UPP News

UPP Prof Betancur on Declining Hispanic Population in Pilsen

A 2016 study from Urban Planning and Policy Professor John Betancur detailed the Pilsen neighborhood’s declining Hispanic population in Crain’s Chicago Business. Crain’s covered a proposed 30-story apartment tower addition to a property in…

UPP Prof Rachel Weber on "Blight Fighting"

Rachel Weber, professor of urban planning and policy, is interviewed in a Crain’s Chicago Business investigative story on “blight-fighting” TIF funds being diverted to pay for Navy Pier renovations. http://bit.ly/2uhNyCg (subscription may be required)