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Richard J. Daley was mayor of Chicago from 21 years, from 1955 to 1976. During that time, he headed a vast Democratic political machine. He died unexpectedly at age 74 on Dec. 20, 1976, when he had a heart attack during a visit to his doctor's office. Daley had been mayor longer than anyone else, and his death came as a shock to a generation of Chicagoans who could remember no other mayor. He was often described as the last of the big city bosses ruling over the last of the big city political machines. But he was also an expert on municipal government and especially city finance. He was the most powerful Democrat in Illinois and the most influential mayor in the nation. His son, Richard M. Daley, was first...
Richard J. Daley was mayor of Chicago from 21 years, from 1955 to 1976. During that time, he headed a vast Democratic political machine. He died unexpectedly at age 74 on Dec. 20, 1976, when he had a heart attack during a visit to his doctor's office. Daley had been mayor longer than anyone else, and his death came as a shock to a generation of Chicagoans who could remember no other mayor. He was often described as the last of the big city bosses ruling over the last of the big city political machines. But he was also an expert on municipal government and especially city finance. He was the most powerful Democrat in Illinois and the most influential mayor in the nation. His son, Richard M. Daley, was first elected mayor in 1989 and won a sixth term in 2007.
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CITY Campaign Supernova: Second City e.t.c. always has to be sufficiently edgy that its parent institution doesn't seem in a creative rut, but when the mainstage sells out, it also has to deliver laughs for a general audience. As directed by Matt...Tags: Navy Pier, Glencoe, Defense, Bank of America Corp., Theater
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Chicago Seven story gets a radical updating in an animated film
Los Angeles TimesWhen writer-director Brett Morgen first waded into the voluminous records of the infamous Chicago Seven trial of 1969, he was blown away by the theater of it all. The charismatic, radical Abbie Hoffman — whose Yippie movement elevated him to rock-...Tags: Ted Williams, Nick Nolte, Hank Azaria, Robert Evans, Graydon Carter
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After 111 years, Chicago does right by a Louis Tiffany masterpiece
It took some detective work--and a little urban archaeology--but the results should dispel one of the enduring myths of Chicago architecture. At the same time, they will reveal the bejeweled Tiffany dome of the Chicago Cultural Center not as many...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Arts, Daniel Burnham, Delaware, Interior Design
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CITY Blue Man Group: The Blue Men spew sociological theory along with their Twinkies. Open run at Briar Street Theatre, 3133 N. Halsted St.; $49.50 to $59.50 at 312-902-1500. Campaign Supernova: This show about Democrats and elections is consistently...Tags: Navy Pier, Oriental Theater, Blue Man Group, Nelson Algren, Bank of America Corp.
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A restoration drama
by tom hundley tribune photos by nancy stone ---------------------------------------- It took some detective work-and a little urban archaeology-but the results should dispel one of the enduring myths of Chicago architecture. At the same time, they...Tags: Daniel Burnham, Harold Washington, Art Institute of Chicago
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A life of public service with smile for everyone
Tribune reporterAllen A. Freeman, a Republican Chicago alderman in the years after World War II, pushed for wider powers to punish polluters as a deputy Illinois attorney general and, in the final chapter of his public career, sat on the Cook County Circuit Court bench...Tags: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Republican Party, Metra, U.S. Cellular Field
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CITY Campaign Supernova: Second City e.t.c. has to be sufficiently edgy that its parent institution doesn't seem in a creative rut, but when the mainstage sells out, it also has to deliver enough laughs for a general audience. As directed by the...Tags: Navy Pier, Political Candidates, Glencoe, Defense, Bank of America Corp.
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Ex-Mayor Daley: Power beyond
The Swampby Mark Silva Okay, so maybe Chicago has a reputation for doing politics its own way. In this reputation, the after-life comes with full voting rights. But the late Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley serving as a superdelegate for Sen.......Tags: Jon Stewart, Hillary Clinton, Richard M. Daley, Regional Authority, Barack Obama
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On this day in history
On May 15, 1856, Lyman Frank Baum, author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," was born in Chittenango, N.Y. In 1886 poet Emily Dickinson died at 55 in Amherst, Mass. In 1902 Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley was born. In 1942 gasoline rationing went into...Tags: Country Music, Emily Dickinson
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Daley: Suspicious correspondence was 'very, very vicious'
Tribune reporterUPDATE: In his first public comments about correspondence from someone who may have tried to torch his Michigan vacation house, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley described the contents as "very, very vicious." On Friday, investigators including the FBI were...Tags: Arson, Beach Vacations, Crimes, Richard M. Daley, Regional Authority
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