When architecture meets activism the transformative experience of Hank Williams Village in the Windy City / Roger Guy.

Contents Introduction: uncharted territory : architects and planners as activists -- Urban renewal, advocacy planning, and community design centers in the United States -- The historical, commercial, and physical evolution of uptown -- Staging contentious conflict : uptown's diversity, appalachian migrants, and the anatomy of resistance -- Architects and activists converge on the Windy City : a confluence of people and events -- The uptown community design center, and plan for Hank Williams Village -- A "modern day Christ with a southern drawl" : chuck geary and the protracted fight for Hank Williams Village -- Divergent trajectories and lasting effects : the indelible mark of VISTA and the uptown experience -- Advocacy planning and activist architecture : then and now.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Guy, Roger, 1960- author. When architecture meets activism Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016] 9781498512411
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LCCN 2017002232
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