Contents

1.  Introduction      1  

2.  Before Zoning: Early Land-Use Control in Chicago       3  

3.  Zoning the Great City     17  

4.  Zoning Comes of Age      27  

5.  Renewing the City           35  

6.  PDs: The Rise of Planned Development 45  

7.  Protecting the Neighborhood: Downzoning and Density Controls 55  

8.  Zoning and In-Town Living 67  

9.  A City of Skyscrapers 79  

10. Aesthetics and Urban Design 97  

11. Aldermen and the Community 103  

12. Stalemate: The 30-Year Struggle to Overhaul Zoning 113  

13. A New Zoning Ordinance 119  

Appendices 133  

Planned Manufacturing Districts

Hyde Park: A Fountainhead of Research on Zoning

The Legacy of Richard Babcock

Edward Bassett, „The Father of Zoning‰

Enforcing the Ordinance

The Recollections of Harry F. Chaddick

Map of Community Areas

Administration of Chicago‚s Zoning Ordinance