Chicago Model City - Audio Tour
By Chicago Architecture Foundation
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Podcast Description
This audio tour explores the stories behind the planning of Chicago. It corresponds with Chicago Model City, an exhibition on display through November 2010 at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Urban planners and architects, historians, the designers of the Chicago model, and Chicago Architecture Foundation docents and staff are among the expert voices you will hear. The Chicago Architecture Foundation is located at 224 S. Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
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1 |
Introduction | Introduction | 12/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
Stop 1: The Chicago Model | Stop 1 | 12/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
Stop 2: Making the Chicago Model | Stop 2 | 12/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
Stop 3: Rock Island Railroad | Stop 3 | 12/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 |
Stop 4: Lighting the Model | Stop 4 | 12/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 |
Stop 5: Millennium Park | Stop 5 | 12/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 |
Stop 6: Streeterville | Stop 6 | 12/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 |
Stop 7: Renumbering Chicago Street Addresses | Stop 7 | 12/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9 |
Stop 8: Union Pacific Railroad | Stop 8 | 12/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 |
Stop 9: Chicago River | Stop 9 | 12/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 |
Stop 10: Great Chicago Fire of 1871 | Stop 10 | 12/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 |
Stop 11: The Grid | Stop 11 | 12/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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13 |
Stop 12: Wacker's Manual of the Plan of Chicago | Stop 12 | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 |
Stop 13: The Plan of Chicago | Stop 13 | 12/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 |
Stop 14: The L | Stop 14 | 12/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16 |
Stop 15: Eisenhower Expressway | Stop 15 | 12/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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17 |
Stop 16: Concentric Zone Model | Stop 16 | 12/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18 |
Stop 17: Remembering Cabrini-Green | Stop 17 | 12/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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19 |
Stop 18: Ludwig Hilberseimer’s Planning Ideas | Stop 18 | 12/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20 |
Stop 19: Urban Renewal on Chicago’s Near South Side | Stop 19 | 12/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21 |
Stop 20: The O'Hare Region | Stop 20 | 12/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22 |
Stop 21: Chicago’s Global Connections | Stop 21 | 11/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 |
Stop 22: Climate Change as a Regional Challenge | Stop 22 | 11/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24 |
Stop 23: Green Renovation of the Willis Tower | Stop 23 | 11/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 24 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Good Information, But Out of Context
I listened to a few of the episodes and ended up thoroughly confused. The information contained in this podcast is pretty good stuff, but since it's made to accompany an audio tour I ended up disoriented and altogether disappointed.
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