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Chicago's Metropolis 2020

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: The Practice of New Urbanism
23 June 2002 - 6:00am

Selling an urban vision is never easy. But it's much more likely when the civic leadership stands behind it.

"If Metropolis 2020 represents the thinking of the current elite... (and it clearly does represent them)-- it is worth studying carefully as a clue to important future events... Considered that way, Metropolis 2020 is a remarkable document. ItcommitsChicago's civic leadership to a New Urbanist platform of public transit,pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods, mixed-income zoning, area-wide landuseplanning, substantial environmental remediation and a brand-new RegionalCoordinating Council with bonding authority to bring the whole packagetogether."

Full Story: Urban Vision Through Corporate Ayes
Source: Governing, June 22, 2002
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