06. Carl Sandburg Village; Clark, LaSalle, Division Sts., North Ave., Chicago, IL, brochure, early 1960s.
By 1966, the city of Chicago had designated almost 3,500 acres of property for urban renewal. The largest renewal site north of the Loop became Carl Sandburg Village, a series of high-rise and townhouse buildings sited between Division Street, North Avenue, Clark Street, and LaSalle Street encompassing 3,116 units. The Village, by architects Louis R. Solomon and John D. Cordwell & Associates, was part of the larger Clark-LaSalle Redevelopment Project, and was completed in stages between 1963 and 1971. The Village's carefully planned site ensured privacy and exclusivity with private grounds that promised "a panorama of landscaped beauty, with formal plazas, quiet gardens, serene parks, patios and courtyards, groves of shrubs and trees."

"Chicago Looks Ahead: 100 Years of Planning, 1909-2009," Case 6, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries, September 29–December 1, 2010
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