When architecture meets activism : the transformative experience of Hank Williams Village in the Windy City Introduction: uncharted territory : architects and planners as activists Urban renewal advocacy planning and community design centers in the United States The historical commercial and physical evolution of uptown Staging contentious conflict : uptowns diversity appalachian migrants and the anatomy of resistance Architects and activists converge on the Windy City : a confluence of people and events The uptown community design center and plan for Hank Williams Village A modern day Christ with a southern drawl : chuck geary and the protracted fight for Hank Williams Village Divergent trajectories and lasting effects : the indelible mark of VISTA and the uptown experience Advocacy planning and activist architecture : then and now