2002 APA Conference: Day 3

Daily updates and photos all week from the national planning conference in Chicago.

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April 17, 2002, 9:00 AM PDT

A fascinating special Tuesday evening discussion show on the Chicago PBS affiliate, WTWW11, featured John McCarron, APA Executive Director W. Paul Farmer, and Alicia Mazur Berg, chief of Chicago's Department of Planning and Development, discussing planning in Chicago and the role of planners in the city's future. The conclusion: Mayor Richard M. Daley personally sets the planning agenda for the Chicago, and, as McCarron says, is "directing an extraordinary urban renaissance."

Thanks to Chris Steins

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