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Map of the Chicago Technology Park
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Audio Key (location: sources of text)
1) Introduction by the Temporary Travel Office
2) Tech 2000: Craig, Bob: "Biotechnology: the Real Estate Connection," Illinois Real Estate Journal, 8/13/01 and Illinois Dept. of Agriculture Press Release; Monbiot, George, "The Covert Biotech War," The Guardian, 11/19/02; Jackson, Kenneth, Crabgrass Frontier, Oxford University Press, 1985.
3) CTP Research Center:"Environmental Savior or Saboteur? Debating the Impacts of Genetic Engineering," Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology; Daniels, Steve, "A Booster Shot for Biotech on W. Side," Crain Communications, 5/7/2001; Appraisal Research Counselors.
4) Enterprose Center: State of Illinois Press Release for VentureTech Program; Campaign for Better Transit, www.bettertransit.com; Belsie, Laurent, "Calling Poirot: bizarre case of cross-border 'super corn'," The Christian Science Monitor, 5/20/02.
5) CORE Center: Daniel Drell, DOE and Anne Adamson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, "Fast Forward to 2020: What to Expect in Molecular Medicine"; Jackson, Kenneth, Crabgrass Frontier; Illinois Medical District Commission on Development.
6) LithoLink: David Miller, President, Illinois Biotechnology Industry Organization; Ward, Yolanda, "Spatial Deconcentration," thefrictioninstitute.org; Craig, Bob, "Biotechnology: the real estate connection."
7) ASCP: IMDC News; Monsanto Press Statement, 2001: Peterson, David, "A Great Chicago Land Grab," Z Magazine, 4/97
8) Enterprose Center II: Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology Fact Sheet, 2001; "Gautreaux and Chicago's Public Housing Crisis," National Center on Poverty Law, 2000; IL Dept.of Agriculture News
9) IMDC Office: Campaign for Better Transit, www.bettertransit.com; David Miller, President, iBIO; Rhodes, John, "Biotechnology Transcends Borders," Deloitte & Touche, 2003.