In this volume the authors tell the real stories of the planners, politicians, and everyday people who shaped contemporary Chicago, starting in 1958, early in the Richard J. Daley era. Over the ensuing decades, planning did much to develop the Loop, protect Chicago's famous lakefront, and encourage industrial growth and neighborhood development in the face of national trends that savaged other cities. But planning also failed some of Chicago's communities and did too little for others. The Second City is no longer defined by its past and its myths but by the nature of its emerging postindustrial future.

This volume looks beyond Burnham's giant shadow to see the sprawl and scramble of a city always on the make. This isn't the way other history books tell the story. But it's the Chicago way.

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Introduction 2. Chicago's Planning Context Part 1: Chicago's Central Area
1. The Origins of Chicago's Post-Industrial City: Planning Change In 1955-1958 4. The High-Water Mark of City-Led Planning: The 1966 Comprehensive Plan 5. Growth Coalition Takes the Lead for Planning 6. Chicago's Equity Planning Moment 7. Planning in The Void: Redevelopment In The North Loop And Near South Part 2: Neighborhood Change And Planning Response
  1. Chicago and Community Planning Innovation 9. Englewood 10. Uptown 11. Little Village 12. Remaking Public Housing: The Chicago Housing Authority's Plan for Transformation Part 3: Industrial Policy in Chicago: City Planning for Industrial Retention and Growth
    1. Defending The Industrial Base: Sector and District Strategies 14. Has It Worked? A Changing Employment Scene 15. The Calumet District: Planning for Brownfields 16. Planning for Global Freight in The Chicago Region Part 4: Chicago in Current Era
      1. The Tourist City: Navy Pier, Mccormick Place, And Millennium Park 18. The Era of Big Plans Is Over 19. The Lost Decade 20. The Disconnect Between Financing and Planning 21. Examples of Positive Middle-Ground Planning 22. Conclusion: Restore Planning to Chicago