Economies are changing, needs are evolving, as the outdated industrial corridors continue to fracture Chicago’s urban fabric, thousands of square feet of abandoned infrastructures lie dormant and underutilized. How can post-industrial corridors, like the Pilsen Corridor reinvigorate these wastelands with natural processes that promote growth and new micro economies? Shifting from linear economies to a circular economy, Chicago can revitalize and reweave its fractured territories together enhancing the river and repairing the industrial railroads as an articulated wellness spine for the city’s future development.
When the fallen capitalist economy force people to rely on local trades spread into the abandoned industrial railroads, the “Chicago Loop City” will generate a Trade Loop and a Waste Loop, cultivating a new circular economy to regenerate the local city and replace reliance on global economy.
Through an Urban Design lens and a series of short articles, Chicago Loop City explores how the circular economy strategy apply the Pilsen Industrial Corridor and Chicago.
