A New Plan For Chicago's Downtown

A new plan for Chicago's downtown calls for extending the buisiness district into the West Loop with emphasis on public transportation and green space.

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July 4, 2002, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The Chicago Central Area Plan, drafted at a cost of $500,000 over the last two years by city officials, consultants and business and civic leaders, is a blueprint designed to shape development and ensure the vitality of the city's core--the 6-square-mile area from Division Street on the north, the Stevenson Expressway on the south, Halsted Street on the west and Lake Michigan on the east--over the next two decades."

Thanks to Paul Esling

Read the full story: Chicago maps future for downtown growth

Wednesday, July 3, 2002 in The Chicago Tribune

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