- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 23, 2012
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South-side residents fend off pawnshop plan
In the face of community opposition, plans are withdrawn for a pawnshop at 79th and Western
- News & Features, Feature, Oct 4, 2012
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The people v. the pawnshop
How one vacant lot became a battleground between the politically powerful pawnshop industry and the outspoken residents of a middle-class Chicago neighborhood—and what that says about the future of development in the city
- Movies, Movie Sidebar, Apr 11, 2012
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Stories about storeys: Architecture & Design Film Festival
The third annual festival at the Music Box
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 4, 2011
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The Pruitt-Igoe Myth at the Siskel
A new documentary examines St. Louis's bygone Pruitt-Igoe housing projects.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 18, 2010
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Parking Meters and the Psychology of Driving
Why people think walking takes longer than driving, and how to increase cycling by getting rid of parking spaces.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 16, 2009
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Econ Roundup: More Bad News
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 21, 2009
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Eve of destruction for Michael Reese Hospital
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 16, 2009
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On plans big and little
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 14, 2007
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Jane Jacobs
Jane Jacobs, an uncategorizable urban visionary, is remembered in a new biography.
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Dec 8, 2005
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Some Like It Messy
A UIC professor argues that sprawl isn’t so bad - just misunderstood.
- Lit & Lectures, Book Review, Apr 1, 2004
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Operation Urban Blight
How city planners helped keep their military counterparts in business.
- News & Features, Feature, Sep 5, 1996
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Up Against the Sprawl
Grassroots Groups are Fighting the Expansion That's Sucking the City Dry. Should They Bother?
