Episode 1: Chicago Plays Itself From the eighties to the nineties, movies set and filmed in Chicago showed a city cleaving itself in half. From John Hughes suburban-kid-in-the-city hijinks to the near apocalyptic urban horror of Candyman and Child’s Play, these twenty years of film reflected the straining inequalities of the city that produced them. Our hosts… Continue reading A Lot You Got to Holler EP 1: Chicago Plays Itself
Month: December 2015
A Seawall That Proves Strong Infrastructure Can Be Pretty, Too
CityLab Ι Dec. 9, 2015 In the alternately dour and idealistic world of water infrastructure, there are some pretty clearly delineated Good Guys and Bad Guys. The Bad Guys are everywhere: gray concrete culverts, drainage pipes, and seawalls that use brute force to shove water out of sight and away from settlements and homes, often exacerbating… Continue reading A Seawall That Proves Strong Infrastructure Can Be Pretty, Too