City planning-a cross country road trip-Illinois reports

The publisher & editor of the Planning Commissioners Journal, Wayne Senville, is in the midst of a cross country road trip, following Route 50 from Maryland to California, and is posting on his blog, Greetings from Route 50, each day. He was recently in Illinois, stopping at the 3rd principle meridian near Centralia where he put up some interesting links about what this is-America's principal meridians helped shape the nation's land pattern-as well as a bit of meridian history.

He then drove to O'Fallon, Illinois, part of the St. Louis Metro East, where he put up three interesting city planning posts along with photos, of a city planning commission meeting, a development proposal called Creekside containing quotes from community members speaking against certain types of development, and a post titled, "A small town state of mind", featuring conversation with O'Fallon's Mayor, Gary Graham among others.

He then moved on to East St. Louis where he put up one post with photos and not much good to say.

Fascinating reporting, especially if you are interested in how cities plan and why, or do not plan.

All of Wayne Senville's Illinois posts are found here.