I read Chicago Life Magazine (an advertising supplement in the Sunday issue of my NY Times newspaper) cover-to-cover.   The article “Before Green Was Green” highlights several impressive projects completed by Farr Associates: 1)  Bethel Commercial Center, a transit center located on the west side of Chicago, 2) Whistler Crossing and 3) Charles Shaw Technology and Learning Center, the former Sears Roebuck and Co. power supply house turned into a charter school.  After reading about these amazing developments, I purchased  Douglas Farr’s book Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature to learn more.  Douglas Farr speaks on sustainable urbanism at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SBxLIKcDN4.  Fascinating stuff!  What do you think?