MASTER PLAN AERIAL VIEW
Vacant land, dying industry, and a declining
manufacturing sector warrant a rethinking of
the role of industrial corridors along the Chicago
River. Although traditional industrial corridors are
shrinking, the vacancies provide the opportunity to
insert a new sustainable industry into the Chicago
River landscape. Chicago’s Slip District emerges
as an economic and ecological response.
Honor Award
St u den t Work
Nina K. Chase
project name.
location.
Slip District
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, situated on one of the largest fresh water
bodies in the world, Lake Michigan, will redefine
itself as the idea generator and production hub
for sustainable freshwater resource management.
The existing Pilsen Industrial Corridor will become
Chicago’s Slip District, home to Chicago’s first
Water Institute. The Institute will be devoted to
research, training, and technological developments
related to water filtration, community awareness,
and water policy and planning. The knowledge
generated will spur the development of water
industries, creating needed jobs and a local
economy entirely based on water.
With the reinvention of the Pilsen Industrial Corridor,
Chicago will highlight its hydrologic resources and
once again be connected globally through an
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industry along its river.
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