Chicago's Metropolis 2020

Selling an urban vision is never easy. But it's much more likely when the civic leadership stands behind it.

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June 23, 2002, 6:00 AM PDT

"If Metropolis 2020 represents the thinking of the current elite... (and it clearly does represent them)-- it is worth studying carefully as a clue to important future events... Considered that way, Metropolis 2020 is a remarkable document. ItcommitsChicago's civic leadership to a New Urbanist platform of public transit,pedestrian-oriented neighborhoods, mixed-income zoning, area-wide landuseplanning, substantial environmental remediation and a brand-new RegionalCoordinating Council with bonding authority to bring the whole packagetogether."

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