If you say “viaduct” to most people, it brings to mind graceful arched bridges carrying trains across green valleys. Say it to a Chicagoan, and it evokes an image that is quite different.
The Art of Participatory Budgeting
Director’s Blog: Lots of activity at Great Cities Institute
An event that featured worker cooperatives, another large public forum in our Poverty to Prosperity series and international visitors from Russia, Ecuador and France were highlights of the week of November 10 at Great Cities Institute.
Delegation from Russia visits Great Cities Institute
For the fourth year in a row, a delegation of civic leaders from Russian visited Great Cities Institute to learn about the activities at GCI, The College of Urban Planning and Urban Affairs (CUPPA), and UIC.
Urban Planning and Policy Professors Present at Planning Conference
Faculty from UIC’s Urban Planning and Policy (UPP) were well represented at the 54th Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) held in Philadelphia October 30-November 2, 2014
The Return of the Neighborhood as an Urban Strategy
The 2014 UIC Urban Forum was held earlier this year on September 18th. The theme this year was centered on the neighborhood as a strategy to strengthen our cities.
Director’s Blog: City on the Make: Race and Inequality in Chicago
On November 13, 2014, Great Cities Institute, along with the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy (IRRPP), and in partnership with the French Consulate, is hosting Andrew Diamond from University of Paris-Sorbonne.
Following the South Works site development
This Blog is the first in a series on the development of the former United States Steel - South Works Site by GCI research assistant Jack Rocha.
Director’s Blog: People’s Climate March and the Importance of Activism
Attention to issues related to global climate change received a boost yesterday with estimates of 400,000 people marching alongside New York City’s Central Park.
Director’s Blog: Commercial Revitalization and Environmental Justice
This past week, Great Cities Institute hosted two wonderful events that brought new and established friends together for insightful presentations and discussions on problems of and solutions to pressing urban issues.
Over 30 GCI lectures available on YouTube and website
As we prepare for another exciting year of Great Cities’ events, we wish to remind you that this past year GCI began to extensively video record and post the lectures and panels that we organize.