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Originally Posted by Hourstrooper
Maurice Cox is leaving his job in the Motor City to take the Chicago planning commissioner post in the fall, according to the Detroit News.
https://therealdeal.com/chicago/2019...opment-report/
Any body have any thoughts on this guy?
Seems like he did a good job in Detroit, although he is going to have his hands full herer that's for sure Chicago is a whole new ball game.
Pretty sure lightfoot Brought him in to redesign and replan blighted communities like Englewood and many many others.
He starts in August for the next plan commission agenda |
I had him as a professor in architecture school. Very unusual guy, very skeptical of top-down planning. He's a devotee of the "tactical urbanism" school, so expect to see some street closures, pedestrian plazas, popups, etc.
I don't expect him to be outright hostile to developers, Lightfoot is very much focused on a "win-win" sort of messaging where under-resourced areas on the South and West Sides can succeed along with downtown and the North Side. I'm sure he will hold developers to a high standard both on design issues and on their obligations for affordable housing or commercial re-investment.