When I moved to Chicago in 1981, the community around the intersection of Clybourn and Division on the north side was overwhelmingly poor and African-American. Now, of course, it’s one of the richest and whitest corners of town.
Well, if anyone’s hallucinating, it’s the mayor and his pals at the Tribune. ‘Cause, let’s face it, folks, we all know the exodus of tens of thousands of black residents over the last seven years is no figment of Kennedy’s imagination. And it’s not happenstance—as Kennedy said, it’s fostered to a great extent by economic development policies promulgated by the city for decades.
Then, in the late 1990s, Mayor Daley teamed up with the Clinton administration to tear down Cabrini, promising to build new housing for the residents in a few years.
