Nov 06, 2008
City walks on air after historic win
Feeling pride and seeing opportunity
By Bob Secter and Rick Pearson | Tribune reporters
November 6, 2008
The city walks on air after President-elect Barack Obama's historic win, feeling pride and seeing opportunity as officials consider what Obama's presidency may mean to Chicago now and for years to come.
Paid for by Mayor Richard Daley's campaign committee, new banners hang outside City Hall on Wednesday. (Jose M. Osorio/Tribune / November 5, 2008)
We split the atom, invented the skyscraper, reversed a river, linked a sprawling continent by rail and air, butchered the world's hogs, rose from the ashes of a historic blaze, rigged a World Series, raised graft to an art form and all but trademarked the political machine.
Yet Chicago, a city defined by superlatives and cunning, had never in its 175 years produced the ultimate American leader. Until now.
Wednesday was nothing short of a "pinch-me" moment in Barack Obama's adoptive hometown, the weather remarkably warm for November and the civic mood even warmer.
"Chicago is alive and refreshed," Charlie Hill, 34, said as he strolled through Grant Park, the site of Obama's victory rally just hours before. "I feel [his] presence in the city. Chicago is a winner as well."
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