University of Chicago. Center for Urban Studies. Records 1967-1968

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University of Chicago. Center for Urban Studies. Records 1967-1968

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The Center for Urban Studies was established by the University of Chicago in 1963. This collection contains reports from 1967-1968, when the Center was working with The Woodlawn Association (TWO) to develop the Woodlawn Model Cities Plan.

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United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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University of Chicago. Center for Urban Studies

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The Center for Urban Studies was established by the University of Chicago in 1963, funded with federal grants. In 1967 the Center, then under the direction of faculty member and urban planner Jack Meltzer, set up a colloquium to discuss issues facing neighbouring Woodlawn. The Woodlawn Organization, founded in 1960 to promote the community's "self-determination" – and to oppose University expansion into the neighbourhood – partnered with the Center that same year. Although Chicago had received f...

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