Pilsen Community Framework Plan
Spring 1998
Eighteenth Street Development Corporation (ESDC), in collaboration with
other organizations in Pilsen – The Resurrection Project, Eighteenth
Street Business Association, and the Pilsen Cluster of Churches –
has worked with area residents, business people, and community-based organizations
to determine a collective vision for planning and revitalization efforts.
The result is a vision plan for the Pilsen community including a vibrant
ethnic retail corridor and a competitive industrial corridor.
ESDC sought the services of the City Design Center to highlight, research,
and strategically plan for the issues and concerns raised in participatory
visioning sessions. The objectives of the plan included an understanding
of the current demographic and economic profile of the community; an exploration
of the expansion of commercial development and alternative financing measures;
and the optimization of land uses in Pilsen. The plan document prepared
by the Center provided a development framework, with general information
and long range plans for community expansion. The document included a
community demographic and economic profile; information on housing conditions
and cost, existing land use, and zoning data; and physical and economic
interventions for the commercial and industrial corridors.
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Map of Chicago with project location
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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
Eighteenth Street Development Corporation (ESDC)
Funding
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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