But there’s more: “A spire is finally poised to be placed atop the Trump Tower here, bringing the skyscraper to 1,361 feet, the tallest American building since the Sears Tower was built three decades ago.”
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And a whole bunch of famous locals–Rick Bayless, Scott Turow, Jeff Tweedy–think Chicago’s a wonderful place to live.
And, true, a nice new bridge will soon connect the Art Institute to Millennium Park, which, by the way, was so over cost that we had to sell a bunch of parking garages [scroll down] to pay off the bills.
To fund the proposed Olympics–another big-ticket mayoral dream we can’t possibly afford–Daley sold Midway cheap (I’m starting to think the Indians got a better deal for Manhattan), and continues to siphon property tax dollars away from our cash-starved public schools.
