Portrait of a Hill Station; Daniel Burnham and the plan for Bagiuo in 1904

Rummaging around the internet looking for Fil-Am war nuggets, I came across this interesting 8 minute video on American architect Daniel Burhnam, who was commissioned to design Baguio City as a “Hill Station” and summer capital for the Americans during the early colonial period, and whose name continues to be associated today with Baguio because of Burnham Park.

Here’s the video