Metaphors from hell, or in this case from Joe Cicero, executive director of the North River Commis-sion, in One City (November/ December 1988): “If the symphony and the opera are continually necessary to calm our savage breasts, why then aren’t neighborhood organizations similarly supported since it is they who provide the glue supporting our municipal feet of clay?”
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“In marketing Uptown as ‘Lincoln Park North’ developers seem to be targeting their message to young, urban professionals,” according to the Chicago Reporter (November 1988). “Yet rarely do developers’ advertisements mention Uptown’s growing black population. At a recent real estate exposition, the crowds around the booths of Uptown developers were overwhelmingly white, as were the people working in the booths.” This could prove a costly omission, according to Joseph Bute Jr., executive director of the Organization of the NorthEast (ONE): “Blacks are paying a premium for rental housing in some of the worst neighborhoods in the city. If you’re already paying far too much of your earnings for shelter on the West Side why not move to Uptown where you can get better transportation, schools and amenities in an area where a third of the population is black?” Concludes the Reporter, “Many real estate experts and bankers believe that developers…will have to attract more minority renters for their rehabbed apartment buildings if they are to survive.”
Not enough. “If you smoke,” says Philip Morris Magazine, “nearly 40% of the price you pay for a pack of cigarettes is the result of tobacco excise taxes.”
folddowns, fifth wheels, and park models,” according to a press release. If you’re new to this form of conspicuous consumption, sales reps “will also assist first-time buyers–those who have never tried the outdoor experience before.”
