Below are a list of the maps used in the report. Click on the name to the left to view each map. MAP 1 Chicago. Bird's Eye view showing the location of the city on the shores of Lake Michigan, together with the smaller surrounding towns connected with Chicago by radiating arteries. (Description from Burnham's Plan of Chicago, 1909) This is a computer enhanced version of the painting by Miles Sater used as the frontispiece in the 1956 Planning the Region of Chicago. The current location of these paintings is unknown. MAP 2 Chicago. General diagram of exterior highways encircling, or radiating from, the city. (Description from Burnham's Plan of Chicago, 1909) MAP 3 The Major Civil Divisions for the metropolis of Chicago. (From the 1956 Plan) MAP 4 The Spread of the Metropolis in 1956, with the addition of DeKalb County. (Based on the map from the 1956 Plan) MAP 5 The Spread of the Metropolis in 1997. (Based on the map from the 1956 Plan, with the expansion of the urbanized area as estimated from U.S. Census materials and other sources) MAP 6 The Outline of the Chicago-Gary-Kenosha Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. MAP 7 The proposed six regions of the metropolis for organizing data, policy and collaborative actions. MAP 8 The proposed six regions identified in terms of county and township boundaries for basic data collection and the basis for policy and action development.