The 1950s brought great changes in public policy to the Chicago metropolitan region, necessitated in part by the size and complexity of government-funded development during that decade. Chicago's Department of Urban Renewal was formed through the consolidation of many city agencies relating to land clearance, planning, and conservation. In 1957 work towards a truly regional planning body finally came to fruition with the formation of the Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission (NIPC). Chicago's Department of City Planning, which replaced the Plan Commission in 1957, released the Central Area Plan in August 1958, a development plan predicated on the notion that the revitalization and maintenance of the city's central business district and adjacent lakefront were fundamental to sustaining growth and prosperity.

1. Chicago Looks Ahead brochure, March 1945.
2. Lake Meadows, 500 E. 33rd St., Chicago, IL, brochure, c.1953-1954.
3. Prairie Shores Apartments, 2851 S. King Dr., Chicago, IL, brochure, c.1960.
4. Introducing... the Central South Area Plan brochure, November 1960.
5. "Government Center - Civic Plaza" rendering from Development Plan for the Central Area of Chicago brochure, August 1958.
6. "Government Center - Riverfront" rendering from Development Plan for the Central Area of Chicago brochure, August 1958.
7. "Transportation Center" rendering from Development Plan for the Central Area of Chicago brochure, August 1958.