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Activate Union Station calling on best ideas to bring Chicago's Union Station to life

Chicago’s Union Station is an iconic building and a major transportation hub—but it could be so much more: a gathering place for West Loop residents, an attraction for tourists, another cultural jewel in Chicago’s crown. Now is your chance to Activate Union Station. The Metropolitan Planning Council’s Fifth Annual Placemaking Contest, sponsored by Fifth Third Bank, is awarding cash prizes to the best ideas to breathe new life into Chicago’s Union Station.

Talking with Theaster Gates: Placemaking's positive connotations for negative space Talking with Theaster Gates: Placemaking's positive connotations for negative space
Negative space, in the arts community, means the space around things. Artists think about negative…
Dispatches from Germany: Water management lessons from Hamburg, Frankfurt Dispatches from Germany: Water management lessons from Hamburg, Frankfurt
For the week of April 22-26, MPC's Josh Ellis was on a tour of water, wastewater, and stormwater…

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