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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

BD+C

Without stable shelter, it all falls apart,” Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist Matthew Desmond told the Chicago Tribune on publication of his book Evicted. The design activates the perimeter and the interior of the block with retail, community spaces, and a plaza that has proven to be an inviting community draw.

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Measurement Fails in Business, Part II: Real-World Examples and Solutions

Pro Builder

Steel’s South Chicago Works, the world’s largest structural steel mill at the time, employing 20,000 workers. To balance the material coming out, we would pile excess product without recording it, in a massive storage area when exceeding quota and then draw from it when we fell short. Measurement Fails, Part I.

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