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City Bureau zine seeks to educate Chicagoans about community benefit agreements
Bronzeville-based media lab City Bureau recently released a zine that seeks to educate Chicago residents on community benefit agreements.
March 2, 2022
Affordable housing and a new park in the works for western end of 606 Trail
It would have been better if more had been done to prevent housing displacement in the first place.
October 5, 2021
No WaPo, The 606 is not a High Line copycat or a “simulation of vibrancy”
Yes, the Bloomingdale Trail has caused housing displacement. No, it's not merely a playground for the privileged.
November 23, 2019
Why Affordable Housing Is So Important for Development Near Transit
What happens when you build housing around transit, but it's not affordable to the people who ride transit the most?
June 20, 2018
How to Make Sure the Englewood Line Trail Is a Real Asset for the Community
Anton Seals from Grow Greater Englewood discusses the importance of respecting the neighborhood's history, and learning from the mistakes of The 606.
May 8, 2018
How Wasted Land on Logan Square’s MiCA Site Helped Fuel Anti-TOD Sentiment
By choosing to build up instead of out, the MiCA developer created towers that are too tall for their context, which increases opposition to dense development.
April 13, 2018
Closing Trails for Fancy Events Sends the Wrong Message
If the city wants to reassure residents that trails are being built for the benefit of people who currently live in the communities they run through, the Farm2Table Dinner was a terrible way to show it.
September 25, 2017
The Campaign to Fix Atlanta’s Most Dangerous Street and Preserve Its Immigrant Cultures
Can Buford Highway, the most dangerous road in Georgia, become a walkable place for the immigrant communities that call it home?
September 22, 2017
The Women’s March, the “It’s Not Your Time” Doctrine, Urban Planning, and You
The divide between the communities I write about and the people who seek to plan or advocate on their behalf has never felt deeper.
January 28, 2017
Englewood Line Trail Could Create Recreation and Job Opportunities for Residents
The Englewood Line Nature Trail, a proposed two-mile elevated greenway, would run along an unused rail embankment between 58th and 59th streetsm from Hoyne to Wallace avenues.
January 13, 2017
