Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Building the City of Spectacle: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago
Building the City of Spectacle: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago
Building the City of Spectacle: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago
Ebook302 pages4 hours

Building the City of Spectacle: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

By the time he left office on May 16, 2011, Mayor Richard M. Daley had served six terms and more than twenty-two years at the helm of Chicago’s City Hall, making him the longest serving mayor in the city’s history. Richard M. Daley was the son of the legendary machine boss, Mayor Richard J. Daley, who had presided over the city during the post–World War II urban crisis. Richard M. Daley led a period of economic restructuring after that difficult era by building a vibrant tourist economy. Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd focus on Richard M. Daley’s role in transforming Chicago’s economy and urban culture.

The construction of the "city of spectacle" required that Daley deploy leadership and vision to remake Chicago’s image and physical infrastructure. He gained the resources and political power necessary for supporting an aggressive program of construction that focused on signature projects along the city’s lakefront, including especially Millennium Park, Navy Pier, the Museum Campus, Northerly Island, Soldier Field, and two major expansions of McCormick Place, the city’s convention center. During this period Daley also presided over major residential construction in the Loop and in the surrounding neighborhoods, devoted millions of dollars to beautification efforts across the city, and increased the number of summer festivals and events across Grant Park. As a result of all these initiatives, the number of tourists visiting Chicago skyrocketed during the Daley years.

Daley has been harshly criticized in some quarters for building a tourist-oriented economy and infrastructure at the expense of other priorities. Daley left his successor, Rahm Emanuel, with serious issues involving a long-standing pattern of police malfeasance, underfunded and uneven schools, inadequate housing opportunities, and intractable budgetary crises. Nevertheless, Spirou and Judd conclude, because Daley helped transform Chicago into a leading global city with an exceptional urban culture, he also left a positive imprint on the city that will endure for decades to come.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 27, 2016
ISBN9781501706837
Building the City of Spectacle: Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago

Related to Building the City of Spectacle

Related ebooks

Social Science For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Building the City of Spectacle

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Building the City of Spectacle - Costas Spirou

    Pabook_preview_excerpt.html|˒Gbl U-n7%ۊԋ"E U|]C/f~`>`w۟/sGD&P$??6NCϟn/\]~<]kwC]]Po]υ*-o=R/u %2z~z,-~8>+pj|oRW_>aj.:tFݣ]Ie;@_QOخHwM]]/'?6ˏxNt>JYwaSޕ[]>Jwy.~e}&@W]?\}xe;=f$w~aKu}P}WPKW4Gl[?-ZCm<_lGe#)a( 1< Ҙ&\sǚ$̺@c -.,Z y+f &@ hq9skPx= &jJ4&*69>94v%BLta 8|AEaC&a~f4\+?/2 uІ0M)Tx=ޟ^r9Pta:mʝК3jd?g ":I3m]֭ca:PpLʩ@趇zM^ >[IaH~JkW*P[,1Ph~wv73'Qh?-ď f C⧙TK3Ń8D?Fnj-_F"ix!DmGbD?8 Ih( N @]X9l`6ˁoV6|CCl ml@<DxuZE.nm5<*xP,@l/cyLrP>vpC_֝& .> :[xI<mp4ۄ[^yv 䆼%RƁκ.!eruG00MIN? Xp.yF>1` ȳ(pLj'! pg 0Ў/8+AKJx̳!ajܗ'P=Gl͌A(ku,j9$.*էS*˜OO;"eU"S)3PHQfx%?c6f"ϗ_X5l9ewh ?\}̴ OE'ImC0g 4_\?tVT`qf[)8mכoP;֑5 qHi+75!N0E"M*p[Wi4 ӼHBzM 2p ǃ?0HSO4xpZ-W(ER\srQwHlcҼv.Me)ZZ !/)Z<'i>w7{CBiMJ2#F#c(UZt9S\/2s*9uǠebxRvɲcҶ l fm"|$S9Թ$[R/~ [d#>Ht^lLy~+q~}ľ-HӏZɘV56+wijR# -<q>b\y'ICnԦ#1%WR'S!*66#jsovxM ߪʕh&FnwqUíգ2},{D)+Bͼp=ʩm1`tf)M'|#~Cp0C+SZ][]c1ܖ_CdM.y`LN?<746k,Y;\6fV.^T,Ld?r2]>v՘nj \] H#&(Oxmf"KyV"eud&eMu: ۹8NR΀?Oa~cBO wnFX̌I"h?Q;>|fʷUujK-lwW32*! QQKmݏa8<~KȓF?:#َ9?C [%O۞a@@xxu xHށW+>n$f Ĭ̆1#e.jXo1BL5? +MB{UxFB,vrPqUIfF΁r3s-n`Ӳ d-vpca#ѧ, ac8cn3ѡ6!ì2 ֖X8g` B~nbLЈ!a%(;D/,JCz("8=+园#r[|!uAd,H;s(iV ^ ;9/+ZȾ]{|ܴONlЮf j7j})nc[3=L&/u5v4zp{3;ۺo,پDzB@%1Q4dߋCJIADghx:e#{; 8ڼVod ʳ1FcV~6 ´GaQeeV6#AZ3YDl,U<fow$ !aN|Ig^dcnjO)=GgEym`ND27EXJa82࿎;Rq0#MxcAL([3*ೇ1 orS=Э=c(@e|*Af4ȁ }xW]~zEVH1aqW0Lڊz"U8S*iA!,@9c-t\r Uqs5T')GC!}FޤWYH#4\Gm ǣغs %ޛ)H#t|9p;W{0mchCNzU|=AhXfܐ- EG\rl׸q~[EF{C0.TÜsZ,%NaUJ dt3Q[r "lUG.|阼Udb@Ӎ\'(E11)Pz_ip `E y&Xΐ"YEjciBX&S\gebg$ar C'ay'.y(LC'2vHZeICrA ލɆ#ݤ֎Yf.i+4;e#.wFxH2J~MN c ET]fb1N`-ĎN^ăUiȖ86RXpGtҝ漀lojĭ ` Zm{ u)DeÓEK60]%pьyc-^S VΗa<+jKslGH$5RE%JqJ$Xn>ƞ,T3gwܶJțzk>^q!#ѳOgD<\ZN׍&w5;w)NNuE6u5@Aɴ(sx)50'E#@TU$V"iyӖM؊T"jj'˜RZ [-+ օs7K-yD2nZ q7)q8hPT" DqQQZBb]A 6(OYFK4Wd\" )NCviSgF/!>mXU"?Yd~yj) &RnHk&eY)e;šJ+AfdI|(xψL pQUYw:wb)kONL귏~Uξs]3{5>Z*2Mc+i=Tڅ!%*OwHISuuI~5譀<ԏ>X&PD;@Za>9e9DQ%!<_9.g,KnQϤUX K( ݎ'1M2ЖNkRi8׎}sHq~ITvl FR']i95n5HZy}DĻ&C̮@̂X%qJAUj{YJd}^QEݬc K6ܩQ1Kiҙ CC^P32w=4xv;cPSXFw 4hbDp 3[6y\x" ;0\v(4UKg26kJK[!@ZPs{<:S GbO_Ep+x]~wH ˯д_w&;$&_ZKSA:@j t/?͉^fH3R7n&@'d`GQԋ@v,ZNeʌRz,E= Ϗ5AjnNV.8T%Ǧf#/s]ey2t'><[$2X~LWMn?8Pr.wQDhZ. et'6XZVpjU*Pv+.;S>SV~n }XceaVV9[gU@!>/N.\/A,Ȏ5]D^smBԔ{X.ݭdCŔv\J5Fa5lCϋop\ a1oUfx סϮxWiZVq%6k(L,"þvPwmYn"R_ir&aX>J]wR-z]^`M&ƽ˧X-Gc bm^?H`[MMeB&بyi.'=bHc~M֏"cTlVi i!OV28דc$u$Co.C#س;Mjj\m&u \WIs, `&Ohvq=)օ=jQi@J-1zj& 7!shsO\u^1ldѮĔqH0}&e ?LT*s:] iDF}G97z_kŻ_|/-\eXfA8`<ŨᜎtQ6 {ӹ̆b?&6ر̳ÆBSz pf_ajruÛR(GmMHd7|V*F&LZIUv]wN9ʊЇ[\#TXٟM|>ƴ|ȐՐ*{dsWե Ƃc`K&r~4 m*q%R"UYJL=Bj*`6;$t.PVƒHt@rLIE۰׺oWc*Msǘ°.GFU%`y%ىf$u`MO8oL|l:%J{lj4 X!6ft6b%g0A6œ|Æ2q㺍ױDKz?Gq3 :// 0w5:#jj*-*/_', Ժ}:eYr{ܡiǒI $1x*sk6wW5!DqqoYQvr]Zx݂Jc1V g?)7ۺ<%[40 蒄<>*Cooo/qɦ.u;u Z뱻GjZ8Y$ 糶O7o8FxN+?^WPݍ2Mk'lǍR}l.SiHtc*}㷩WIK&jQ eʺ/ &nQCHiq M1݅M,å1/xpUS9~ƇX/UBB/هB>fh BBf(̈́ԣՖXYmÆn_~/iU')ng:q"5Zt[/m1?Ò$msniؔ )u oW-uAة>9#Q.{wG\A~ﰔ+V i)"a 2ULMԝM~-V]iO.ϼ \t;թ?$DA HuW,\S8vlobbf+:o u'8kbx淒 kSZ%/&%I35}}Wҹ_gїD+rY}G(}7 6~Ȅ叏aKk͐(XK' o/BzrK6CZ{Bc[.ݬ/*mNz}ƪ􊣺7$Z[z¹if6WcH4/|m*lc%wܫT/,HZוn>>c }x}3iMx/☊ 1r7Pw72ͯ9Әߊ5"RV(_GNhb4.ggV718Ó*28̓u@pESy,ШZNŞ$O/}!?-ʇ3 nF;YޛsP7I*c Q.ZFUd6=5'+]̇q΍ C|PH{ͬ }{pƽ.cD*dnT̈́+7g:~5f]oWNH VJu9si1<2LE{DDO;&!*Rc&{k.2v&e5ɡsmt΃<2s|~,op%cۓ9Zj@> u{L#vƑVN]mplIP=KY`r}E{jYZTL,AfDBt`cKVnޓTNA@)*SJ`AzXLk@_p֢,4hRgUX9( "Z粆7z ӌzNsi"}ӑ_ + e Hr"bƳ2;@B~F\eUOCPgFKRX4CY3PxKSJ'KZӫ\bLw {ZbS#@)or !34MjRT{ "\)g GpAk WH (#^#9cvu:_U]eC ٫e,Z
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1