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Presented by Prof. Brad Hunt, Roosevelt University, at the CivicLab, February 24, 2014. The CivicLab is America's only co-working space dedicated to collaboration, education and innovation for civic engagement. http://www.civiclab.us.
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Planning Chicago
D. Bradford Hunt Dean, College of Professional Studies
Vice Provost, Adult and Experiential Learning
presentation at the
Civic Lab
Monday, February 24 2013
Chicago Plans Downtown
Comprehensive Planning for the city’s future, 1958-1974
The Heyday of Modern Planning in Chicago 1958 - 1973
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1958 1966 1973
Richard J. Daley Consolidates Planning Power, 1956-1957
• Creates Public Building Commission of Chicago (1956)
• Enacts Zoning Reform (1957)
• Creates Department of City Planning (1957)
Development Plan for the Central Area of Chicago, 1958
• “Compact, accessible Loop”
• 50,000 new residents (middle-class)
• New University of Illinois campus
• Limited clearance and displacement
• Endorsed Transit expansion
Growth Coalition
Mayor Richard J. Daley and city leaders viewing model of 1958 Development Plan for the Central Area of Chicago
Railroad Space in Chicago, 1930 Encyclopedia of Chicago, 2004
Downtown Living: Marina City (1963)
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University of Illinois Campus, no date, 1970s
New University of Illinois Campus (1964)
Transit Investment, 1950s
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The 1966 Comprehensive Plan of Chicago
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• Covered the whole city
• $500 million in capital spending per year
• Follow-on regulatory framework plans
• Chicago 21 plan for central area
The 1966 Comprehensive Plan of Chicago
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Follow-on Regulatory Plan: Illinois Center (1968)
Illinois Central Rail Yards, 1947
Illinois Center and Lakeshore East, 2012
Follow-on Regulatory Plans: Lakefront Plan (1972) and Riveredge Plan (1974)
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Chicago 21
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• Bold plans for downtown living
• Bold Plans for Near South (Dearborn Park)
• Transit ideas
• State Street Mall
“Chicago 21” (1973) and Dearborn Park
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Mayor Harold Washington and Jobs
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Goose Island, Planned
Manufacturing District, 2012
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City of Chicago
Industrial Corridors,
2011
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Industrial Corridors:
Calumet Area Land Plan
2001
Planning for Jobs: Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant
Calumet Industrial Corridor
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Chicago Plans the Neighborhoods
Race, class, and the neighborhoods
Neighborhood Planning: Urban Renewal
Lake Meadows (complete) and future South Commons site, 1955 Urban Renewal on Chicago’s South Side, 1954
The Woodlawn
Organization
Neighborhood Planning: Backlash against Top-Down Planning and the
Rise of Community-Based Planning
Neighborhood Planning: Uptown, Voice of the People
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Englewood: Retail decline
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Halsted Street near 63rd Street, 2000
Englewood: Kennedy-King Community College,
2008
Englewood: Kennedy-King Community College,
2008
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) New Communities Program
“Quality-of-Life” planning process
Englewood Quality of Life Plan, 2005
Englewood Quality of Life Plan, 2005
Englewood: Kennedy-King Community College,
2008
Chicago Returns to Downtown
Central Area Plan 2003
Central Area Action Plan 2009
Office Growth in West Loop, Chicago Central Area Plan, 2003
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West Loop Transportation Center, 2003
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West Loop Transportation Center, 2003
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Transitway under Monroe Street, 2003
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Transitways, 2003 Central
Area Plan
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Central Area Action Plan, 2009 Transportation needs
Olympic Bid
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Challenges for the present and future
Will the city rise to them?
Population, Race, and Immigration
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Mayor Emanuel and Planning
• Budget for Department of Housing and Economic Development (DHED) down by 40% in recent years
• Recently revived Department of Planning
• “Privatization of Planning”
– World Business Chicago
– OECD Territorial Review
• “Quick Recruitment Hits”
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Planning Chicago Agenda
• Increase transit capacity
• Adapt industrial policy to rapidly changing needs
• Pursue robust neighborhood planning
• Assert planning as a priority and as a “public good”
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