Thursday, August 1, 2024

Chicago

Four days ago I left Minneapolis for a road trip to Pennsylvania with the grand girls. We stopped in Chicago to look around at the tall buildings.

We stopped at the Cultural Center in Chicago to look at the Tiffany stained glass dome in the ceiling.

We went to Millennial Park and saw the famous stainless steel bean.

Then we drove out of down town to the south to visit the Pullman National Park. This park is about the famously luxurious Pullman rail cars. Pullman made housing for his employees. During the depression, when wages were cut 25 percent, rent did not go down accordingly. He refused to negotiate. A strike was called. Violence ensured. Mr. Pullman does not come off looking so good.

 

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