Patrick Sisson - Writer, Journalist, Cultural Documentarian, Music Lover

Tag: Urban Planning

Curbed October, 17 2016 Potential changes to zoning rules meant to protect the city’s manufacturing could radically reshape Chicago In a city where broad shoulders and a brawny industrial past are a civic cliche, there was always something magical about seeing sparks fly at Chicago’s A. Finkl & Sons Steel plant. In an industrial strip […]

Curbed November 20, 2015 A Michigan Urban Farming Institute farm in Detroit. Photos by Michelle and Chris Gerard. What would you do with 21 square miles of urban space? To put that in perspective, consider receiving an area roughly the size of Manhattan to build upon as you please. That vast tract is equivalent to […]