Chicago's North Loop project is one of the largest downtown redevelopment proposals initiated in the period since the termination of the federal urban renewal program. North Loop planning in advance of substantial project implementation has taken more than a decade, and the political controversies associated with the project reveal important insights in regard to post-urban renewal downtown redevelopment, the momentum of large-scale redevelopment projects, and the new shape of politics in Chicago.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BANFIELD, E. C. (1965) Political Influence. New York: Free Press.
2.
CARO, R. (1975) The Power Broker. New York: Viking.
3.
Chicago Central Area Committee and City of Chicago (1983) Chicago Central Area Plan: A Plan for the Heart of the City (March). Chicago: Author.
4.
Chicago Department of Urban Renewal (1973) Staff Report: North Loop Study Area (October 2). Chicago: Author.
5.
CHRISTIANSEN, R. (1980) "Chicago at the crossroads: a report on the redevelopment of the North Loop."Chicago Tribune (November 9): s. 6, p. 18.
6.
City of Chicago (1984a) Chicago Development Plan 1984 (May). Chicago: Author.
7.
City of Chicago (1984b) North Loop Tax Increment Redevelopment Area: Redevelopment Plan and Project (April). Chicago: Author.
8.
City of Chicago, Office of the Mayor (1980) "City of Chicago and Hilton Hotels Corporation sign agreement for acquisition and clearance of site for new $200 million Chicago Hilton, anchoring North Loop redevelopment" (press release, May 21).
9.
Commercial Club of Chicago (1984) Make No Little Plans: Jobs for Metropolitan Chicago (December). Chicago: Author.
10.
Cook County Assessor (1981) "Report and decision of Cook Co. assessor on the application of the City of Chicago for Class 7 certification of the State-Wacker area" (December 8).
11.
DAHL, R. (1961) Who Governs?New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press.
12.
DAVIS, R. (1979) "Banks to put up $50 million to aid North Loop."Chicago Tribune (July 21): 9.
13.
FAINSTEIN, S. (1985) "The redevelopment of 42nd Street: clashing viewpoints."City Almanac (New York) (Summer): 2-8.
14.
GAPP, P. (1980) "Failure to guarantee preservation of buildings perils N. Loop funds."Chicago Tribune (August 3): 5.
15.
GIST, J. R. (1980) "Urban Development Action Grants: design and implementation," pp. 237-252 in D. B. Rosenthal (ed.) Urban Revitalization. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
16.
HARTMAN, C. (1984) The Transformation of San Francisco. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld.
17.
HUXTABLE, A. L. (1979) "Is this the last chance for Battery Park City?"New York Times (December 9): s. 2, pp. 39-40.
18.
KAPLAN, H. (1963) Urban Renewal Politics. New York: Columbia Univ. Press.
19.
KEYES, L. C., Jr. (1973) The Rehabilitation Planning Game. Cambridge: MIT Press.
20.
LOWI, T. J. (1968) "Gosnell's Chicago revisited via Lindsay's New York," in H. F. Gosnell, Machine Politics Chicago Model. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press.
21.
LUDGIN, M. K. and L. K. MASOTTI (1985) Downtown Development Chicago 1979-1984. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University, Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research.
22.
LYONS, A. (1984) Interview with former adviser to the Campaign Against the North Loop Tax Break, June 26.
23.
McCARRON, J. (1981) "Study charges city gets short end of tax break for Hilton."Chicago Tribune (November 8): 4.
24.
McCARRON, J. and S. ZIEMBA (1980) "Contract lets Hilton Corp. control North Loop plan."Chicago Tribune (August 17): 1, 12.
25.
McMANUS, E. (1979) "Chicago plan unit OKs North Loop renovation."Chicago Tribune (April 12): s. 3, p. 8.
26.
McQUADE, W. (1973) "Urban renewal in Boston," pp. 259-277 in J. Q. Wilson (ed.) Urban Renewal: The Record and the Controversy. Cambridge: MIT Press.
27.
MOLLENKOPF, J. H. (1983) The Contested City. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press.
28.
NEUBAUER, C. and J. FRITSCH (1983) "Byrne a big leader in race for funds."Chicago Tribune (February 1): s. 2, pp. 1-2.
29.
O'CONNOR, L. (1975) Clout: Mayor Daley and His City. New York: Avon.
30.
ORLEBEKE, C. J. (1983) Federal Aid to Chicago. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.
31.
PRESSMAN, J. L. and A. WILDAVSKY (1984) Implementation. Berkeley: Univ. of California Press.
32.
RAKOVE, M. (1975) Don't Make No Waves... Don't Back No Losers. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press.
33.
ROSENFELD, R. A. (1980) "Who benefits and who decides: the uses of community development block grants," pp. 211-235 in D. B. Rosenthal (ed.) Urban Revitalization. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
34.
RUBLOFF, A. (1980) Letter to the editor. Chicago Tribune (June 20): s. 3, p. 2.
35.
Rubloff Development Corporation (n.d.) North Loop Redevelopment (project prospectus). Chicago: Author.
36.
SCHUMACHER, E. (1979) "Carey and Koch accept new Battery Park City plan."New York Times (November 9): s 2, pp. 1, 4.
37.
SHLAES, J. (1984) Interview with president of Shlaes & Co., July 7.
38.
SQUIRES, G. , L. BENNETT, K. McCOURT, and P. NYDEN (forthcoming) The Third City: Race, Class, and the Response to Urban Decline in Chicago. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
39.
STONE, C. N. (1976) Economic Growth and Neighborhood Discontent. Chapel Hill: Univ. of North Carolina Press.
