Design And The Decision Making Process

A tale of two cities and the role of public participation.

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August 20, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"How we make decisions about design inevitably affects what we build. The process has an impact on the product, whether the product happens to be a skyscraper rising at ground zero, a stadium on Chicago's lakefront, or a hideous McMansion rising next to your charming Victorian house."

Thanks to Barbara Berlin, AICP

FULL STORY: Elusive Art of the Decision Making Process

Monday, August 19, 2002 in The Chicago Tribune

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