After graduating , he spent a short time in New York City with prominent architect George B. Post , who sent him to Chicago to assist architect Daniel H. Burnham in preparing a plan for the military academy at West Point . Burnham found Bennett 's work highly satisfactory and in 1903 invited him to move to Chicago to collaborate on the comprehensive plan for San Francisco , and afterwards , the Plan of Chicago . The completed San Francisco plan was not implemented in the aftermath of the 1906 earthquake , but Bennett became well known for his design work and co-authorship of the 1909 Plan of Chicago . While Burnham raised money and visibility for the Chicago Plan , Bennett created the actual layouts and drawings which are so well known today
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1906 San Francisco earthquake
Edward H. Bennett