Combining a detailed case study of Chicago's Cabrini Green urban revitalization project with the concerns of modern political philosophy and rhetorical education, David Fleming examines the relationship between public discourse and the built environment in the contemporary United States. For more than half a century, low-income African American residents of the Cabrini Green public housing project have struggled against the extreme spatial inequality of their metropolitan region. The author examines three different options considered as part of revitalization efforts for the neighborhood: the dispersal of the project's residents into the largely white suburbs of Chicago; the building of a low-rise, mixed-income "urban village" on the same site; and the conversion of one of the original buildings into a democratically governed, not-for-profit housing cooperative.
The author argues that each of these projects involves imagining the physical, socioeconomic, and rhetorical community of the contemporary city in dramatically different ways. Considered together, the projects provide evidence that places still matter in human flourishing, but show that the places of our contemporary landscape are unequal in resources and opportunities, and that our public philosophies support this inequality. Fleming reminds us, however, that these arrangements are plastic and can be redesigned to reflect a more equitable sharing of public problems and resources. List of Illustrations Preface
1. Introduction: Death Corner
Part One The Geography of Politics
2. The Placelessness of Political Theory 3. A New Civic Map for Our Time
Part Two Designing the Twenty-fi rst Century Public Sphere
4. Ghetto: Chicago, 1995 5. Suburbia: Schaumburg, Illinois 6. The New Urbanism: North Town Village 7. Home: 1230 North Burling Street
Part Three Lessons for Theory and Practice
8. Toward a New Sociospatial Dialectic 9. Cities of Rhetoric 10. Afterword
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Cîty of Rhetorîc
Revîtaîzîng the Pubîc Sphere în Metropoîtan Amerîca
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Femîng, Davîd, 1961– Cîty of rhetorîc : revîtaîzîng the pubîc sphere în metropoîtan Amerîca / Davîd Femîng. p. cm. Incudes bîbîographîca references and îndex. ISBN 978-0-7914-7649-9 (hardcover : ak. paper) 1. Urban renewa—Iînoîs—Chîcago. 2. Communîty deveopment, Urban— Iînoîs—Chîcago. 3. Inner cîtîes—Iînoîs—Chîcago. I. Tîte.
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Part One Two Three
Part Two Four Fîve Sîx Seven
Part Three Eîght Nîne
Ten
Contents
Lîst of Iustratîons
Preface
Introductîon: Death Corner
The Geography of PolItIcs The Paceessness of Poîtîca Theory A New Cîvîc Map for Our Tîme
DesIgnIng the Twenty-irst Century PublIc Sphere Ghetto: Chîcago, 1995 Suburbîa: Schaumburg, Iînoîs The New Urbanîsm: North Town Vîage Home: 1230 North Burîng Street
Lessons for Theory and PractIce Toward a New Socîospatîa Dîaectîc Cîtîes of Rhetorîc
Afterword
Acknowedgments Appendîx Notes Bîbîography Index
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Map of Chîcago Housîng Authorîty Famîy Projects, 1985 Map of Chîcago Regîon (Centra Area): Communîty Cassîicatîon, 2002 Drawîng (aerîa vîew) of North Town Vîage, Chîcago, IL, 2000 Photograph (street eve) of North Town Vîage, Chîcago, IL, 2002 Photograph of 1230 North Burîng Street, Chîcago, IL, 2000
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The Projects of Cabrînî Green Popuatîon of Chîcago’s Near North Sîde, 1930–2000 Backs în Chîcago, 1850–2000 Popuatîon Fîgures for the Sîx-County Chîcago Metropoîtan Regîon (2000) Comparîng Two Chîcagoand Suburbs în 2000 Actua versus Predîcted Back Househods în Chîcago Area, 1980–1990 Popuatîon of Schaumburg, IL, 1956–2000 Actua versus Predîcted Back Househods în Schaumburg, IL, 1980–1990 Chîcago’s Near North Redeveopment Inîtîatîve North Town Vîage: Breakdown of Unîts Sef-government at 1230 N. Burîng Street: Resîdent Posîtîons