Category: Urban planning
Nobody knows there’s a river there
In 2011 SOM's Philip Enquist led Waterline, a design studio focused on the South Branch of the Chicago River. Twelve architecture, urban design, [...]
Are low-lines and Emerald Constellations the future of Chicago?
What should a shrinking, post-Daley Chicago look like? Curbed is keeping its eye on a couple of concepts -- one commissioned from a local Chamber [...]
Should we shrink Chicago?
From the Boston Globe, a story that dovetails with a recent discussion about Chicago's population trends:
Frankly admitting that these cities are not [...]
Quote: "Creating livable communities does not require extreme measures"
The goal of GO TO 2040 is not to increase density for its own sake, and creating livable communities does not require extreme measures, “central plann [...]
Valerie Jarrett on comprehensive community development
One of the videos YouTube recommends for us this afternoon -- perhaps because of our own videos with Habitat Company President / CEO Mark Segal -- i [...]
The fight against urban sprawl in Chicago
The fight's over. Sprawl won. No ifs ands or buts about it – sprawl kicked "but."
My 132-mile day began and ended in Wilmette, with stops at Sympho [...]
Thousands of new homes planned for Pullman
The non-profit development arm of Park National Bank hopes to build as many as 3,000 new single-family homes, townhouses and low-rises on 138 acres in [...]
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