Preservation Snapshots: The Boss and the Bulldozer Producer Stacy Robinson

“No city in the nation has an urban renewal program more advanced than ours.”
- Richard J. Daley, Second Term Inaugural Address, April 21, 1959
Richard J. Daley was the mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976. He became known as “The Boss” of the “Democratic Machine.” During the Great Migration (1916-1970) and White Flight (1950s-1970s), Chicago - like most major cities - was losing its significant tax base to the suburbs. The Daley Administration created his 1958 Plan for the Central City of Chicago to bring people back, which resulted in the displacement of more than 168,000 existing residents. The WTTW Chicago Stories documentary, “The Boss and the Bulldozer,” highlights how Daley’s plan to modernize the city came with significant consequences.
In this Preservation Snapshots presentation, Programs Manager Leila Wills will be joined by the award-winning documentarian Stacy Robinson of Kartemquin Films, who produced “The Boss and the Bulldozer.” Stacy Robinson is known for searching for the soul of every story, and this conversation will explore some of the narratives featured in the film.
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