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City data isn’t new—architects and planners have long sought ways of quantifying and representing urban design issues. Early data on Chicago and its citizens was collected, analyzed, and visualized by hand—a time and labor-intensive processes. Masengarb will explore how designers such as Daniel Burnham and activists at Hull House used data to visualize and solve city problems.
Jen Masengarb visits the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Burnham Ryerson Library at the Art Institute of Chicago to examine historic data documentation and discuss their purposes.
Jen Masengarb is the Director of Interpretation and Research at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Special thanks to the Burnham Ryerson Library, Art Institute of Chicago, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, University of Illinois at Chicago and Greg Reigh, Abby Young, James Fjords
City data isn’t new—architects and planners have long sought ways of quantifying and representing urban design issues. Early data on Chicago and its citizens was collected, analyzed, and visualized by hand—a time and labor-intensive processes. Masengarb will explore how designers such as Daniel Burnham and activists at Hull House used data to visualize and solve city problems.
Jen Masengarb visits the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the Burnham Ryerson Library at the Art Institute of Chicago to examine historic data documentation and discuss their purposes.
Jen Masengarb is the Director of Interpretation and Research at the Chicago Architecture Foundation. Special thanks to the Burnham Ryerson Library, Art Institute of Chicago, Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, University of Illinois at Chicago and Greg Reigh, Abby Young, James Fjords
