“The dearth of true monuments in Chicago may be explained by the fact that nothing really significant has occurred here,” writes Paul Krieger in Inland Architect (May/June). “It is more likely, however, that Chicago has always been too busy being Chicago to build monuments to itself, especially the kind that cannot be leased out….There is always the chance for the chewing gum or deep dish pizza monument, and no doubt foreigners would flock to a 60-foot-high tommy gun monument to Al Capone. Michael Jordan certainly has the right proportions for a monument…. Richard J. Daley in a double-breasted toga would certainly be appropriately regal. Jane Addams would probably not like a big monument. Frank Lloyd Wright would probably like a very big monument….Presidential Towers, if empty, could rival Mount Rushmore by being dedicated to Andrew Johnson, Warren Harding, Chester Arthur, and Richard Nixon, a very different set of presidents.”
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Why there is no monetary incentive to stay on welfare. “According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (H.U.D.), the market value of a one bedroom apartment in Chicago is $543. A single woman with one child receives $265 per month in Public Aid” (Illinois Women’s Budget, Fiscal Year 1993).
