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[[File:Municipal market, Paco, Manila, 1911 LCCN2006686202.tif|right|thumb|225px|Paco Market]]
During the early years of the American colonial era in the Philippines, former [[Governor-General of the Philippines]] (and future U.S. president), [[Howard Taft]] favored a comprehensive building construction and city planning in the country.{{r|Bronson}} Taft sought out [[Daniel Burnham]]—whose prominence rose for the architectural design and construction of the 1893 [[World's Fair in Chicago]]—to visit the islands. Initially, his request was declined; however when he was appointed the [[United States Secretary of War]], Burnham was ordered this time to pay a visit to Manila.{{r|notes}} Burnham and his designer Pierce Anderson drew up general preliminary plans for the cities of [[Manila]] and [[Baguio]].
[[File:BurnhamPlanOf-Manila.jpg|right|thumb|225px|Burnham's preliminary plan for Manila, which was partially applied in the city.]]
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He received a salary from the Government which paid the cost of plans, etc. He was also allowed to engage in private practice, and maintain a separate office during most of his years in Manila. He served until February, 1914, resigning because "there seemed to be no further progress to be made under the scuttle policy of the present administration." He was succeeded by his assistant, George Corner Fenhagen, as the Consulting Architect of the Philippine government.
He died on December 17, 1939 at his home in [[New Haven, Connecticut]].{{r|ded}}{{r|grave}}
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