Thank you to Rick Kogan for reminding me of Mike Royko’s toughness in a city of toughs.
Headlines from Mike Royko’s columns in the Newberry Library's new exhibition"Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism," June 17, 2024.
Mike Royko’s Rolodex from the 1970s in the Newberry Library's new exhibition"Chicago Style: Mike Royko and Windy City Journalism," June 17, 2024. The Sunshine Gospel Mission was on the other side of the street from the store and not far from shot-and-beer joints. A cleaner was a few doors down where the manager sold sidearms and drugs, allegedly protected by bribes and “the Outfit,” as Royko would say. All those stores are gone.
The Southwest Side currently presents itself as a prime opportunity for strategic upzoning from its wide, car-centric streets like Archer Avenue, Cicero Avenue and Pulaski Road and detached single-family homes. These conditions limit foot traffic and reduce economic vitality by deterring storefront activity and weakening our tax base. , yet bike infrastructure is nonexistent, and public transit is often inconvenient.
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