America’s Great New Towns: Gift to a Nation

If Christmas is about believing, so are two fascinating new American towns I’ve seen this year.

One is Prairie Crossing, a settlement of more than 400 traditionally designed homes and condos at a junction crossing of two rail commuter lines 45 miles north of Chicago. Prairie Crossing is proudly re-creating pockets of the wildflower-dotted prairies that once thrived across Mid-America; simultaneously, with its easy rail connection to the Chicago Loop and O’Hare, it aims to be a national model of transit-oriented development.

NEAL PEIRCE

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