Today's NYTimes article speaks to the reinvigorated spotlight on the city, and noted that the term, "Second City," was first coined by the New Yorker in 1952. I've been mulling around the idea that this is a time of renaissance for the city (as I write, Mayor Daley is meeting in Turkey for the Olympic bid.) Austin's renaisssance occured during the Bush admin, so it seems likely that Chicago's cultural capital will grow. Wonder if we'll see movie-folk take up second residences here. From the article:
Scott Turrow:
"It seems like there are eight million people walking around here congratulating each other. Chicagoans are unbelievably proud of Barack and feel of course that he’s ours, because he is.”
Rick Bayless:
“We’re not Little Rock and we’re not Texas...It’s easy to put on your cowboy boots and eat all that barbecue. You can’t do that from Chicago. We’ve got a lot of muscle and it’s far too complex of a place for that.”
Jeff Tweedy:
“I think people really do enjoy the idea that we’re living in the center of the world all of the sudden,” Mr. Tweedy said. “There have been all these prevailing stereotypes, and people don’t know how big and urban Chicago actually is. People think of it as being in a cornfield.”
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