A ‘first person’ essay, Island Grove Afternoon was published in Illinois Issues, November, 2001. Alvin later told me he thought the story needn’t seem so sad. My original text, more complete, follows…
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A Different Kind of Recovery
An article about the ideas of designer William McDonough was published in Conscious Choice in April, 2002 . Read A different kind of recovery Conscious Choice, April '02
Sustainable Suburbia
This article, subtitled The Beauty and the Promise of Conservation Design, appeared in Conscious Choice in April, 2001. Read Sustainable suburbia Conscious Choice, April '01
In memoriam – Bill Lavicka
Bill Lavicka was one of those rare fearless people that every democracy needs. He was the indispensable ingredient, the spice that brightens up the dish. There was no dull moment with Bill around…
Requiem for Maxwell Street
The Final Days of Maxwell Street… It’s hard to believe, but a little bit of Maxwell Street still stands in 2001. The city and UIC have done away with most of it…
Images of Calumet
In 2007, I was director of a small environmental advocacy organization in Chicago… So in early spring that year, friend Greg Lochow and I set out to make a couple short films about the southeast side, the so-called Calumet area…
Beyond Burnham
I am coauthor with Joe Schwieterman of Beyond Burnham, An Illustrated History of Planning for the Chicago Region (Lake Forest College Press, 2009). I began writing the book in late 2004 while on a US State Dept. fellowship in Sâo Paulo, Brazil. It was there, during fall '04 (spring in Brazil) that I finally found leisure to begin the book after years of work at NIPC. I was filled with frustration from five years of toil on a regional plan that still was unfinished. In Sâo Paulo, I was far enough away from it to reflect, to gather some...
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