1932 Map of Chicago for the Year 1933

This is a scarce bird's-eye-view map of Chicago, created for the Century of Progress World's Fair of 1933 and 1934. The map features the World's fair in the foreground, adjacent to Grant Park. Most of the buildings and attractions erected for the fair are numbered with a corresponding key at the bottom of the map. Some important buildings noted which still stand today include the Field Museum, Soldier Field, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Planetarium. The fair itself took place in and around Burnham Harbor, named after Daniel Burnham, prominent Chicago architect who helped rebuild Chicago after the fire of 1871 and was the primary overseer in the creation of the World's Colombian Exposition held in 1893 further south in Jackson Park.  Throughout the map important streets are noted as well as neighborhoods, parks, and buildings, and area of commerce. Of these include Chinatown, the Hull House, Maxwell St. Market, Grand Central Station, the Newberry Library, White Sox Ball Park, the Art Ins