Building the City of Spectacle by Costas Spirou HARDBACK 9781501700477

Building the City of SpectacleMayor Richard M. Daley and the Remaking of Chicago\nAuthor(s): Costas Spirou, Dennis R. Judd\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University Press\nISBN-13: 9781501700477, 978-1501700477\nSynopsis\nBy the time he left office on May 16, 2011, Mayor Richard M. Daley had served six terms and more than twenty-two years at the helm of Chicago's City Hall, making him the longest serving mayor in the city's history. Richard M. Daley was the son of the legendary machine boss, Mayor Richard J. Daley, who had presided over the city during the postWorld War II urban crisis. Richard M. Daley led a period of economic restructuring after that difficult era by building a vibrant tourist economy. Costas Spirou and Dennis R. Judd focus on Richard M. Daley's role in transforming Chicago's economy and urban culture.\n\n The construction of the \""city of spectacle\"" required that Daley deploy leadership and vision to remake.