Illinois

Chicago: Planning to Succeed

With Chicago’s Central Area booming, city planners are pleased with the city’s progress and optimistic about its future.

September 18, 2000 - Urban Land Magazine

Chicago's Window of Opportunity

Chicago’s public and private interests have engaged in an unprecedented level of planning and negotiation to realize the city’s newest opportunities.

September 17, 2000 - Urban Land Magazine

Facing the Future With No Little Plans

Chicago is well positioned to become a model for regional cooperation in the 21st century.

September 16, 2000 - Urban Land Magazine

Chicago: New-Economy Player

Over the last decade, the Chicago region has seen its share of changes, and as the city looks to the future, it can expect to play a major role in the new economy.

September 14, 2000 - Urban Land Magazine

Housing Mobility Key To Welfare Reform

Is housing mobility the key to welfare reform?Lessons from Chicago’s Gautreaux program.

September 6, 2000 - The Brookings Institution

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.

Top Books

An annual review of books related to planning.

Top Schools

The definitive ranking of graduate planning programs.

100 Most Influential Urbanists

The who's who of urbanism, according to Planetizen readers.

Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.