Downtown Futures Series: The Evolving Public Way

Downtown Futures Series: The Evolving Public Way will explore ideas from the perspective of an artist who uses the public way as a canvas, a cafe owner who uses it to increase business, and an urban planner who uses it to influence behavior.

By its simplest definition, the “public way” is any passageway—including streets, sidewalks, and alleys—that the public uses to move through space. But as cities continue to evolve, the public way is more than a means of getting around—it is an opportunity for meaningful interaction. And in our rapidly changing, technology-enabled world, human interaction is more important than ever before. The public way is the space where what happens upstairs in a high rise meets what happens on the street. In the future, the public way will become places to experience, places to be, and places of new opportunity.

Downtown Futures Series: The Evolving Public Way will explore these ideas from the perspective of an artist who uses the public way as a canvas, a cafe owner who uses it to increase business, and an urban planner who uses it to influence human behavior. Together, they will speculate how the public way will evolve to meet the needs of the Loop of the future.

Ticket sales for this event have ended. A limited number of tickets will be available at the door. Please email sarah@chicagoloopalliance.com with questions.