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    Spring 2018 — Workshop #8: Season Finale
    ELLE RAMEL + PAOLA AGUIRRE
    • Apr 30, 2018

    Spring 2018 — Workshop #8: Season Finale

    Thank you to everyone who participated this Spring season! We are very excited that new teams were assembled and explored very interesting topics. On April 30th, each team that had participated in the Spring season shared their final presentations. This was a recap of the work that had been completed, obstacles and wins each team had encountered, and some of the next steps the community group could engage with or continue onward as another phase of a City Open project. Church
    Spring 2018 — Workshop #7: Office of the Public Architect
    Paola Aguirre
    • Apr 16, 2018

    Spring 2018 — Workshop #7: Office of the Public Architect

    Have you ever wondered what motivated or how did the figure of the public defender start? Ann Lui & Craig Reschke, founding partners at Future Firm, did when they were invited to contribute to last year's exhibition organized by the Chicago Architecture Foundation: “Between States”; this exhibition asked 50 local design offices to share “community-based design solutions to transform underappreciated and underperforming spaces in Chicago into rejuvenated civic anchors”. While
    Spring 2018 — Workshop #6: The Future of Chicago Union Station
    Elle Ramel
    • Apr 2, 2018

    Spring 2018 — Workshop #6: The Future of Chicago Union Station

    City Open Workshop was able to welcome Erik Cempel, the Lead Infrastructure Planning Manager for the Union Station Redevelopment. Union Station is currently a maze of transportation corridors and waiting areas, with the historic Head House, the majestic waiting room that is barely used. Erik is helping to coordinate and project manage all of the changes needed to the transportation infrastructure and spaces controlled by Amtrak to make sure the buildings transition smoothly a

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