Burnham was a paradox: politically progressive but conservative in taste; a tough businessman and a Swedenborgian mystic; a pragmatist and a dreamer; and a complex man both efficient and indulgent. The fascinating PBS biography of Daniel Burnham, epic planner, whose sweeping redesign of San Francisco went up in smoke one day in 1906. Also, who knew he redesigned Manila? Check your local PBS stations, but Make No Little Plans is on tonight at KQED at 10PM. [KQED]
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