While our plans for building the first vessel of its kind anywhere in the world – a floating island – may seem enormous, daunting and maybe even impossible, we are by no means the first Chicagoans to tackle a massive undertaking. Many of us are familiar with the name Burnham, and some are familiar with how the Burnham Plan came to be, but the details are fascinating and they bear repeating. It all starts with a theoretical Mrs. O’Leary and her infamous cow. Nothing in Chicago