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Placemaking Case Study: Albany Park's Multicultural Sculpture Park and Healing Garden
MPC Research Assistant Cristina Silva authored this post. Placemaking Principle #5: Develop a vision For the past year, a pair of large art installations have claimed a home amidst the trees and otherwise bare park space at Argyle and Lawrence in the Albany Park community. ‘‘Happy…
Placemaking, makeovers renewing Miller Beach as a premier destination in Northwest Indiana
I love being surprised by places. Somewhere you’ve been – or been through – countless times but never stopped to really look around, or somewhere you lived near for years but never knew of its charms. photo courtesy of Miller Beach Arts & Creative District Gary’s…
Retooling the United Center: New expansion proposal made public
A “sea of parking.” A “wasteland.” These were just some of the terms residents of Chicago’s Near West Side neighborhood have used to describe the United Center’s footprint. This may soon change as preliminary plans were released this week for the redevelopment…
Talking Transit: Chicago gearing up for bike sharing
Did you know? In Paris and Barcelona almost 40 percent of bike share trips are in conjunction with transit. Chicagoans, get geared up: This summer, Chicago’s first large-scale bike sharing network will roll out across the city, with 3,000 bicycles available to rent from 300 stations in 2012,…
Placemaking Case Study: Oklahoma City
Research Assistant Evan Severs co-authored this report. April 2012 Placemaking Principle: Develop a Vision During the mid-1990s, Oklahoma City was facing a conundrum shared by many cities across the country: Once the workday ceased at 5 p.m., the downtown area would empty with a vigor shared…

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