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The Place Lab digest is a weekly round-up of pertinent news, opinion, investigations, and explorations of the arts, architecture, and city-building in Chicago and beyond.
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The constellation in which we work
CityLab's Christopher Maier takes a look at Theaster Gates and his projects on Chicago's South Side
This constellation of projects is the brainchild of Theaster Gates, an internationally lauded artist, urban planner, community organizer, program administrator, and university professor. He draws on his array of skills and interests to give shape to his work in several neighborhoods in south Chicago. With each new building, he adds not only a revitalized structure to the surrounding neighborhood, but a space where visitors are encouraged to gather, observe, spectate, learn, and land themselves in interesting conversations with new acquaintances.
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Cleveland Gazebo Where Tamir Rice Was Shot Will Be Moved to Chicago
Monica Davey, New York Times
The gazebo is where Tamir, who was 12, was playing with a pellet gun when police officers approached in November 2014 and almost immediately began firing. Since then, it has been a focal point for grief, debate and outrage in Cleveland and beyond...Cleveland agreed to transfer the gazebo to the Tamir Rice Foundation, which on Thursday completed an agreement that lends it to the Rebuild Foundation, a creation of the artist Theaster Gates, in Chicago.
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Confusion forces city to issue ‘user guide’ for Chicago’s first shared street
Jay Koziarz, Curbed Chicago
After three years of planning and construction, Uptown’s newly opened Argyle Streetscape has some users baffled, prompting the offices of Alderman Harry Osterman (48th) and Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) to release an illustrated explanation of how to properly use the revamped thoroughfare.
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Hamza Walker hired as director of LAXART
Janelle Zara, ArtNews
Hamza Walker, who served as associate curator and director of education at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago since 1994, is an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and cocurated, with Aram Moshayedi, the 2016 edition of the Hammer Museum’s “Made in LA” biennial, has now been named the executive director of LAXART.
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"If we are not careful, profit will trump humanity and the only people who will be able to experience the beautiful local will be the very rich or the extremely poor." — Theaster Gates
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Tiny HGA-designed cabins win American Architectural Award
Matthew Messner, The Architect's Newspaper
Minneapolis-based HGA has been award the 2016 American Architectural Award for series of small “houses in the trees.” Built as part of the Dakota County Parks’ 450-acre master plan, the Whitetail Woods Camper Cabins hover above the forest floor on concrete piers...The award, which will be presented on to HGA on October 3rd at a reception in Chicago, has been set up to promote American architecture to a global audience.
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Miss last Friday's edition of the digest? Read it in the archives here.
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St. Louis to Deliver Healthcare at the Train Station
Kelsey E. Thomas, Next City
North St. Louis County commuters will soon be able to get a checkup before boarding the train. A $940,000 grant from U.S. DOT will fund health screenings such as blood pressure and cholesterol tests at a MetroLink station, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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Studio Gang's Plan To Revitalize Rust Belt Cities? Use What's Already There
Meg Miller, FastCo Design
"This approach is really working in regards to buildings that already exist but have fallen into disrepair," says Gang. While architecture has long been defined by new buildings, Studio Gang is thinking sensitively about how we use and alter the buildings that we already have.
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Exhibitions celebrate the opening of the Smithsonian’s African American Museum
Peggy McGlone, The Washington Post
[The exhibition is one of] several at local museums that tie thematically to the newest Smithsonian museum, opening with much fanfare on Sept. 24. They offer visitors a way to build on the stories of the new museum or the opportunity to engage with African American themes in a different way. They might also serve as an escape from the new institution’s predicted crowds.
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Can Chicago become the epicenter of the art world?
Peter Zimmerman, WGN Radio
EXPO Chicago President and Director Tony Karman makes a return visit to The Download to talk about his career, what keeps him in the arts and culture field, the upcoming EXPO Chicago international art festival, turning Navy Pier into a contemporary art gallery, the challenge to convince other world renowned galleries to come to Chicago, the pressure of making it a lucrative experience for dealers, changing the perception of what art is, being an ambassador for Chicago to the art world and how art in Chicago plays a role in our daily lives.
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Video interview: Theaster Gates
Fondazione Prada
Short interview with Theaster Gates about his exhibition, True Value.
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Impossible Choices
Report on food insecurity and risky teen behavior, from Urban Institute
Social science has long explored the risky and dangerous behaviors teenagers engage in. But research is starting to show that a small number of teens are motivated to do so by desperation and struggles with hunger. We are learning that a small subset of teenagers make risky decisions in big and small communities alike because family poverty has increased, working-class wages have stalled, and cash assistance from government programs has wilted.
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From our bookshelf:
The Well-Tempered City: What Modern Science, Ancient Civilizations, and Human Nature Teach Us About the Future of Urban Life
by Jonathan F. P. Rose
Purchase it here
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Take a Look Inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Sara Johnson, Architect
The architectural press descended on Washington, D.C., this morning to preview the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens on Sept. 24.
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City of Chicago honors Black Ensemble Theatre founder, CEO Jackie Taylor
Press release, Windy City Times
Jackie Taylor, founder and CEO of Black Ensemble Theater, will be honored with the Fifth Star Award from the City of Chicago and Allstate Insurance Company, at Millennium Park on September 14 at 7 pm. Inaugurated in 2014, the Fifth Star Awards celebrate Chicago's creativity and recognize institutions and individuals who have made significant contributions in arts and culture.
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11 Gems for entrepreneurs (or anyone looking to get started)
From the Creative Society AMA with Tayyib Smith
Turning an idea into a business is hard, and the hurdles for millennials of color are significantly higher...Tayyib Smith is the Outreach and Creative Lead for Philadelphia’s Institute of Hip-Hop Entrepreneurship. We tapped him for an AMA (Ask Me Anything) with a select group of Blavity Creators, and he did not disappoint.
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"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life." — Jane Addams
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