Category: Readings
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Readings – Hidden in Plain Sight: Evanston’s Double Houses
This past October, I had the distinct pleasure of serving as a juror for the City of Evanston’s (IL) Cultural Heritage Awards program, sponsored by the City’s Preservation Commission, recognizing individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to Evanston’s cultural legacies. It was an honor to participate in Evanston’s preservation movement, which dates back…
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Readings – Transforming Places with Adaptive Use
The discussion on adaptive use in the mainstream media has been gaining ground in recent years. There is not a week that goes by when there is a report on a signature building somewhere being resurrected from the doldrums of vacancy and neglect into something dramatically new and regenerative. A case in point – the…
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Readings – Killing Greektown
A month ago, or so, I missed out on participating in a work-related book club discussion session organized by one of my colleagues – as usual, I had a project deadline to meet. I hated to miss it since the subject of discussion was the book, How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the…
The Places of Sense Chronicles 