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Green Space

Chicago Building Types: the Courtyard Apartment

09 • 30 • 2014 Case Studies, Chicago, Environment, Urban Planning

Courtyard Front And Back2

What sets these courtyard apartment buildings apart from other types of apartment dwellings. The answer is in the organization.

Our Green City: The Green Legacy of the Burnham Plan

08 • 28 • 2014 Case Studies, Chicago, Environment, Urban Planning

Burnham Plan

The Burnham Plan laid the groundwork for our city’s green space and set aside the lake shore path. Thank Daniel Burnham every time you see green in Chicago.

How Green Is Our City: Chicago’s Urban Green Space

08 • 26 • 2014 Chicago, Environment, Work Life Balance

Chicago Parks1

With 8.5% of urban acreage devoted to parks, Chicago has a wide range of green space options. Which is YOUR favorite?

The Melee that is Montrose Beach Parking Lots

07 • 17 • 2014 Chicago, Transporation, Urban Planning

Montrose Beach 877

Our proposal for an updated Montrose Beach Park – which both maintains the already extensive multi-user quality of the park and enhances it with less parking!

Help Us Build a Parklet in Andersonville! (UPDATED 06/07)

04 • 09 • 2012 Materials, Moss Projects, Transporation, Urban Planning

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Three years ago, we held Chicago’s first PARK(ing) Day in Lakeview, where we transformed a few parking spaces into a fun, public green space for a summer day. Now, we, along with Studio Murmur,  eco-Andersonville and the Andersonville Development Corporation, are excited to announce a semi-permanent iteration of PARK(ing) Day: a parklet in Andersonville at […]

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