of Lake Michigan, connecting Grant Park and Jackson Park. The park was named in 1927 for an urban planning architect named Daniel Burnham, one of the designers of the 1893 Columbia World's Fair. The park is a natural outgrowth of Burnham's 1909 plan. It now hosts some of the city's more important civic structures, such as Soldier Field and McCormick Palace.