CITIES: The Man Who Made Chicago Work

St. Peter: We have been awaiting you, Mr. Mayor. Why do you think you're worthy of entering?

Mayor Daley: Actually, I was always trying to be worthy of Chicago. I lived all my life in the same neighborhood—Bridgeport. I never wanted to live anywhere else. I wanted to make life better for my neighbors, and their neighbors. To build a city we could all be proud of.

To the end, Richard Daley worked very hard at that task. Consider his last day, as he made the rounds of what he deemed the greatest city on...

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