CANDO Anniversary Design Showcase
Summer 1999
The Chicago Association of Neighborhood Development Organizations (CANDO)
has worked to promote commercial and industrial development throughout
Chicago for the past 20 years. As part of a year-long celebration of its
20th Anniversary, CANDO hosted a Neighborhood Design Showcase to demonstrate:
• How traditional, linear, and older commercial strips can be revitalized;
• How industrial parks can be built, within the city, to accommodate
the needs of industry, employees, and residents; and
• How larger, under-utilized parcels can be redeveloped for mixed-use
with transit-friendly development throughout the city.
CANDO asked the City Design Center to design a prototypical Transit Oriented
Development (TOD) in Chicago for the Showcase. According to Ted Wysocki,
President and CEO of CANDO, “The City Design Center’s work with
CANDO members illustrates how vacant acres can be turned into productive
community uses. Neighborhood redevelopment is ’smart growth’
when designed well.”
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Map of Chicago with project location
Redevelopment proposal for the
Lake/Kinzie Industrial Corridor
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City Design Center Affiliated Faculty
Tom Forman, Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Architecture, and
Associate Director, City Design Center
Collaborating Organization
Chicago Association of Neighborhood Development Organizations (CANDO)
Funding
Chicago Association of Neighborhood Development Organizations (CANDO)
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