Comments on: Cities need facelifts, too: Highland Park is planning something that won’t sag…

By: Peggy L

Peggy L — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:37:10 +0000

To see a Farr Associates-designed “Net Zero” Chicago “green” house, which is along the Metra North Line, check out page 4 in the first section of today’s (7.22.09) Tribune. Article and all photos are on the website as well: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/green/chi-kamin-net-zero-22-jul22,0,291144.story

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:18:45 +0000

If the Willis tower can be the greenest big building on earth, gosh darnit if we can be the greenest small, slightly left-leaning, largely Jewish city!

By: Peggy L.

Peggy L. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:04:30 +0000

Thanks Cindy,
I was conflicted about how to frame my article, because there is so much negativity about density and the horrors of more condos. Plus you just had to have been there to hear Doug Farr talk. Really! (He is my new hero.) So I emphasized how nice sustainable design could be, hoping to ease folks gently into a new world. We shall see.

By: Cindy W.

Cindy W. — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:24:18 +0000

Before Doug Farr made his presentation, I had already completed the downtown planning survey, but fortunately I had not turned it in. He changed my mind about density, open space and the possibility of HP becoming a “green” city. If Normal, IL can do it, so can we. I filled in the survey again with very different answers.