A new book succeeds by avoiding simple solutions to complicated problems.
Tag: urban planning
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Boy, do we need Jane Jacobs now
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City profiles the author who battled urban expressways and high-rise housing.
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Police officers elect new union president, and other Chicago news
Also, the passenger dragged from a United Airlines plane at O’Hare reportedly suffered a concussion, lost two front teeth, and had his nose broken.
Posted inArts & Culture
Transforming Pullman into a national park
The Positioning Pullman project aims to ease the south-side neighborhood’s transition.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Chicago alleys are full of utilitarian wonder
The city’s 1,900 miles of backstreets make Chicago the “Alley Capital of America.”
Posted inNews & Politics
This week’s Chicagoan: Kelwin Harris, DJ and former assistant to Mayor Daley
Kelwin Harris: “Was Mayor Daley intimidating like a guy-beating-on-a-table, in-your-face kind of thing? No.”
Posted inNews & Politics
The fight to preserve a model public housing project
Lathrop Homes has long been one of CHA’s most diverse and successful properties. But today it’s a shell of its former self.
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South-side residents fend off pawnshop plan
In the face of community opposition, plans are withdrawn for a pawnshop at 79th and Western
Posted inNews & Politics
The people v. the pawnshop
What one vacant lot says about the future of devlopment in the city
Posted inFilm
Music Box presents Architecture & Design Film Festival
Music Box presents the third annual Architecture & Design Film Festival
Posted inFilm
Music Box presents Architecture & Design Film Festival
Music Box presents the third annual Architecture & Design Film Festival
Posted inFilm
Music Box presents Architecture & Design Film Festival
Music Box presents the third annual Architecture & Design Film Festival
Posted inFilm
Music Box presents Architecture & Design Film Festival
Music Box presents the third annual Architecture & Design Film Festival
Posted inFilm
Stories about storeys: Architecture & Design Film Festival
Music Box presents the third annual Architecture & Design Film Festival
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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth at the Siskel
A new documentary examines St. Louis’s bygone Pruitt-Igoe housing projects.