Uptown Coalition for Responsible Development - Doing It Right - Responsible Development in Chicago and Around the World

It’s important to remember that, for the Montrose-Clarendon site as proposed, we’re providing a $31 million taxpayer subsidy. Uptown should get something that's an asset to the neighborhood for that amount of money – otherwise we’re being ripped off. Here’s a compilation of information regarding neighborhood development and city planning efforts that are working, in Chicago and around the world.

Cityscapes blog - November 8, 2011	Building integrated into neighborhood context - Germany
Gallery 37 daniel p coffey + associates web site	Chicago's Premier Community Arts Project, Architect's web site. Possible model for park-use land?
Cityscapes blog - June 17, 2011	The boring and the excellent in Chicago: 2011
Architectural Record - January 10, 2008	Studio Gang and Calatrava
Crain's Chicago Business - March 18, 2009	Gigantic grocery store dumped on Diversey
Architectural Record - December 19, 2011	100 11th Avenue, NYC. Cool building
The Guardian - January 2, 2009	Attractive, biodiverse development in Sweden
Architectural Record - December 1, 2011	Good looking Hamburg mega-development
47th Ward Zoning Process	The 47th solicits community comments, publishes them all

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