Campus Revolt: The Reform of the Commuter University
Campus Revolt: The Reform of the Commuter University
This chapter discusses the failures of modern urban planning within a changing social milieu in the latter part of the twentieth century, with the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle (UICC) being the central point of contention. Campus revolts had escalated from within the university, due to discontent over the increasing homogenization, militarization, and bureaucracies that had come to define postwar urban living. Outside of the university, neighborhood protests over the sensibilities of modern architecture and urbanism abound, echoing the earlier protests surrounding the construction of the UICC. This period was also followed by a rash of demolitions as the promises of urban renewal failed to hold out at the turn of the century, leaving room for a potential reshaping of Chicago’s urban landscape.
Keywords: campus revolts, UICC, University of Illinois at Chicago Circle, modern architecture, urbanism, urban renewal
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