“How is it living in a real city now?” friends and family ask with smug earnestness now that I reside in much coveted San Francisco. read more »
Urban Issues
Perspective on Chicago: From City of Big Shoulders to Entertainment Machine?
by Joel Kotkin 06/18/2008
After decades of living in the shadows not only of New York, but such emergent regions as Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Atlanta, Houston and Dallas, Chicago suddenly seems to be on a roll. It may be very close to placing its “favorite son” – Senator Barack Obama – as our next President, with all the enormous increase in prestige and patronage that entails. It could win the 2016 Olympics. read more »
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The Decline of Chicago: The City that Doesn't Work
by Steve Bartin 06/18/2008
Recently, Crain’s Chicago Business reported on Chicago winning an award from Fast Company magazine. “Chicago stood out in our reporting for its creativity and vitality,” Editor and Managing Director Bob Safian said at a press conference here. “Chicago offers something distinctive.” read more »
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Political foreclosure
by Joel Kotkin 06/12/2008
Ever since his election in 2005, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been portrayed as a political comer with a future read more »
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