Illinois
Chicago's Tollway Improvement Plan Is Pricey
A proposed plan in Illinois would double fares for drivers who don't use an electronic toll collection program.
Millennium Park -- After The Hype
Millennium Park - it's big, it's pretty; it's wildly popular. Does it make any difference?
Reconsidering Traffic Calming
A regional advisory agency in Chicago advises local governments that traffic calming measures are not always the best approach to slowing traffic.
Where's The Beef?
Blair Kamin reviews the new design for a landmark McDonald's in Chicago.
Green Fields, Brown Fields, Now White Fields
Chicago businessman envisions unusual future for controversial landfill.
NIMBYism At Its Finest
Affluent communities in Chicago's North Shore are up in arms concerning Illinois' inclusionary housing requirements.
Impact Fees For Teachers?
Some fast growing counties are "transition fees" to the school portion of impact fees to help pay for teachers.
Chicago's Loveliest And Ugliest Buildings
Patrick T. Reardon and Blair Kamin list the best-looking and ugliest buildings in Chicago's world-famous Loop.
A Park For The 21st Century
Chicago's new Millennium Park contains a "generosity of spirit" that charms visitors and inspires faith in the future of cities.
Soldier Field in Danger of Losing Landmark Status
The National Park Service has recommended to withdraw the landmark status of Chicago's newly renovated Soldier Field. Some have also recommended removing it from the National Register of Historic Places.
Chicago's Millennium Park A Resounding Success
Blair Kamin, the Tribune's architecture critic declares the $475 million Millennium Park a 'cultural spectacle'.
The City That Works, Today
Chicago is using innovative ideas to encourage urban, sustainable development.
Chicago's Bold New Public Space
Photographs and links related to the opening of Chicago's New Millenium Park.
Starbucks Makes The Neighborhood
It's a neighborhood if it's got a Starbucks.
Chicago's Millenium Park Finally Opens
An interactive guide to Chicago's Millenium Park -- the city's "boldest outdoor cultural project in more than a century".
The 'New Face' Of Chicago: Millennium Park
Over budget and four years late, Chicago's stunning Millennium Park will become 'the new face' of the City.
Chicago's Uptown Upturn?
A new mixed-use project could revive a historic Chicago neighborhood.
Cabrini-Green Transforms Slowly
Columnist Mary Schmich of the Chicago Tribune shows a snapshot of Cabrini-Green as it undergoes its "transformation." She writes that in the end, its success depends on the people. The first of a series on Cabrini-Green.
Best City For Bicylcles
Bicycling Magazine picks Chicago as the best big cycling city in the United States.
Chicago Returns To Architectural Relevance
The new Millennium Park is the crown jewel in Mayor Richard Daley's bid to makeover the birthplace of the skyscraper through 'starchitects.'
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
City of Cambridge
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
