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MAJOR FUNDING
FOREDENS LOST & FOUND

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IS MADE POSSIBLE BY CDM,

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SEEKING TO CREATE

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LASTING ENVIRONMENTAL
AND INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS

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TO STRENGTHEN
A COMMUNITY\"S FUTURE.

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THE SCOTTS MIRACLE-GRO COMPANY,
DEDICATED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY

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OF A BEAUTIFUL WORLD THROUGH
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

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THE JOHN D.AND CATHERINE T.
MacARTHUR FOUNDATION.

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THE BOEING COMPANY,

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COMMITTED TO ONGOING INNOVATION
IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.

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BOEING: FOREVER NEW FRONTIERS.

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ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY...

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Simon:
CITIES, EACH AS UNIQUE
AS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE,

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REFLECTIONS
OF OUR AMERICAN SOUL,

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A SOUL NOT WITHOUT STAIN.

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ON EACH OF OUR FOUR PROGRAMS,

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WE PORTRAY THE EXCITING
NEW REVIVAL

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OF A GREAT AMERICAN CITY
THROUGH THE PERSONAL STORIES

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OF THE DREAMERS, SCHEMERS
AND JUST PLAIN FOLK

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STRUGGLING TO MAKE THAT
TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN.

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TONIGHT ON EDENS LOST & FOUND:

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TOWERING ABOVE THE FLAT
FARMLANDS THAT SURROUND IT,

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CHICAGO CHALLENGES ITS CITIZENS
TO STAND TALL OR BE DWARFED.

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HI, I\"M SCOTT SIMON,
AND I\"M HAPPY TO REPORT

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THAT MY HOMETOWN IS PART OF
A GROWING, NEW URBAN REVOLUTION.

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AROUND THE NATION, INDIVIDUALS
AND COMMUNITIES ARE DISCOVERING

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THAT BY LIVING MORE SUSTAINABLY,
BY CLEANING AIR AND WATER,

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ADAPTING GREEN
BUILDING PRACTICES

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AND INTEGRATED
RESOURCE PLANNING,

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OUR QUALITY OF LIFE
VASTLY IMPROVES.

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THE PURPOSE OF OUR SERIES
IS TO INSPIRE OTHER COMMUNITIES

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TO EMULATE CITIES LIKE CHICAGO

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IN ACHIEVING THIS COMPELLING
URBAN RENAISSANCE.

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SURE, CHICAGO HAD AND CONTINUES
TO HAVE SOME BIG PROBLEMS,

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BUT THE PEOPLE HERE TACKLE
THESE CHALLENGES IN A BIG WAY.

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THEY AREN\"T AFRAID
TO USE A LITTLE MUSCLE

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TO MAKE THEIR CITY BETTER.

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WINDY CITY?
NO WAY.

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I VIEW MY HOMETOWN LIKE
THE CHICAGO POET CARL SANDBURG

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SAW IT OVER 90 YEARS AGO.

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IT\"S HARD TO VISUALIZE
THESE CANYONS OF STEEL

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WERE ONCE A FIELD
OF WILD ONIONS.

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ORIGINALLY PART OF A VAST
MID-WESTERN PRAIRIE,

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THE POTAWATOMI INDIANS
NAMED THIS AREA CHICAGO

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TO DESCRIBE
THE SMELLY WILD ONIONS

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THAT GREW ALONG THE RIVER
AND WET PRAIRIE.

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THE STINK OF ONIONS GAVE WAY

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TO THE STENCH OF STOCKYARDS
AND COAL SMOKE.

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GREED RATHER THAN GOOD SENSE

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FUELED A RAPID EXPANSION THAT
INCLUDED POOR SANITATION

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AND A LACK
OF BUILDING STANDARDS.

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THESE ENVIRONMENTAL SINS,

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RATHER THAN MRS. O \"LEARY\" S
POOR COW,

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FUELED THE DEVASTATING FIRE
OF 1871

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THAT CONSUMED
MOST OF THE CITY.

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OUT OF THE DEVASTATION CAME
THE NEED FOR CITY PLANNING.

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RENOWNED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT,
FREDERICK LAW OLMSTEAD,

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INSISTED THAT PARKS
AND OPEN SPACES

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BE KEY ELEMENTS
IN THE REBUILDING OF CHICAGO.

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OLMSTEAD\"S VIEWS
WERE INCORPORATED

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INTO THE COMMISSIONED
CHICAGO CITY PLAN

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OF ARCHITECT
DANIEL H. BURNHAM.

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BURNHAM DESIGNED CHICAGO
TO BE A NURTURING PLACE,

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INSISTING THE CITY\"S SEVEN
MILES OF LAKESHORE

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BE PUBLIC SPACE, FREE
OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

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HE ALSO CALLED
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION

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OF FIVE MANMADE ISLANDS
TO BE PUBLIC PARKS.

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THIS BRISTLED
THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY,

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WHO SAW THE LAKESHORE AS
AN IMPORTANT FINANCIAL ASSET.

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ONLY NORTHERLY ISLAND
WAS BUILT.

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FOR DECADES,

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FACTIONS BATTLED OVER ITS
PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE USE.

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BY 1949, NORTHERLY ISLAND
HAD BEEN CONVERTED

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INTO A PRIVATE AIRPORT AND ITS
NAME CHANGED TO MEIGS FIELD.

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TODAY CHICAGO OWES
ITS BEAUTIFUL LAKESHORE

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TO BURNHAM\"S INSIGHT
AND THE SPUNK AND DETERMINATION

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OF ANOTHER CONTROVERSIAL
CHICAGO LEADER.

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
IT IS MY HONOR AND PLEASURE

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TO INTRODUCE OUR MAYOR,
RICHARD M. DALEY.

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[ applause ]

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FIRST OF ALL, I AM VERY PLEASED
TO WELCOME YOU

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ON THIS VERY SPECIAL OCCASION.

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AND AS MAYOR, I COULD NOT BE
PROUDER OF OUR CITY.

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WHEN I THINK ABOUT CITIES
LOST AND FOUND,

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CITIES WERE LOST
FOR MANY YEARS.

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PEOPLE MOVED OUT
TO URBAN SPRAWL.

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AND I TELL PEOPLE,

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IF YOU LOOK AT CHICAGO,
THANK GOD WE HAD SKYSCRAPERS.

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WE WOULD HAVE DESTROYED
MORE FARMLAND

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IF WE PUT EVERY ONE
OF THESE SKYSCRAPERS

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AND THEN SET THEM DOWN
ON THE LAND,

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WE\"D BE ALL THE WAY TO IOWA
BY NOW.

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RICHARD M. DALEY HAS BEEN MAYOR
OF CHICAGO SINCE 1989

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AND FOLLOWS THE LONG
CHICAGO TRADITION

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OF TOUGH BOSS MAYORS
LIKE BIG BILL THOMPSON,

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A KEY PLAYER IN AL CAPONE\"S
SPEAKEASY JUSTICE,

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AND DALEY\"S OWN FATHER,
RICHARD J. DALEY,

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WHO GUIDED CHICAGO
FOR 21 YEARS.

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RICHARD M. DALEY
IS A TOUGH COOKIE,

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HARDLY THE PERSON YOU\"D DARE
CALL A TREE-HUGGER,

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AND YET THE MAYOR\"S
GREEN CRUSADE

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IS RADICALLY CHANGING CHICAGO
BY COMMITTING MAJOR RESOURCES

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TO DEVELOP A HOLISTIC APPROACH
TO URBAN ECOLOGY.

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MANY MAYORS WOULD LIKE
TO MAKE THEIR CITIES

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HEALTHIER AND GREENER,

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BUT DALEY HAS THE MUSCLE
TO PUSH HIS AGENDA THROUGH.

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ON MARCH 30th, 2003, WITHOUT
WARNING EVEN TO THE FAA,

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THE MAYOR DISPATCHED
POLICE-ESCORTED BULLDOZERS

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IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT

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TO RIP UP THE 90-ACRE LAKEFRONT
RUNWAY OF MEIGS FIELD,

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STRANDING 16 AIRPLANES

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AND INFURIATING THE LOCAL
AERONAUTICAL COMMUNITY.

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HE\"S BEEN TRYING
TO CLOSE MEIGS.

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HE\"S BEEN TRYING TO CLOSE
MEIGS FIELD FOR A LONG TIME.

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WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TODAY
WAS VANDALISM.

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AND IF MAYOR DALEY
WAS A STUDENT IN HIS SCHOOLS

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HE THINKS HE\"S IMPROVING, HE
WOULD BE SEEING THE PRINCIPAL.

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AS MOST OF YOU KNOW BY NOW,
WE HAVE CLOSED MEIGS FIELD.

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WE HAVE DONE THIS TO PROTECT
THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

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WHO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT
OUR DOWNTOWN CHICAGO

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IN THESE VERY UNCERTAIN TIMES.

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IN THE WAKE OF 9/11,

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MAYOR DALEY RATIONALIZED
HIS SNEAK ATTACK

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BY INSISTING THAT MEIGS\"
DOWNTOWN LOCATION

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POSED A SERIOUS THREAT
TO PUBLIC SECURITY.

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THE GROUPS THAT WANT
TO KEEP MEIGS OPEN

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ARE CERTAIN TO BE UNHAPPY
WITH THE DECISION.

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I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN,

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BUT PUBLIC SAFETY
MUST COME FIRST AND FOREMOST

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HERE IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

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IF IT\"S SO IMPORTANT TO CLOSE
MEIGS FIELD FOR SECURITY,

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WHICH IT\"S NOT,
WHY DO WE HAVE TO DO IT

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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
AND STRAND A BUNCH OF AIRCRAFT?

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WHY DON\"T YOU JUST PUT Xs
ON THE RUNWAY,

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WHICH IS THE WAY
YOU NORMALLY CLOSE A RUNWAY.

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THAT PREVENTS AIRCRAFT FROM
LANDING THERE ANYTIME

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AND THEN LET THOSE AIRCRAFT
DEPART UNDER NORMAL PROCEDURES.

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YOU CAN SEE WHAT\"S GOING ON

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IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY
THEY EXECUTED IT.

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THEY ARE AFRAID THAT THE PUBLIC
WILL SEE THROUGH THIS

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AND REALIZE
THAT IT\"S A LAND GRAB.

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Reporter:
IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT IF YOU\"D
DONE IT IN AN ORDERLY FASHION

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WITH A PRESS RELEASE,
YOU WOULD HAVE OPENED THE DOOR

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FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS
OF LITIGATION

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AND THAT WOULD HAVE BASICALLY
NOT SOLVED THE PROBLEM?

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YOU\"VE ANSWERED
YOUR OWN QUESTION.

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Reporter:
IS THAT... IS THAT...
IS THAT THE REASON...

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YOU\"VE ANSWERED
YOUR OWN QUESTION.

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I\"M NOT GOING TO ANSWER
THAT ONE.

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ALTHOUGH THE AIRCRAFT OWNERS
AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION

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CONTINUES TO BATTLE THE
TERMINATION OF MEIGS,

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OFFERING A COMPROMISE PROPOSAL,

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WITHIN A YEAR THE RUNWAY
WAS RIPPED OUT,

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WILD FLOWERS, PRAIRIE GRASSES,
AND TREES PLANTED

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AS FIRST STEPS TOWARDS THE
FORMATION OF A NEW PUBLIC SPACE

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THAT IS AGAIN CALLED
NORTHERLY ISLAND.

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ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
DANIEL BURNHAM,

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CHICAGO\"S RENOWNED
URBAN PLANNER,

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WANTED TO CREATE A CONTINUOUS
OPEN PARK ALONG THE LAKEFRONT

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THAT WOULD SERVE THE RESIDENTS
AND VISITORS ALIKE.

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HIS VISION DEFINES US TODAY,
AND AS MAYOR, I STRONGLY BELIEVE

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THAT OUR LAKEFRONT
IS MEANT TO BE ENJOYED

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BY THE FAMILIES, CHILDREN,
AND THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

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TO UNDERSTAND THE MAYOR\"S
COMMITMENT TO URBAN ECOLOGY,

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ONE ONLY HAS TO LOOK UP
AT CITY HALL.

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Mayor Daley:
THINK YOU\"RE IN A PARK,

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A NATIONAL OR A STATE
OR LOCAL PARK,

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THEY THINK YOU\"RE
IN A SUBURBAN AREA.

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BUT JUST THINK,
WE\"RE ON TOP OF CITY HALL.

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INVESTING IN GREEN ROOFS,

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WE BASICALLY BRING NATURE
BACK TO URBAN COMMUNITIES

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BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE
URBAN COMMUNITIES AS STEEL,

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CONCRETE, A LOT OF DIRT,
AND THEY DON\"T LOOK AT THE

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ENVIRONMENT INTO AN URBAN AREA
LIKE OURS.

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AND SO WHAT I\"M TRYING TO DO
IS BRING GREEN TECHNOLOGY

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AND GREEN... GREENING
OF OUR GREAT CITY.

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GREEN ROOFS ABSORB RAINFALL,

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REVERSE THE URBAN-HEAT-ISLAND
EFFECT,

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AND PROVIDE WILDLIFE HABITAT.

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THE MAYOR EVEN HAD BEEHIVES
INSTALLED ON THE ROOF,

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AND CITY HALL
NOW SELLS THE HONEY.

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EARLY TESTS HAVE SHOWN
THE ROOF TO BE

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AS MUCH AS 70 DEGREES COOLER

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THAN A TRADITIONAL
BLACK-TAR ROOF.

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THE AIR AROUND THE ROOF
IS UP TO 15 DEGREES COOLER.

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IT CAN ONLY BE IMAGINED
THE EFFECT

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AN ENTIRE CITY OF GREEN ROOFS
COULD HAVE,

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REPLACING THE FOOTPRINTS
THESE TALL BUILDING OCCUPY

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WITH A NOURISHING GREEN CANOPY.

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ANOTHER OF THE MAYOR\"S
AMBITIOUS PROJECTS WAS

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THE CREATION
OF THE 24-ACRE PUBLIC SPACE

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CALLED MILLENNIUM PARK.

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MILLENNIUM PARK,
AS IT\"S OPENING IN 2004,

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A FEW YEARS
AFTER THE MILLENNIUM,

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I THINK IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE
OF THE KIND OF AMENITY

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THAT\"S IMPORTANT
TO AN URBAN PLACE.

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WHERE MILLENNIUM PARK
IS NOW STANDING,

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THERE WAS ONCE JUST AN OPEN PIT
OF RAILROAD TRACKS.

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MILLENNIUM PARK IS PROBABLY
THE MOST AMBITIOUS

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PUBLIC PRIVATE UNDERTAKING
IN CHICAGO\"S HISTORY.

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THE FIRST IMPRESSION
WHEN I WALK OUT

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ON THE SITE IS, OH, WOW.

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PEOPLE DON\"T JUST VISIT
MILLENNIUM PARK,

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THEY PARTICIPATE IN IT.

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DESPITE COST OVERRUNS
AND CONTROVERSY,

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THE MAYOR\"S VISION
HAS BEEN REALIZED.

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WE\"RE STANDING IN FRONT
OF THE JAY PRITZKER PAVILION

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DESIGNED BY ARCHITECT
FRANK GEHRY.

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IT\"S A TOUR-DE-FORCE

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OF STAINLESS STEEL
AND WOOD AND GLASS,

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AND IT\"S THE HEART
OF MILLENNIUM PARK.

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IT ACTUALLY STARTED
PROBABLY IN THE 1960s

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WITH AN IDEA THAT THERE
SHOULD BE A NEW MUSIC VENUE

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BUILT ON THE SITE
OF WHAT WAS FORMERLY

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SURFACE PARKING
AND RAILROAD TRACKS.

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AND THAT IT REALLY TOOK
THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO

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TO COME UP WITH THE WAY
TO DO IT,

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AND IT WAS POSSIBLE WITH
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GARAGE,

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WHICH WE\"RE ACTUALLY OVER
RIGHT NOW.

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IT\"S GOT 2,200 CARS,

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AND THE GARAGE REVENUES
ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE BONDS

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THAT SUPPORTED 175 MILLION
IN CONSTRUCTION.

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NOT ONLY DOES THE PARKING GARAGE
HELP PAY FOR THE PROJECT,

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BUT IT\"S CAMOUFLAGED
BY ITS OWN GREEN ROOF.

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I\"VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN
TO MY KIDS AND STUFF.

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I DON\"T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND
THE SIGNIFICANCE,

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HOW HISTORIC THIS THING
IS GOING TO BE.

00:11:15.999 --> 00:11:16.999
IT \"S LIKE WE\" RE BUILDING
A PYRAMID.

00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:18.625
THIS THING\"S
GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER.

00:11:18.626 --> 00:11:22.541
EVERYBODY WHO IS ON THIS JOB,
THIS IS ALL NEW TO THEM.

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IRONWORKERS WITH 20-PLUS YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE

00:11:25.959 --> 00:11:27.249
AND PEOPLE OF ALL TRADES.

00:11:27.250 --> 00:11:28.042
THE BUILDING IS SO DIFFERENT

00:11:28.043 --> 00:11:31.124
ALMOST EVERYBODY HAD TO RELEARN
WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
LET THE MUSIC BEGIN.

00:11:38.584 --> 00:11:41.666
Grimshaw:
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE
WHERE PEOPLE CAN CONGREGATE

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AND LISTEN TO MUSIC
AND SEE ENTERTAINMENT, I THINK,

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IS A WONDERFUL AMENITY
FOR THE CITY.

00:11:46.375 --> 00:11:49.291
Uhlir:
I THINK IT\"S THE LARGEST
OUTDOOR CONCERT SERIES

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IN THE UNITED STATES
THAT\"S FREE.

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THERE\"S OVER 30 CONCERTS
PERFORMED EVERY YEAR

00:11:55.042 --> 00:11:57.998
BY THE GRAND PARK ORCHESTRA
AND CHORUS.

00:11:57.999 --> 00:12:02.918
[ choir sings ]

00:12:07.876 --> 00:12:10.625
I \"M GLAD THAT IT\" S HERE,
BECAUSE I HAVE A SON.

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I COULD BRING MY SON HERE.

00:12:13.042 --> 00:12:15.998
YOU-ALL SHOULD TRY THE,
UM, THE GARDEN.

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THE EXQUISITE GARDENS CONTAIN
OVER 259 VARIETIES OF PLANTS.

00:12:21.751 --> 00:12:25.249
Uhlir:
AND THEN WE PLANTED OVER
900 TREES IN MILLENNIUM PARK.

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THEY TAKE CARE OF POLLUTION.

00:12:27.125 --> 00:12:29.374
THEY ABSORB PARTICULATE MATTER.

00:12:29.375 --> 00:12:31.166
THEY ADD OXYGEN TO THE AIR,

00:12:31.167 --> 00:12:34.500
TEMPERING THE HEAT GAIN
THE CITY HAS DURING THE SUMMER.

00:12:34.501 --> 00:12:36.833
BUT THEY\"RE ALSO IMPORTANT
EMOTIONALLY FOR PEOPLE

00:12:36.834 --> 00:12:40.917
TO HAVE A PLACE TO COME
AND RECREATE IN SAFETY

00:12:40.918 --> 00:12:43.249
AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.

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THERE\"S PUBLIC ART TO ENJOY.

00:12:45.999 --> 00:12:49.333
THE ANISH KAPOOR SCULPTURE
IS MADE UP

00:12:49.334 --> 00:12:50.750
OF STAINLESS STEEL PANELS,

00:12:50.751 --> 00:12:55.708
68 FEET LONG, 32 FEET HIGH,
AND 43 FEET WIDE.

00:12:55.709 --> 00:12:57.998
I THINK THEY\"LL SEE IT
FROM A SPACE SHUTTLE.

00:12:57.999 --> 00:13:00.833
IT\"S AN OPTICAL-QUALITY
POLY STAINLESS STEEL.

00:13:00.834 --> 00:13:04.291
Uhlir:
THIS PARK IS PROBABLY
THE MOST DEMOCRATIC PARK

00:13:04.292 --> 00:13:05.209
IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO

00:13:05.210 --> 00:13:07.917
BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE FEEL
THIS IS THEIR PARK

00:13:07.918 --> 00:13:10.998
AND THEY COME DOWN HERE
TO ENJOY AND RECREATE.

00:13:10.999 --> 00:13:12.666
NO CITY CAN HAVE ENOUGH
PUBLIC SPACE.

00:13:12.667 --> 00:13:15.166
Grimshaw:
I THINK CHICAGOANS
ARE GOING TO GATHER THERE

00:13:15.167 --> 00:13:17.583
AND APPRECIATE A FINE SUMMER DAY
LIKE THIS

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FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

00:13:22.667 --> 00:13:23.708
Man:
HERE IT COMES!

00:13:23.709 --> 00:13:25.998
[ yelling and screaming ]

00:13:25.999 --> 00:13:32.666
[ choir sings ]

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MILLENNIUM PARK IS A PLACE

00:13:34.584 --> 00:13:38.541
THAT QUITE LITERALLY REFLECTS
CHICAGO AND ITS PEOPLE:

00:13:38.542 --> 00:13:43.998
THEIR ENERGY, VITALITY
AND CREATIVITY.

00:13:43.999 --> 00:13:45.500
WE TOOK AN EYESORE,

00:13:45.501 --> 00:13:49.708
WE TURNED IT INTO A SHOWPLACE
OF ARCHITECTURE,

00:13:49.709 --> 00:13:52.833
ARTS, AND A GRAND PUBLIC SPACE

00:13:52.834 --> 00:13:58.082
THAT WILL BE THE ENVY OF ANY
OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD.

00:13:58.083 --> 00:14:01.959
[ applause ]

00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:13.875
FOR MANY YEARS PEOPLE
HAVE FORGOTTEN ABOUT US,

00:14:13.876 --> 00:14:15.625
FORGOTTEN ABOUT COMMUNITIES

00:14:15.626 --> 00:14:17.791
WHERE THERE ARE FAMILIES
AND INDIVIDUALS

00:14:17.792 --> 00:14:22.416
THAT ARE CONSTANTLY
ENGAGED IN CHOICES AROUND LIFE

00:14:22.417 --> 00:14:23.999
AND WHAT TO DO NEXT
AND HOW TO DO THIS

00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.998
AND HOW TO GET THEIR KIDS
A BETTER EDUCATION,

00:14:25.999 --> 00:14:28.998
THINGS THAT ALL OF US
IN SOCIETY ARE INTERESTED IN.

00:14:28.999 --> 00:14:30.291
AND TODAY IS JUST DEMONSTRATING

00:14:30.292 --> 00:14:31.750
THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH FOLKS
OUT THERE

00:14:31.751 --> 00:14:33.416
THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE
TO PUSH THAT BAR

00:14:33.417 --> 00:14:36.917
TO CREATE THAT EDEN
THAT THEY\"VE ALWAYS WANTED.

00:14:36.918 --> 00:14:40.998
♪ I WANNA GO TO A PLACE WHERE ♪

00:14:40.999 --> 00:14:43.998
♪ YOU CAN HOLD THE INTANGIBLE ♪

00:14:43.999 --> 00:14:50.791
♪ SOMEWHERE BETWEEN DARK
AND LIGHT ♪

00:14:50.792 --> 00:14:53.374
♪ WHERE WRONG BECOMES RIGHT ♪

00:14:53.375 --> 00:14:58.166
♪ AND I WANNA GO TO BEAUTIFUL,
BEAUTIFUL... ♪

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LARGE CLUSTERS OF POOR PEOPLE
LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING

00:15:03.751 --> 00:15:04.667
IS A BARRIER.

00:15:04.668 --> 00:15:07.458
IT\"S A DISADVANTAGE,
PARTICULARLY, YOU KNOW,

00:15:07.459 --> 00:15:10.583
TOWER BLOCKS THAT
IN A VERTICAL SENSE

00:15:10.584 --> 00:15:12.750
SEPARATE PEOPLE
FROM EACH OTHER.

00:15:12.751 --> 00:15:14.124
ONE OF CHICAGO\"S
MONUMENTAL FAILURES

00:15:14.125 --> 00:15:18.291
WAS THE CITY\"S MASSIVE PUBLIC
HOUSING BUILT IN THE 1960s

00:15:18.292 --> 00:15:19.998
AND CALLED CABRINI GREEN.

00:15:19.999 --> 00:15:23.875
TODAY THESE GRIM CITADELS
ARE GRADUALLY BEING REPLACED

00:15:23.876 --> 00:15:25.791
BY MIXED-INCOME DEVELOPMENT,

00:15:25.792 --> 00:15:28.999
REVIVING BLIGHTED
NEIGHBORHOODS.

00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:33.374
WE\"RE VERY INTERESTED IN THE
EXTENT TO WHICH PUBLIC HOUSING

00:15:33.375 --> 00:15:36.041
IS BEING TRANSFORMED
IN CHICAGO RIGHT NOW.

00:15:36.042 --> 00:15:42.333
I MEAN, WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE
IN 1995 THAT CABRINI GREEN,

00:15:42.334 --> 00:15:46.999
HENRY HORNER, ROBERT TAYLOR,
STATEWIDE GARDENS AND SO FORTH,

00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:48.998
THOSE LARGE CONCENTRATIONS
OF POOR PEOPLE

00:15:48.999 --> 00:15:53.998
LIVING IN PUBLIC HOUSING,
WOULD ACTUALLY BE TRANSFORMED,

00:15:53.999 --> 00:15:58.208
THAT THE PHYSICAL PROPERTY
WOULD BE DEMOLISHED

00:15:58.209 --> 00:16:02.998
AND THAT NEW KINDS OF HOUSING,
DWELLINGS WOULD REPLACE THOSE.

00:16:02.999 --> 00:16:05.998
THAT PROCESS IS NOW
VERY WELL UNDERWAY.

00:16:05.999 --> 00:16:08.416
FOUR MILES WEST OF THE
PROSPEROUS CHICAGO LOOP

00:16:08.417 --> 00:16:09.998
LIES THE NEIGHBORHOOD
OF LAWNDALE,

00:16:09.999 --> 00:16:13.249
ONCE HOME TO SEARS & ROEBUCK\"S
MAIL ORDER DIVISION.

00:16:13.250 --> 00:16:17.625
TODAY 45% OF LAWNDALE\"S
41,000 RESIDENTS

00:16:17.626 --> 00:16:19.998
LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.

00:16:19.999 --> 00:16:22.998
OPENED IN 2001,
HOMAN SQUARE COMMUNITY CENTER

00:16:22.999 --> 00:16:28.458
IS BUT ONE PART OF AN OVERALL
EFFORT TO REDEVELOP LAWNDALE.

00:16:28.459 --> 00:16:29.791
TO HAVE A FACILITY LIKE THIS,

00:16:29.792 --> 00:16:32.791
TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE
CAN COME AND CONGREGATE AND SWIM

00:16:32.792 --> 00:16:36.124
AND GO TO A COMPUTER CENTER
AND LEARN ABOUT HEALTH EDUCATION

00:16:36.125 --> 00:16:37.416
AND COME AND JUST CONGREGATE,

00:16:37.417 --> 00:16:40.416
HAVE PRESS CONFERENCES AND
MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THIS.

00:16:40.417 --> 00:16:41.998
THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED
IN LAWNDALE.

00:16:41.999 --> 00:16:43.416
THERE HASN\"T BEEN A GROCERY
STORE IN LAWNDALE.

00:16:43.417 --> 00:16:45.458
THERE HASN\"T BEEN ANY
OF THOSE THINGS IN LAWNDALE

00:16:45.459 --> 00:16:46.083
FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

00:16:46.084 --> 00:16:49.374
THE INTERNET ALSO HOLDS GREAT
POTENTIAL FOR ADVANCEMENT.

00:16:49.375 --> 00:16:50.998
HOWEVER, MOST LAWNDALE
RESIDENTS

00:16:50.999 --> 00:16:53.917
CAN\"T AFFORD A COMPUTER
OR INTERNET ACCESS.

00:16:53.918 --> 00:16:56.583
C.N.T., THE CENTER
FOR NEIGHBORHOOD TECHNOLOGY,

00:16:56.584 --> 00:16:59.999
PARTNERED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES CENTER

00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:02.166
AND THE HOMAN SQUARE
COMMUNITY CENTER

00:17:02.167 --> 00:17:04.917
TO BRIDGE THIS DIGITAL DIVIDE.

00:17:04.918 --> 00:17:06.291
THEY CHOSE THE OLD SEARS TOWER

00:17:06.292 --> 00:17:08.124
AS BROADCAST POINT
FOR THE WIFI SIGNAL

00:17:08.125 --> 00:17:12.998
THAT\"S THEN SPREAD BY REPEATER
NODES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

00:17:12.999 --> 00:17:13.999
PAUL SMITH EXPLAINS.

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:16.416
WE HAVE A LINK AT THE HOMAN
SQUARE COMMUNITY CENTER

00:17:16.417 --> 00:17:22.374
TO THE INTERNET, WHICH IS BEAMED
TO THIS PARABOLIC DISH

00:17:22.375 --> 00:17:27.998
AND CONNECTED
TO ANOTHER WIFI RADIO

00:17:27.999 --> 00:17:28.709
AND THEN SENT OUT INTO THE...

00:17:28.710 --> 00:17:31.958
OKAY, I DON\"T UNDERSTAND
WHAT PAUL\"S SAYING EITHER.

00:17:31.959 --> 00:17:33.208
BUT HIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE IS,

00:17:33.209 --> 00:17:35.333
IT\"S A SIMPLE, CHEAP
AND RELIABLE METHOD

00:17:35.334 --> 00:17:37.708
TO BRING INTERNET ACCESS
TO THE UNDERSERVED

00:17:37.709 --> 00:17:41.833
THAT CAN EASILY BE REPLICATED
IN OTHER URBAN COMMUNITIES.

00:17:41.834 --> 00:17:43.998
THEY\"RE ALSO GIVING AWAY
COMPUTERS!

00:17:43.999 --> 00:17:47.249
AND WE\"RE ALSO PROVIDING THEM
RECYCLED COMPUTERS,

00:17:47.250 --> 00:17:50.833
COMPUTERS THAT ARE COMING OFF
OF CORPORATE LEASE,

00:17:50.834 --> 00:17:53.166
AND PROVIDING TRAINING
SO THAT THEY\"LL KNOW

00:17:53.167 --> 00:17:55.998
HOW TO USE THESE COMPUTERS
AND ACCESS THE INTERNET.

00:17:55.999 --> 00:18:00.041
FOR 20-YEAR-OLD DANIELLE RILEY,
WIFI MEANS ACCESS TO EDUCATION

00:18:00.042 --> 00:18:03.875
AND HER DREAM OF BECOMING
A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST.

00:18:03.876 --> 00:18:05.666
I FEEL THAT IT WILL BE
IMPORTANT FOR ME

00:18:05.667 --> 00:18:09.208
AS SOMEBODY GROWING UP
IN A FAMILY THAT WASN\"T PERFECT

00:18:09.209 --> 00:18:11.998
TO HELP THOSE OUT WHO ARE
IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT.

00:18:11.999 --> 00:18:14.998
IN LESS THAN A YEAR, THE
TECHNICAL DIVIDE THAT SEPARATES

00:18:14.999 --> 00:18:18.166
THE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED
FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD

00:18:18.167 --> 00:18:22.082
SHRANK A LITTLE, AS OVER 200
NORTH LAWNDALE HOUSEHOLDS,

00:18:22.083 --> 00:18:23.999
ORGANIZATIONS,
AND SMALL BUSINESSES

00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:27.750
CONNECTED TO THE WIRELESS
COMMUNITY NETWORK.

00:18:27.751 --> 00:18:31.541
♪ YOU MISSED ME ♪

00:18:31.542 --> 00:18:33.374
IT SEEMS IMPORTANT
TO THE FUTURE OF THE PLANET

00:18:33.375 --> 00:18:37.999
THAT WE CAN DEVELOP A QUALITY
OF LIFE IN METROPOLITAN AREAS.

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:39.998
PEOPLE WANT TO BE
WHERE THERE ARE JOBS,

00:18:39.999 --> 00:18:41.541
THEY WANT TO BE
WHERE THERE\"S CULTURE,

00:18:41.542 --> 00:18:45.833
WHERE THERE ARE SYMPHONIES,
WHERE THERE ARE BLUES BARS.

00:18:45.834 --> 00:18:53.834
AND YET IT HURTS PEOPLE
TO BE OUT OF TOUCH WITH NATURE.

00:18:53.959 --> 00:18:57.750
PEOPLE ARE HUNGRY
TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE

00:18:57.751 --> 00:19:02.417
OF BEING IN A WILD, BEAUTIFUL,
ANCIENT PLACE.

00:19:12.876 --> 00:19:13.958
WAY BACK IN THE 70s,

00:19:13.959 --> 00:19:18.917
I STARTED READING ABOUT
THESE THREATENED ECOSYSTEMS

00:19:18.918 --> 00:19:21.082
AND WENT AROUND TO VISIT THEM.

00:19:21.083 --> 00:19:23.999
WE\"VE DONE A LOT TO DESTROY
OUR NATURAL RESOURCES

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:25.998
IN NORTHEASTERN ILLINOIS.

00:19:25.999 --> 00:19:28.541
LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF 1%
OF THE ORIGINAL PRAIRIE

00:19:28.542 --> 00:19:30.583
SURVIVES IN ILLINOIS,
THE PRAIRIE STATE.

00:19:30.584 --> 00:19:34.998
Packard:
IT DIDN\"T SEEM LIKE ANYONE
WAS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT,

00:19:34.999 --> 00:19:37.041
AND SO I THOUGHT,

00:19:37.042 --> 00:19:40.917
WHAT IF I PUT OUT THE WORD
AND ASK PEOPLE TO HELP?

00:19:40.918 --> 00:19:46.124
AND BIT BY BIT PEOPLE HELPED,
VOLUNTEERS HELPED,

00:19:46.125 --> 00:19:48.625
ORGANIZATIONS
STARTED TO HELP.

00:19:48.626 --> 00:19:54.416
IN TIME WE FORMED THE COALITION
THAT WE CALL CHICAGO WILDERNESS,

00:19:54.417 --> 00:19:57.998
WHICH IS NOW OVER 170
ORGANIZATIONS.

00:19:57.999 --> 00:20:01.208
CHICAGO WILDERNESS IS
A COALITION OF ORGANIZATIONS

00:20:01.209 --> 00:20:03.124
UNITED TO RESTORE AND PRESERVE

00:20:03.125 --> 00:20:06.875
NATURAL, ECOLOGICALLY
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES

00:20:06.876 --> 00:20:07.998
IN AND AROUND CHICAGO.

00:20:07.999 --> 00:20:10.583
THIS REGION IS THE BIRTHPLACE
OF RESTORATION ECOLOGY,

00:20:10.584 --> 00:20:13.249
AND SOME OF THE MOST EXCITING
RESTORATION EFFORTS

00:20:13.250 --> 00:20:16.998
IN NORTH AMERICA ARE HAPPENING
IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION.

00:20:16.999 --> 00:20:18.541
WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON\"T REALIZE

00:20:18.542 --> 00:20:21.750
IS THAT THE GREATER CHICAGO
METROPOLITAN AREA

00:20:21.751 --> 00:20:24.666
IS NOT ONLY HOME
TO NINE MILLION PEOPLE,

00:20:24.667 --> 00:20:27.583
BUT ALSO THE BEST
REMAINING PARCELS

00:20:27.584 --> 00:20:29.666
OF OUR ORIGINAL
MID-WESTERN LANDSCAPE:

00:20:29.667 --> 00:20:34.625
OUR PRAIRIES, OUR OAK WOODS,
OUR WETLANDS AND STREAMS.

00:20:34.626 --> 00:20:39.082
THE REST OF ILLINOIS GOT PLOWED
FOR CORN AND SOYBEAN FIELDS.

00:20:39.083 --> 00:20:43.998
IN THIS TEEMING METROPOLIS,
WE SAVED SOME OF IT.

00:20:43.999 --> 00:20:47.625
WE USED TO HAVE THIS CONCEPT,
JUST LEAVE NATURE ALONE,

00:20:47.626 --> 00:20:50.374
AND THAT\"S THE ONLY RELATIONSHIP
WE COULD HAVE WITH IT,

00:20:50.375 --> 00:20:52.998
AS IF WE WERE ALIENS
IN NATURE.

00:20:52.999 --> 00:20:55.667
AND IN FACT,
WE VERY MUCH BELONG.

00:21:04.250 --> 00:21:05.917
REPAIRING THE SOMME
PRAIRIE GROVE,

00:21:05.918 --> 00:21:08.998
A RARE OAK SAVANNAH
ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CHICAGO,

00:21:08.999 --> 00:21:11.998
STEVE AND HIS VOLUNTEERS
USE CONTROLLED BURNS

00:21:11.999 --> 00:21:13.750
TO DESTROY INVADER SPECIES,

00:21:13.751 --> 00:21:16.875
ALLOWING DELICATE NATIVE
PRAIRIE GRASSES

00:21:16.876 --> 00:21:18.416
TO SPROUT AND FLOURISH.

00:21:18.417 --> 00:21:19.917
AND HERE\"S A PERFECT EXAMPLE.

00:21:19.918 --> 00:21:21.791
HERE\"S A BURNED-OFF
BUCKTHORN SHRUB,

00:21:21.792 --> 00:21:24.291
AND UNDERNEATH IT,
WHAT DO WE HAVE?

00:21:24.292 --> 00:21:30.998
VIRGINIA RYE GRASS, BEARDTONGUE,
SPIDER WART, ALL THRIVING.

00:21:30.999 --> 00:21:35.998
WHAT I\"M WALKING THROUGH HERE
IS A RESTORED SAVANNAH.

00:21:35.999 --> 00:21:38.541
THIS IS A KIND
OF NATURAL COMMUNITY

00:21:38.542 --> 00:21:44.166
THAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE EXTINCT,
AND PEOPLE BROUGHT IT BACK.

00:21:44.167 --> 00:21:47.998
THE PLANTS THAT I\"M WALKING
THROUGH ARE PLANTS

00:21:47.999 --> 00:21:51.541
THAT WOULDN\"T HAVE SURVIVED
HERE WITHOUT RESTORATION.

00:21:51.542 --> 00:21:52.501
THE BIRDS THAT I\"M HEARING:

00:21:52.502 --> 00:21:55.999
THE GOLD FINCHES, THE INDIGO
BUNTINGS, THE CEDAR WAX WINGS

00:21:56.000 --> 00:22:00.124
WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE
HERE IF IT WERE JUST LEFT.

00:22:00.125 --> 00:22:04.458
BUT WITH RESTORATION, WE\"VE GOT
HEALTHY, NATURAL HABITAT.

00:22:04.459 --> 00:22:07.998
THANKS TO THE HARD WORK
OF CITIZEN STEWARDS LIKE STEVE,

00:22:07.999 --> 00:22:10.291
MORE THAN 200,000 ACRES
OF HABITAT

00:22:10.292 --> 00:22:13.458
ARE NOW UNDER THE PROTECTION
OF CHICAGO WILDERNESS.

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:17.666
FRIENDS OF CHICAGO RIVER IS ONE
OF THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

00:22:17.667 --> 00:22:18.667
OF CHICAGO WILDERNESS.

00:22:18.668 --> 00:22:22.875
THEY\"RE DOING FABULOUS WORK
TO MAKE THE RIVERFRONT

00:22:22.876 --> 00:22:26.167
ALMOST LIKE A SECOND
LAKEFRONT.

00:22:34.042 --> 00:22:37.541
AUTHOR LIBBY HILL IN HER BOOK
THE CHICAGO RIVERWROTE,

00:22:37.542 --> 00:22:40.458
\"CHICAGO OWES ITS EXISTENCE
TO THE CHICAGO RIVER

00:22:40.459 --> 00:22:43.958
AND THE RIVER OWES
ITS PRESENT FORM TO CHICAGO.\"

00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:47.249
THE CHICAGO RIVER SERVED
AS AN AVENUE OF TRANSPORTATION

00:22:47.250 --> 00:22:49.708
FOR THE EUROPEAN EXPLORERS
AND EARLY SETTLERS

00:22:49.709 --> 00:22:52.917
WHO ESTABLISHED THIS CITY
ON THE RIVER\"S MOUTH.

00:22:52.918 --> 00:22:53.998
BY THE LATE 1800s,

00:22:53.999 --> 00:22:56.708
CHICAGO DUMPED MASSIVE AMOUNTS
OF RAW SEWAGE,

00:22:56.709 --> 00:22:59.833
INCLUDING ANIMAL PARTS
FROM THE STOCKYARDS,

00:22:59.834 --> 00:23:00.709
INTO THE CHICAGO RIVER.

00:23:00.710 --> 00:23:02.998
SINCE THE RIVER FLOWED
DIRECTLY INTO LAKE MICHIGAN,

00:23:02.999 --> 00:23:05.082
THE CITY\"S SOURCE
OF DRINKING WATER,

00:23:05.083 --> 00:23:06.998
PUBLIC PRESSURE
FOR SAFE DRINKING WATER

00:23:06.999 --> 00:23:10.998
CLASHED WITH USING THE RIVER
AS AN OPEN SEWER.

00:23:10.999 --> 00:23:12.833
RATHER THAN STOP POLLUTING,

00:23:12.834 --> 00:23:14.500
CITY ENGINEERS
REVERSED THE RIVER.

00:23:14.501 --> 00:23:17.791
NOW THE WATER FLOWED
\"DOWN\" TO THE ILLINOIS RIVER,

00:23:17.792 --> 00:23:19.998
EVENTUALLY MERGING
WITH THE MISSISSIPPI.

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DOWNSTREAM NEIGHBORS
COMPLAINED.

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IN 1930, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
DECREED THE REQUIRED COMPLETION

00:23:26.626 --> 00:23:27.750
OF SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS

00:23:27.751 --> 00:23:30.333
AND A BARRIER
BETWEEN THE LAKE AND RIVER.

00:23:30.334 --> 00:23:34.541
IN 1962, IN THEIR NEVER ENDING
QUEST FOR A CLEANER RIVER,

00:23:34.542 --> 00:23:37.374
CITY POLLUTION-CONTROL WORKERS
USED DYES TO TRACE

00:23:37.375 --> 00:23:41.082
ILLEGAL SEWAGE DISCHARGES
INTO THE CHICAGO RIVER.

00:23:41.083 --> 00:23:42.998
THIS HAD AN UNEXPECTED EFFECT.

00:23:42.999 --> 00:23:45.998
CHICAGO NOW CELEBRATES
EVERY ST. PATRICK\"S DAY

00:23:45.999 --> 00:23:49.998
BY DYING THEIR RIVER
BRIGHT KELLY GREEN.

00:23:49.999 --> 00:23:54.998
TODAY THE CHICAGO RIVER SYSTEM
IS 156 MILES LONG.

00:23:54.999 --> 00:23:57.958
ALTHOUGH MUCH HAS BEEN DONE
TO STOP POLLUTING THE RIVER,

00:23:57.959 --> 00:24:00.291
THE STANDARDS SET
BY THE CLEAN WATER ACT

00:24:00.292 --> 00:24:02.998
REMAIN A DISTANT DREAM.

00:24:02.999 --> 00:24:03.999
TOGETHER WITH THE CITY,

00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:05.998
THE ORGANIZATION FRIENDS
OF THE CHICAGO RIVER

00:24:05.999 --> 00:24:08.998
WORKS TO NOT ONLY REVIVE
THE RIVER\"S ECOSYSTEM,

00:24:08.999 --> 00:24:13.166
BUT RESTORE A MORE NATURAL
HUMAN CONNECTION.

00:24:13.167 --> 00:24:16.541
WELL, I THINK THAT THE RIVER
IS REALLY IMPORTANT

00:24:16.542 --> 00:24:17.167
FOR QUALITY OF LIFE.

00:24:17.168 --> 00:24:19.500
WHEN YOU LIVE IN A CITY
YOU SHARE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE,

00:24:19.501 --> 00:24:22.082
AND THERE\"S PARKS, AND CHICAGO
DOES HAVE THE LAKEFRONT,

00:24:22.083 --> 00:24:23.458
BUT THE RIVER\"S DIFFERENT.

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:24.250
IT CUTS THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS,

00:24:24.251 --> 00:24:25.333
IT GOES THROUGH
THE HEART OF THE CITY,

00:24:25.334 --> 00:24:27.124
AND IF IT REALLY IS
BEAUTIFUL AND CLEAN

00:24:27.125 --> 00:24:29.416
AND THERE\"S A PUBLIC TRAIL
ALONG IT AND YOU COULD FISH,

00:24:29.417 --> 00:24:33.999
YOU KNOW, IT\"S UNBELIEVABLE
WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE.

00:24:44.083 --> 00:24:45.998
IT\"S THE CHICAGO RIVER
FLATWATER CLASSIC,

00:24:45.999 --> 00:24:48.998
THE ONLY MAJOR CANOE AND KAYAK
RACE ON THE CHICAGO RIVER.

00:24:48.999 --> 00:24:51.708
WE\"RE EXPECTING
ABOUT 800 PEOPLE ON THE RIVER.

00:24:51.709 --> 00:24:53.082
THEY\"RE COMING FROM ALL OVER.

00:24:53.083 --> 00:24:54.333
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE
FROM CHICAGO,

00:24:54.334 --> 00:24:55.541
A LOT OF PEOPLE
FROM THE SUBURBS,

00:24:55.542 --> 00:24:56.542
BUT PEOPLE COME
FROM OTHER STATES.

00:24:56.543 --> 00:24:58.917
WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE COMING
FROM SALT LAKE CITY,

00:24:58.918 --> 00:24:59.998
SO I DON\"T KNOW
WHAT THAT TELLS YOU,

00:24:59.999 --> 00:25:02.124
BUT I THINK IT\"S REALLY EXCITING
FOR US

00:25:02.125 --> 00:25:03.998
AND FOR THE CHICAGO RIVER.

00:25:03.999 --> 00:25:04.999
[ crowd cheering ]

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:10.998
Public address announcer:
FIVE... FOUR... THREE... TWO... ONE.

00:25:10.999 --> 00:25:12.998
[ crowd cheering]

00:25:12.999 --> 00:25:13.999
Frisbie:
THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE RACE

00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:16.998
RANGE FROM FAMILIES
WHERE THERE\"S TWO PARENTS,

00:25:16.999 --> 00:25:19.166
A COUPLE KIDS,
SOMEONE\"S GRANDFATHER.

00:25:19.167 --> 00:25:20.958
THERE\"S ALSO QUITE
SERIOUS RACERS

00:25:20.959 --> 00:25:23.124
WHO DO THIS IN SOMEWHAT
LESS THAN AN HOUR,

00:25:23.125 --> 00:25:26.998
WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE
AT 7 1/4 MILES.

00:25:26.999 --> 00:25:29.833
FOR US IT\"S REALLY
ABOUT THE RIVER, NOT THE RACE.

00:25:29.834 --> 00:25:32.625
WE PROVIDE A RACE BECAUSE
IT\"S AN EXCELLENT VEHICLE

00:25:32.626 --> 00:25:33.998
FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THE RIVER,

00:25:33.999 --> 00:25:36.458
AND WHAT YOU SEE
AS YOU PADDLE DOWNSTREAM

00:25:36.459 --> 00:25:38.249
IS A CHANGING CHICAGO RIVER.

00:25:38.250 --> 00:25:40.082
THERE\"S STILL STEEL WALLS
PLACES,

00:25:40.083 --> 00:25:40.999
THERE\"S DEGRADED HABITAT,

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:44.082
BUT YOU ALSO RUN INTO SNAPPING
TURTLES OR GREAT BLUE HERONS.

00:25:44.083 --> 00:25:47.166
YOU SEE WHAT IT\"S BEEN,
BUT YOU SEE WHERE IT\"S GOING.

00:25:47.167 --> 00:25:49.917
WE\"RE BUILDING ADVOCACY;
WE WANT THESE PEOPLE TO CARE.

00:25:49.918 --> 00:25:53.166
WE\"RE FIGHTING FOR CLEAN WATER,
AND ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT

00:25:53.167 --> 00:25:54.999
IS JUST HAVE PEOPLE REALLY
BE ON THE RIVER

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:57.998
SO A RECREATIONAL RIVER
NEEDS CLEAN WATER.

00:25:57.999 --> 00:25:59.917
AND THE CHICAGO RIVER
FLATWATER CLASSIC

00:25:59.918 --> 00:26:02.417
CELEBRATES THOSE ASPECTS.

00:26:24.209 --> 00:26:25.333
Rower:
IT WAS FUN.

00:26:25.334 --> 00:26:26.998
WE\"VE NEVER REALLY
DONE ANYTHING LIKE THIS

00:26:26.999 --> 00:26:28.625
TOGETHER BEFORE, YOU KNOW.

00:26:28.626 --> 00:26:29.750
SO THIS IS REALLY COOL
TO DO IT

00:26:29.751 --> 00:26:32.249
LIKE BROTHER-BROTHER
SORT OF DEAL.

00:26:32.250 --> 00:26:33.458
IT\"S REALLY FUN.

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:34.750
I THINK I\"M PRETTY BURNED.

00:26:34.751 --> 00:26:35.125
[ laughs ]

00:26:35.126 --> 00:26:39.625
IT WAS A GREAT DAY
AND A GREAT... GREAT RIVER.

00:26:39.626 --> 00:26:43.541
LIFE FLOWS IN A CONSTANT BALLET
OF EVOLUTION.

00:26:43.542 --> 00:26:44.209
THE STRONG SURVIVE,

00:26:44.210 --> 00:26:49.041
ONLY TO EVENTUALLY PERISH
AS NEW LIFE CYCLES EMERGE.

00:26:49.042 --> 00:26:51.374
SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO,
THE WOMEN OF CHICAGO

00:26:51.375 --> 00:26:55.541
HESITATED TO WEAR WHITE OUTDOORS
FOR FEAR OF IT BEING SOILED

00:26:55.542 --> 00:26:57.998
BY THE COAL SMOKE
AND ASH IN THE CITY AIR.

00:26:57.999 --> 00:27:00.958
AS A KID ON FAMILY VACATIONS
TO THE INDIANA DUNES,

00:27:00.959 --> 00:27:03.958
WE DROVE THROUGH THE STENCH
AND SMOKE OF THE FACTORIES

00:27:03.959 --> 00:27:08.501
AND STEEL MILLS OF SOUTH CHICAGO
KNOWN AS CALUMET.

00:27:22.083 --> 00:27:23.500
CALUMET HAS A BLOODY HISTORY,

00:27:23.501 --> 00:27:25.998
INCLUDING THE PULLMAN STRIKE
OF 1894

00:27:25.999 --> 00:27:30.917
AND THE REPUBLIC STEEL MASSACRE
ON MEMORIAL DAY OF 1937.

00:27:30.918 --> 00:27:31.459
BY THE 1920s,

00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:34.458
THE CALUMET REGION OF CHICAGO
HAD ECLIPSED PITTSBURGH

00:27:34.459 --> 00:27:37.583
AS THE LEADING STEEL-PRODUCING
REGION IN THE COUNTRY.

00:27:37.584 --> 00:27:39.750
BUT TODAY MOST OF THE FACTORIES
ARE CLOSED

00:27:39.751 --> 00:27:44.082
OR HAVE MOVED ELSEWHERE,
40,00 JOBS, LOST.

00:27:44.083 --> 00:27:46.998
I SAW A BURGER KING DOWN
THE STREET GO OUT OF BUSINESS.

00:27:46.999 --> 00:27:49.625
HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE A BURGER
KING GO OUT OF BUSINESS?

00:27:49.626 --> 00:27:50.584
THE REASON THEY WENT
OUT OF BUSINESS

00:27:50.585 --> 00:27:53.583
IS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE
IN THE AREA DON\"T HAVE MONEY.

00:27:53.584 --> 00:27:54.501
I\"M WORKING TWO JOBS NOW

00:27:54.502 --> 00:27:57.500
AND DRAWING A PENSION
FROM 28 YEARS IN THE STEEL MILL

00:27:57.501 --> 00:27:59.998
AND STILL DON\"T MAKE
WHAT I MADE ON ONE JOB.

00:27:59.999 --> 00:28:02.374
IF YOU GO RIGHT NOW
YOU\"LL SEE A LOT OF WEEDS

00:28:02.375 --> 00:28:03.999
AND DESTRUCTION, YOU KNOW.

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:07.124
IT\"S LIKE A CEMETERY
HERE, YOU KNOW.

00:28:07.125 --> 00:28:08.083
I CONTEND THE INDUSTRIALISTS

00:28:08.084 --> 00:28:10.291
TOOK EVERYTHING
OUT OF THIS COMMUNITY

00:28:10.292 --> 00:28:11.292
AND PUT NOTHING BACK INTO IT,

00:28:11.293 --> 00:28:15.000
AND THAT\"S WHY WE\"RE
IN THE PLIGHT WE\"RE IN TODAY.

00:28:17.042 --> 00:28:19.708
THE INDUSTRIALISTS
ARE LONG GONE,

00:28:19.709 --> 00:28:21.082
BUT THEIR LEGACY CONTINUES.

00:28:21.083 --> 00:28:23.999
THIS DISTRICT IN THE SOUTH SIDE
OF CHICAGO AND EXTENDING

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:28.998
INTO THREE STATES IS NOW HOME
TO 25 SUPERFUND SITES,

00:28:28.999 --> 00:28:29.999
MORE THAN 90 AREAS

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:33.917
WHERE THE EPA MONITORS
THE RELEASE OF TOXIC MATERIALS.

00:28:33.918 --> 00:28:34.999
IN ADDITION
TO HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT,

00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:38.541
PEOPLE SUFFER FROM A VARIETY
OF ILLNESSES LIKELY RELATED

00:28:38.542 --> 00:28:42.958
TO THE CONTAMINATED AIR,
WATER AND SOIL.

00:28:42.959 --> 00:28:46.998
Sadlowski:
I BEST DESCRIBE THAT COMMUNITY
IS LIKE BERLIN AFTER THE WAR.

00:28:46.999 --> 00:28:50.166
I MEAN, THAT\"S HOW PLIGHT
AND DOWN IT IS AND, YOU KNOW,

00:28:50.167 --> 00:28:54.666
THAT THE BUILDINGS ARE FALLING
DOWN AROUND PEOPLE\"S HEADS.

00:28:54.667 --> 00:28:57.166
A LOT OF THE THINGS
THAT WERE DONE 50 YEARS AGO

00:28:57.167 --> 00:28:58.998
WOULD BE UNHEARD OF TODAY.

00:28:58.999 --> 00:29:01.166
THEY WERE OPERATING CHEMICAL
WASTE SITES

00:29:01.167 --> 00:29:03.082
THAT WERE DUMPING
DRUMS OF WASTE,

00:29:03.083 --> 00:29:04.166
LIQUID WASTE ON THE GROUND.

00:29:04.167 --> 00:29:07.750
THERE WAS A ILLEGAL INCINERATOR
THAT WAS OPERATING HERE.

00:29:07.751 --> 00:29:10.999
THE COMMON PRACTICE OF DUMPING
MOLTEN WASTE CALLED SLAG

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:13.958
DIRECTLY ONTO
THE CALUMET FIELDS

00:29:13.959 --> 00:29:15.999
CONTINUED WELL INTO THE 1950s.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.998
IN SOME SPOTS I BET THE SLAG
IS OVER A FOOT THICK.

00:29:19.999 --> 00:29:22.291
THIS IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU
WOULD CALL A BROWN FIELD,

00:29:22.292 --> 00:29:24.708
BUT IT WOULD BE TOUGH
TO BREAK THIS UP.

00:29:24.709 --> 00:29:27.875
YOU WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO DIG
DOWN IN SOME AREAS OVER A FOOT

00:29:27.876 --> 00:29:31.124
BEFORE YOU EVEN TOUCH DIRT.

00:29:31.125 --> 00:29:36.708
HERE\"S A COUPLE OF CHUNKS...
CHUNKS OF BEECH STEEL...

00:29:36.709 --> 00:29:37.998
AND A WHOLE BED OF SLAG.

00:29:37.999 --> 00:29:42.208
THIS IS WHAT THEY LEFT
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

00:29:42.209 --> 00:29:43.958
DIDN\"T LEAVE IT
WITH A LOT OF MONEY,

00:29:43.959 --> 00:29:48.416
BUT LEFT IT WITH A LOT OF STUFF
LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW.

00:29:48.417 --> 00:29:49.083
THIS IS NOTHING NEW.

00:29:49.084 --> 00:29:53.708
IT\"S HAPPENED HUNDREDS OF TIMES
AND IN HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITIES.

00:29:53.709 --> 00:29:54.501
Crivello:
MY PERSPECTIVE IS,

00:29:54.502 --> 00:29:57.291
I THINK ABOUT IT IN TERMS
OF HAVING THE BEGINNER\"S MIND,

00:29:57.292 --> 00:30:00.998
THAT IF YOU CAME BACK AND YOU
FORGET ABOUT ALL OF THE PROBLEMS

00:30:00.999 --> 00:30:02.666
THAT WERE HERE IN THE PAST

00:30:02.667 --> 00:30:05.625
AND JUST LOOK AT WHAT
IS POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE,

00:30:05.626 --> 00:30:09.416
ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE LANDFILLS
BECOME MOUNTAINS.

00:30:09.417 --> 00:30:13.708
LAKE CALUMET IS THE CENTER
OF A MAJOR RESTORATION EFFORT

00:30:13.709 --> 00:30:17.999
ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CHICAGO
WHERE WE\"RE GOING TO TAKE LAND

00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:20.708
THAT SOCIETY ONCE THOUGHT
WAS OF VERY LITTLE VALUE

00:30:20.709 --> 00:30:22.958
BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN
INDUSTRIALIZED

00:30:22.959 --> 00:30:23.876
AND THEN THE INDUSTRY LEFT,

00:30:23.877 --> 00:30:26.208
WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE
WERE POCKETS OF NATURAL AREAS

00:30:26.209 --> 00:30:29.041
THAT WHEN WE ADDED THEM UP
THERE\"S OVER 5,000 AREAS

00:30:29.042 --> 00:30:31.998
THAT WE\"RE GOING TO STRING
TOGETHER INTO A PARK SYSTEM.

00:30:31.999 --> 00:30:34.541
IN THE BACKGROUND HERE THERE\"S
THE FORMER ACME COKE PLANT,

00:30:34.542 --> 00:30:37.750
WHICH IS NOW SHUT DOWN,
THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEGUN

00:30:37.751 --> 00:30:41.750
A VERY UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP
IN THAT THERE... THE SITE

00:30:41.751 --> 00:30:45.833
WE\"RE HOPING TO TURN
INTO A PUBLIC EXHIBIT MUSEUM

00:30:45.834 --> 00:30:48.999
WHICH WOULD HIGHLIGHT
THE INDUSTRIAL AND LABOR HISTORY

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:52.541
OF THE REGION, THE STEEL HISTORY
OF THE REGION.

00:30:52.542 --> 00:30:57.998
CREATE A... A MUSEUM
SO MY GRANDCHILDREN CAN SEE

00:30:57.999 --> 00:31:00.500
WHAT IT WAS LIKE
WORKING IN A STEEL MILL.

00:31:00.501 --> 00:31:01.875
THE INITIATIVE
NOT ONLY PROTECTS

00:31:01.876 --> 00:31:04.958
ISOLATED POCKETS
OF THE CALUMET WILDERNESS,

00:31:04.959 --> 00:31:08.374
BUT RESTORES CONTAMINATED AREAS
AS WELL.

00:31:08.375 --> 00:31:09.998
AT THE OLD U.S. STEEL SITE,

00:31:09.999 --> 00:31:13.166
SEDIMENT FROM PEORIA LAKE IS
DUMPED ON SLAG FIELDS.

00:31:13.167 --> 00:31:17.666
THE SEDIMENT IS BULLDOZED,
AND ALFALFA IS PLANTED.

00:31:17.667 --> 00:31:18.417
SO AS THE ALFALFA GROWS,

00:31:18.418 --> 00:31:19.998
IT SHOULD SEND ROOTS DOWN
ABOUT THREE FEET,

00:31:19.999 --> 00:31:23.208
AND HOPEFULLY IT\"LL SUCK THE
MOISTURE OUT OF THE SEDIMENT,

00:31:23.209 --> 00:31:27.124
HELPING IT TURN INTO SOIL
MORE QUICKLY

00:31:27.125 --> 00:31:31.998
BY DEVELOPING THE STRUCTURE
AND GAINING ROOT PENETRATION.

00:31:31.999 --> 00:31:33.999
Crivello:
IN 10 YEARS
YOU CAN COME BACK HERE

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:36.541
AND IT\"LL BE
A DIFFERENT REGION.

00:31:36.542 --> 00:31:39.082
ECO-TOURISM, ECO-RESTORATION.

00:31:39.083 --> 00:31:42.833
WE\"RE LUCKY TO HAVE THIS
OPPORTUNITY HERE IN THE CALUMET.

00:31:42.834 --> 00:31:44.541
THAT\"S ALL WELL AND GOOD,

00:31:44.542 --> 00:31:50.917
BUT IT\"S STILL NOT GOING TO
APPLY TO THE GUY IN THE STREETS.

00:31:50.918 --> 00:31:52.998
YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE
CROPPING UP NOW

00:31:52.999 --> 00:31:56.416
IS JOBS AT $8, $10 AN HOUR.

00:31:56.417 --> 00:32:02.998
THAT\"S... THAT HARDLY FEEDS
A PERSON, IF IT DOES.

00:32:02.999 --> 00:32:04.958
AS OVER 4,000 ACRES
ARE NURTURED

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:09.124
BACK INTO TREASURED WILDERNESS,
SOME FEAR CHANGE.

00:32:09.125 --> 00:32:11.998
BEAUTIFICATION,
PARKS, AND ALL THAT\"S NICE,

00:32:11.999 --> 00:32:14.374
BUT THIS AREA NEEDS JOBS.

00:32:14.375 --> 00:32:16.625
THE LARGER GROUPS
THAT REPRESENT INDUSTRY

00:32:16.626 --> 00:32:20.998
ARE SOMETIMES AFRAID
THAT THE EFFORTS LIKE THIS

00:32:20.999 --> 00:32:23.833
WILL ULTIMATELY
BE FORCING INDUSTRY OUT.

00:32:23.834 --> 00:32:25.166
BECAUSE IT\"S IN
PROTECTING THE PLANET

00:32:25.167 --> 00:32:28.166
THAT WE BRING PROSPERITY
BACK TO THE REGION

00:32:28.167 --> 00:32:32.249
THROUGH ECO-TOURISM
AND HAVING CLEAN, INVITING SITES

00:32:32.250 --> 00:32:34.998
FOR MODERN INDUSTRY
TO RELOCATE IN.

00:32:34.999 --> 00:32:38.249
I\"M IN THIS COMMUNITY AND MY
CHILDREN LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

00:32:38.250 --> 00:32:40.999
I DON\"T WANT TO SEE
VAST WASTELAND OR NOTHING,

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:42.041
BUT STILL, YOU KNOW,
PARAMOUNT IS,

00:32:42.042 --> 00:32:47.998
LET\"S MAKE THE CALUMET AREA THE
INDUSTRIAL ENGINE IT ONCE WAS.

00:32:47.999 --> 00:32:48.999
ALTHOUGH FORD MOTOR COMPANY

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:51.958
STILL MAINTAINS AN ASSEMBLY
PLANT IN CALUMET

00:32:51.959 --> 00:32:53.998
AND NEW INDUSTRIES
ARE BEGINNING TO SPROUT,

00:32:53.999 --> 00:32:57.791
OUR NATIONAL ECONOMY
CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AWAY

00:32:57.792 --> 00:32:59.875
FROM HEAVY MANUFACTURING.

00:32:59.876 --> 00:33:04.124
Sadlowski:
AND I DON\"T MISS
WORKING IN A MILL.

00:33:04.125 --> 00:33:06.998
BUT I SURE MISS THE PEOPLE.

00:33:06.999 --> 00:33:09.999
THERE ARE NO EASY ANSWERS.

00:33:29.751 --> 00:33:32.500
NOT FAR FROM THE AILING
CALUMET INDUSTRIAL SITES,

00:33:32.501 --> 00:33:34.998
IN A LOWER-MIDDLE CLASS
RESIDENTIAL AREA,

00:33:34.999 --> 00:33:37.374
ONE WOMAN HAS STRUGGLED
SEVERAL DECADES

00:33:37.375 --> 00:33:39.500
TO PROTECT
HER NEIGHBORHOOD EDEN.

00:33:39.501 --> 00:33:42.998
I MEAN, I WOULDN\"T HAVE ANY
INTEREST IN LIVING IN THIS HOUSE

00:33:42.999 --> 00:33:45.917
IF THE PRAIRIE
WERE NOT BEHIND IT.

00:33:45.918 --> 00:33:47.708
MY NAME IS MARIAN BYRNES.

00:33:47.709 --> 00:33:51.541
I WAS A WIDOW
WITH THREE BOYS TO RAISE.

00:33:51.542 --> 00:33:52.583
WHEN WE CAME HOUSE HUNTING

00:33:52.584 --> 00:33:55.625
AND WE CAME TO THE HOUSE
THAT I LIVE IN,

00:33:55.626 --> 00:33:57.998
THEY SAID,
\"THIS IS THE HOUSE WE WANT.\"

00:33:57.999 --> 00:33:59.917
BUT THEY HADN\"T EVEN GONE
IN THE HOUSE.

00:33:59.918 --> 00:34:03.082
THEY WERE RUNNING TOWARD
THE VAN VLISSINGEN PRAIRIE.

00:34:03.083 --> 00:34:06.124
LILLY, ARE YOU GOING
TO WALK WITH US, HUH?

00:34:06.125 --> 00:34:06.999
[ cat meows ]

00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:09.333
I THINK YOU\"LL HAVE
A HARD TIME

00:34:09.334 --> 00:34:11.999
WITH THE THICK VEGETATION,
I THINK.

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:16.041
THE REALTOR TOLD ME THAT IT HAD
BEEN A GOVERNMENT LAND GRANT

00:34:16.042 --> 00:34:19.917
TO THE RAILROAD ON CONDITION
THAT IT NEVER BE SOLD,

00:34:19.918 --> 00:34:20.998
THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
A BUFFER

00:34:20.999 --> 00:34:25.041
BETWEEN THE RAILROAD
AND ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.

00:34:25.042 --> 00:34:26.998
LOOK AT THE WILD
ROSES, GERRY.

00:34:26.999 --> 00:34:29.082
LOTS OF WILD ROSES.

00:34:29.083 --> 00:34:33.998
Byrnes:
WELL, I MOVED HERE BECAUSE
OF THE VAN VLISSINGEN PRAIRIE.

00:34:33.999 --> 00:34:38.458
KIDS USED TO COME FROM ALL OVER
SOUTH SHORE TO PLAY ARMY.

00:34:38.459 --> 00:34:41.998
IN 1979 I CAME HOME
FROM TEACHING SCHOOL

00:34:41.999 --> 00:34:43.875
AND FOUND A NOTICE
IN MY MAILBOX

00:34:43.876 --> 00:34:45.291
THAT THE CHICAGO TRANSIT
AUTHORITY

00:34:45.292 --> 00:34:48.625
WAS GOING TO BUILD A BUS GARAGE
ALL OVER THE NORTH HALF

00:34:48.626 --> 00:34:50.875
OF THE PRAIRIE
WHERE WE\"RE STANDING NOW.

00:34:50.876 --> 00:34:53.333
AND NATURALLY,
I WAS VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT,

00:34:53.334 --> 00:34:54.999
AND I WENT
TO THE PUBLIC MEETING

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:57.082
AND FOUND A NUMBER OF MY
NEIGHBORS THERE

00:34:57.083 --> 00:34:59.208
WHO WERE ALSO
VERY UPSET ABOUT IT.

00:34:59.209 --> 00:35:00.167
SO WE FORMED AN ORGANIZATION,

00:35:00.168 --> 00:35:03.416
THE COMMITTEE TO PROTECT
THE PRAIRIE, TO KEEP IT OPEN,

00:35:03.417 --> 00:35:07.333
AND WE SOMEHOW MANAGED
TO SUCCEED IN DOING THAT

00:35:07.334 --> 00:35:08.998
FOR 20 YEARS, AND OF COURSE,

00:35:08.999 --> 00:35:12.291
IT\"S NOW IN PERMANENT
PRESERVATION UNDER THE AUSPICES

00:35:12.292 --> 00:35:16.374
OF THE CITY AND THE ILLINOIS
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES.

00:35:16.375 --> 00:35:17.998
MARGARET MEADE\"S
CLASSIC SAYING,

00:35:17.999 --> 00:35:21.291
\"NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL
COMMITTED GROUP OF PEOPLE

00:35:21.292 --> 00:35:22.167
\"CAN CHANGE THE WORLD.

00:35:22.168 --> 00:35:24.458
INDEED, IT IS THE ONLY THING
THAT EVER HAS.\"

00:35:24.459 --> 00:35:28.833
BUT THE SMALL COMMITTED GROUP
BY THEMSELVES CANNOT DO IT.

00:35:28.834 --> 00:35:34.998
YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF PUBLIC
OUTREACH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION,

00:35:34.999 --> 00:35:37.208
AND HAVE AN OCCASIONAL DISPLAY

00:35:37.209 --> 00:35:39.625
OF THE STRENGTH
OF YOUR FOLLOWERS,

00:35:39.626 --> 00:35:43.500
LIKE 200 PEOPLE IN A GYM
ALL YELLING AND SCREAMING,

00:35:43.501 --> 00:35:45.333
\"WHATEVER IT IS,
WE DON\"T WANT IT.\"

00:35:45.334 --> 00:35:47.998
THAT\"S THE ONLY WAY
YOU GET A PLACE

00:35:47.999 --> 00:35:52.124
AT THE TOP-LEVEL PLANNING TABLE
WHERE THE DECISIONS ARE MADE.

00:35:52.125 --> 00:35:54.998
I MEAN, WE EVENTUALLY
WERE INVITED TO THE TABLE

00:35:54.999 --> 00:35:59.124
BECAUSE THEY WOULD RATHER
HAVE US THERE THAN IN THE GYM

00:35:59.125 --> 00:36:02.708
YELLING AND SCREAMING
AND MAKING THEIR LIVES UNHAPPY.

00:36:02.709 --> 00:36:03.709
COME ON OUT,
GRASSHOPPER.

00:36:03.710 --> 00:36:06.998
YOU\"LL BE HAPPIER ON THE
DRY LAND, I ASSURE YOU.

00:36:06.999 --> 00:36:07.751
COME ON.

00:36:07.752 --> 00:36:10.998
IT\"S BEEN A GREAT
LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR ME

00:36:10.999 --> 00:36:11.959
JUST KNOWING HER.

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:15.917
SHE JUST KNOWS SO MUCH
ABOUT THIS AREA.

00:36:15.918 --> 00:36:16.998
IT\"S UNBELIEVABLE.

00:36:16.999 --> 00:36:19.541
SCHOOL CLASSES COME HERE
FOR FIELD TRIPS

00:36:19.542 --> 00:36:21.708
AND THE KIDS
HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME

00:36:21.709 --> 00:36:25.750
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN
GATHER ANYTHING THEY WANT TO.

00:36:25.751 --> 00:36:27.998
THERE\"S NO RESTRICTION
ON GATHERING.

00:36:27.999 --> 00:36:32.998
PEOPLE HAVE A SPIRITUAL NEED
WHETHER THEY RECOGNIZE IT OR NOT

00:36:32.999 --> 00:36:36.458
FOR SOME OPEN SPACE
AND SOME PRIVACY

00:36:36.459 --> 00:36:39.750
IN ORDER TO THRIVE
AND BE HAPPY.

00:36:39.751 --> 00:36:42.249
THERE\"S ANOTHER
WILD STRAWBERRY.

00:36:42.250 --> 00:36:44.458
I\"LL BE 79 IN NOVEMBER.

00:36:44.459 --> 00:36:47.458
SOMETIMES IT\"S HARD TO SAY
WHAT KEEPS ME GOING.

00:36:47.459 --> 00:36:49.249
BUT IF I DIDN\"T HAVE
THE OPEN LAND,

00:36:49.250 --> 00:36:51.750
I WOULDN\"T BE ABLE
TO KEEP GOING, I KNOW THAT.

00:36:51.751 --> 00:36:56.958
IT \"S BECAUSE THERE\" S ALWAYS
SOMETHING ELSE TO DO.

00:36:56.959 --> 00:37:00.625
MARIAN BYRNES SAW HER BELOVED
PRAIRIE NAMED AFTER HER.

00:37:00.626 --> 00:37:04.998
HOWEVER, SHE\"S WITNESSED
MANY LOSSES, TOO.

00:37:04.999 --> 00:37:09.791
WELL, THE EDEN LOST.

00:37:09.792 --> 00:37:11.750
I \"M SORRY, I\" M PROBABLY
GOING TO CRY.

00:37:11.751 --> 00:37:15.291
YOU KNOW, THE EDEN LOST
WAS WHAT USED TO BE HERE.

00:37:15.292 --> 00:37:18.917
I MEAN, THIS WHOLE AREA,
THE WHOLE SOUTHEAST SIDE

00:37:18.918 --> 00:37:22.500
WAS WETLAND AND DUNE
AND SWAIL TERRITORY.

00:37:22.501 --> 00:37:23.750
SO THAT WAS THE EDEN LOST.

00:37:23.751 --> 00:37:28.625
THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS
OF MARSH BIRDS AND SHORE BIRDS

00:37:28.626 --> 00:37:30.999
IN THOSE DAYS.

00:37:33.999 --> 00:37:38.708
I WENT INTO THE FIELD MUSEUM,
AND WHEN YOU WALK IN THERE,

00:37:38.709 --> 00:37:40.791
THEY HAVE THESE ANIMALS
BEHIND GLASS.

00:37:40.792 --> 00:37:43.583
THEY HAVE A SEAL,
THEY HAVE A LION,

00:37:43.584 --> 00:37:46.625
AND THEN THEY HAVE TREES
BEHIND GLASS.

00:37:46.626 --> 00:37:52.667
THAT JUST SCARES ME TO DEATH
THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE FUTURE.

00:38:04.417 --> 00:38:08.291
MY NAME IS DEB PERRYMAN, AND
I HAVE THE INCREDIBLE HONOR

00:38:08.292 --> 00:38:11.791
OF WORKING WITH THE MOST
MISUNDERSTOOD CRITTER

00:38:11.792 --> 00:38:16.750
IN NORTH AMERICA:
TEENAGER AMERICANUS.

00:38:16.751 --> 00:38:20.541
♪ MAD WORLD ♪

00:38:20.542 --> 00:38:25.249
♪ WENT TO SCHOOL
AND I WAS VERY NERVOUS ♪

00:38:25.250 --> 00:38:28.416
♪ NO ONE KNEW ME ♪

00:38:28.417 --> 00:38:31.082
♪ NO ONE KNEW ME ♪

00:38:31.083 --> 00:38:36.249
♪ HELLO, TEACHER,
TELL ME, WHAT\"S MY LESSON? ♪

00:38:36.250 --> 00:38:39.041
♪ LOOK RIGHT THROUGH ME ♪

00:38:39.042 --> 00:38:42.208
♪ LOOK RIGHT THROUGH ME ♪

00:38:42.209 --> 00:38:45.583
♪ AND I FIND IT KIND OF FUNNY ♪

00:38:45.584 --> 00:38:47.750
♪ I FIND IT KIND OF SAD ♪

00:38:47.751 --> 00:38:49.999
♪ THE DREAMS OF WHICH
I\"M DYING ♪

00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:53.208
♪ ARE THE BEST I\"VE EVER HAD ♪

00:38:53.209 --> 00:38:55.333
♪ I FIND IT HARD TO TELL YOU ♪

00:38:55.334 --> 00:38:58.500
♪ \"CAUSE I FIND IT
HARD TO TAKE ♪

00:38:58.501 --> 00:39:00.998
♪ WHEN PEOPLE RUN IN CIRCLES ♪

00:39:00.999 --> 00:39:04.333
♪ IT\"S A VERY, VERY... ♪

00:39:04.334 --> 00:39:08.249
♪ MAD WORLD ♪

00:39:08.250 --> 00:39:12.917
Perryman:
ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE 2,200
STUDENTS SPEAKING 28 LANGUAGES.

00:39:12.918 --> 00:39:14.958
FIFTY PERCENT OF OUR KIDS
ARE IN FREE OR REDUCED LUNCH,

00:39:14.959 --> 00:39:17.998
WHICH MEANS THAT THEY\"RE LIVING
AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.

00:39:17.999 --> 00:39:19.958
A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER
FOR 12 YEARS,

00:39:19.959 --> 00:39:21.998
DEB PERRYMAN HAS AN INTERESTING
GAME PLAN

00:39:21.999 --> 00:39:25.666
FOR TEACHING ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY.

00:39:25.667 --> 00:39:27.291
WE CALL IT
THE POKER CHIP GAME.

00:39:27.292 --> 00:39:28.666
I IMAGINE IT HAS A BETTER NAME,

00:39:28.667 --> 00:39:30.998
SUSTAINABLE MIGHT BE
A GOOD NAME FOR IT.

00:39:30.999 --> 00:39:33.998
WHEN THE MUSIC STARTS,
YOU CAN PULL POKER CHIPS OUT.

00:39:33.999 --> 00:39:36.998
ONCE THE MUSIC STOPS, YOU MAY
TURN YOUR TEN POKER CHIPS IN

00:39:36.999 --> 00:39:39.833
FOR A TREAT
NEAR THE FRONT OF THE ROOM.

00:39:39.834 --> 00:39:41.541
ALL RIGHT?
GO AHEAD.

00:39:41.542 --> 00:39:45.208
I HAVE YET TO EVER SEE ANYONE
TAKE OUT SUSTAINABLY

00:39:45.209 --> 00:39:48.166
FROM THE BEGINNING;
THEY ALWAYS JUST GRAB.

00:39:48.167 --> 00:39:50.374
THE IDEA IS TO GET THEM
TO UNDERSTAND

00:39:50.375 --> 00:39:51.083
THAT IF THEY WORK TOGETHER

00:39:51.084 --> 00:39:55.458
THAT EVERYBODY GETS MORE
THAN JUST ONE TREAT.

00:39:55.459 --> 00:39:58.791
I NOTICED THAT THIS
TABLE ONCE AGAIN...

00:39:58.792 --> 00:40:00.291
[ laughter ]

00:40:00.292 --> 00:40:04.458
THAT TWO OF THE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS WERE DOING...

00:40:04.459 --> 00:40:06.998
MAKING THIS FACE AT ONE
OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

00:40:06.999 --> 00:40:08.249
THEY WERE GOING...

00:40:08.250 --> 00:40:09.791
[ laughter ]

00:40:09.792 --> 00:40:14.998
NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO...
FOR THE NEXT... GENERATION?

00:40:14.999 --> 00:40:19.917
THIS TEAM DIDN\"T OPERATE
VERY SUSTAINABLY.

00:40:19.918 --> 00:40:20.167
WHY?

00:40:20.168 --> 00:40:22.625
THEY JUST GRABBED ALL
THE CHIPS THAT THEY COULD

00:40:22.626 --> 00:40:24.208
TO GET A COOKIE AS
SOON AS THEY COULD.

00:40:24.209 --> 00:40:26.333
THEY DIDN\"T LEAVE
ANY TO DOUBLE OVER.

00:40:26.334 --> 00:40:27.541
YOU\"RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

00:40:27.542 --> 00:40:28.583
THE SCOPE OF DEB\"S CURRICULUM

00:40:28.584 --> 00:40:30.541
EXTENDS FAR
BEYOND THE CLASSROOM.

00:40:30.542 --> 00:40:34.833
DEB FOUGHT HARD TO TRANSFORM
35 ACRES OF SCHOOL LAND

00:40:34.834 --> 00:40:37.999
INTO A NATURE PRESERVE
AND OUTDOOR CLASSROOM.

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:39.500
AS THE DISTRICT...
SUITS I CALL THEM,

00:40:39.501 --> 00:40:40.625
PROBABLY NOT A NICE THING
TO CALL THEM...

00:40:40.626 --> 00:40:43.999
BUT WHEN THEY CAME IN TO SEE ME
AND WE WALKED AROUND EVERYTHING

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:45.833
I... YOU KNOW, I WAS TELLING
THEM ALL THESE FACTS

00:40:45.834 --> 00:40:48.500
AND ALL THESE THINGS...
YOU KNOW, THEY DIDN\"T CARE.

00:40:48.501 --> 00:40:49.917
THEY WANTED A SOCCER FIELD.

00:40:49.918 --> 00:40:50.998
EVENTUALLY, AFTER TALKING
TO THEM

00:40:50.999 --> 00:40:53.374
AND REALLY EDUCATING THEM
ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE,

00:40:53.375 --> 00:40:54.958
IT\"S NOW CALLED
THE OUTDOOR NATURE TRAIL

00:40:54.959 --> 00:40:57.833
AND THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM,
AND SO IT\"S A DISTRICT RESOURCE

00:40:57.834 --> 00:41:00.500
FOREVER AND EVER,
AND THIS WILL NEVER BE LOST.

00:41:00.501 --> 00:41:03.416
Student:
I LOVE HANDS-ON WORK;
THAT\"S HOW I LEARN.

00:41:03.417 --> 00:41:06.249
AND WHATEVER\"S IN THIS CREEK
WILL GO INTO THE RIVER,

00:41:06.250 --> 00:41:08.082
AND SO THIS IS
HOW WE FIGURE OUT

00:41:08.083 --> 00:41:09.998
WHERE THE POLLUTION
IS COMING FROM

00:41:09.999 --> 00:41:11.998
WHEN POLLUTION
ENTERS INTO OUR RIVER.

00:41:11.999 --> 00:41:14.583
I FEEL REALLY SORRY FOR ANYBODY
ELSE IN THE NATION

00:41:14.584 --> 00:41:17.333
WHO HAS TO TEACH ENVIRONMENTAL
SCIENCE FROM FOUR WALLS

00:41:17.334 --> 00:41:20.082
BECAUSE I JUST... I DON\"T KNOW
HOW YOU CAN DO IT.

00:41:20.083 --> 00:41:20.999
EXPLORE THE TREE.

00:41:20.999 --> 00:41:21.999
LET\"S FIGURE OUT
SOME IDEAS,

00:41:21.999 --> 00:41:22.999
SOME THINGS THAT
WE WANT TO DO.

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:25.998
DEB BELIEVES STUDENTS
LEARN MORE BY EXPERIENCING

00:41:25.999 --> 00:41:28.998
AND DRAWING THEIR OWN
CONCLUSIONS.

00:41:28.999 --> 00:41:30.998
GOING THROUGH THIS
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE CLASS

00:41:30.999 --> 00:41:33.998
HAS TAUGHT ME SO MUCH
ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT

00:41:33.999 --> 00:41:34.584
THAT I NEVER EVEN KNEW,

00:41:34.585 --> 00:41:37.249
AND IT HELPS ME AT HOME TELL
MY PARENTS, HEY, YOU KNOW,

00:41:37.250 --> 00:41:40.166
WE CAN RECYCLE THAT, WE CAN SAVE
THIS, WE CAN HELP, YOU KNOW.

00:41:40.167 --> 00:41:41.750
WE LIVE IN SUCH A FAST-PACED
WORLD RIGHT NOW

00:41:41.751 --> 00:41:43.998
THAT WE DON\"T EVER, LIKE, STOP
AND THINK ABOUT,

00:41:43.999 --> 00:41:45.249
LIKE, WHAT\"S GOING ON
IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.

00:41:45.250 --> 00:41:47.998
IT\"S LIKE THE ONLY ENVIRONMENT,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE.

00:41:47.999 --> 00:41:48.834
IT\"S HERE.

00:41:48.835 --> 00:41:50.249
IT\"S RESTORING
OUR NATURAL HISTORY.

00:41:50.250 --> 00:41:52.208
THEY\"RE LEARNING
ABOUT THEIR NATURAL HISTORY.

00:41:52.209 --> 00:41:52.999
WHEN THEY\"RE DRIVING AROUND,

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:55.166
THEY SEE, OH, THAT\"S AN OAK
TREE, THAT\"S BLOODROOT.

00:41:55.167 --> 00:41:56.625
THEY UNDERSTAND IT
BECAUSE THEY\"VE FELT IT

00:41:56.626 --> 00:41:58.917
AND THEY\"VE TOUCHED IT, AND
I THINK THAT THAT\"S IMPORTANT.

00:41:58.918 --> 00:42:01.998
DEB\"S STUDENTS ARE
EXTREMELY ACTIVE IN ECOLOGY.

00:42:01.999 --> 00:42:04.082
THEY STENCILED
\"DUMP NO WASTE\" WARNINGS

00:42:04.083 --> 00:42:06.998
ON OVER 3,800 LOCAL
STORM DRAINS.

00:42:06.999 --> 00:42:08.998
THEY WERE THE FIRST
AND ONLY PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL

00:42:08.999 --> 00:42:11.625
TO PRESENT A PROJECT
AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

00:42:11.626 --> 00:42:15.291
ON SOLID WASTE
IN ITS 19-YEAR HISTORY.

00:42:15.292 --> 00:42:16.042
EVERY LITTLE BIT YOU CAN DO

00:42:16.043 --> 00:42:17.291
MAKES THE WORLD BETTER
FOR EVERYONE ELSE,

00:42:17.292 --> 00:42:19.041
AND THEN PEOPLE TAKE NOTICE
TO WHAT YOU\"RE DOING,

00:42:19.042 --> 00:42:21.998
AND THEY SAY, OH, WELL,
I\"VE GOT 20, 30 FREE MINUTES

00:42:21.999 --> 00:42:23.458
SO I CAN DO
A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MYSELF.

00:42:23.459 --> 00:42:25.998
HER TEENAGE STUDENTS
PASS ON THEIR KNOWLEDGE

00:42:25.999 --> 00:42:27.998
BY MENTORING
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS

00:42:27.999 --> 00:42:31.416
IN A PROGRAM CALLED
THE MIGHTY ACORNS,

00:42:31.417 --> 00:42:33.875
AND 6,000 YOUNG ACORNS A YEAR

00:42:33.876 --> 00:42:37.541
LEARN THE JOY OF NATURE
AND CONSERVATION.

00:42:37.542 --> 00:42:39.208
KIDS ARE BASICALLY OUR FUTURE,
YOU KNOW.

00:42:39.209 --> 00:42:41.998
THEY\"RE GOING TO BE TAKING CARE
OF THIS WORLD SOMEDAY,

00:42:41.999 --> 00:42:43.998
SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL
EDUCATE THEM

00:42:43.999 --> 00:42:46.998
ON WHAT\"S GOING ON
IN THIS WORLD, YOU KNOW.

00:42:46.999 --> 00:42:49.416
IF WE BRING LITTLE KIDS HERE,

00:42:49.417 --> 00:42:54.958
THEN MAYBE WHEN THEY GROW UP
THEY\"LL WANT TO SAVE IT.

00:42:54.959 --> 00:42:58.998
Perryman:
MAYBE NONE OF THESE KIDS
WILL BECOME WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS,

00:42:58.999 --> 00:43:01.041
BUT CERTAINLY
THEY WILL BE PARENTS SOMEDAY

00:43:01.042 --> 00:43:03.583
AND THEY WILL BE COMMUNITY
MEMBERS AND VOTING MEMBERS,

00:43:03.584 --> 00:43:06.998
AND I WANT THEM TO GET TO KNOW
ALL THOSE ASPECTS OF LIFE.

00:43:06.999 --> 00:43:10.500
MY NAME IS ANDREA; I\"D LIKE TO
BE AN ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGIST.

00:43:10.501 --> 00:43:11.998
AND I WANT TO BE A GEOLOGIST.

00:43:11.999 --> 00:43:13.708
I WANT TO BE A PHOTOGRAPHER.

00:43:13.709 --> 00:43:14.875
I WANT TO BE A JOURNALIST.

00:43:14.876 --> 00:43:17.082
I\"D LIKE TO BE A PSYCHOLOGIST.

00:43:17.083 --> 00:43:18.999
HOPEFULLY ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:21.374
ONE THING DEB\"S STUDENTS
ALL HAVE IN COMMON

00:43:21.375 --> 00:43:24.416
IS THEIR LOVE
OF THEIR TEACHER.

00:43:24.417 --> 00:43:26.333
MISS PERRYMAN IS A GREAT LADY.

00:43:26.334 --> 00:43:28.124
SHE HAS SO MUCH ENERGY
AND CHARISMA.

00:43:28.125 --> 00:43:31.998
EVERYONE THAT COMES IN CONTACT
WITH HER IS JUST IN A GOOD MOOD,

00:43:31.999 --> 00:43:34.583
JUST... YOU KNOW
SHE\"S GREAT IN THE CLASSROOM.

00:43:34.584 --> 00:43:38.541
SHE\"S ALWAYS THERE TO HELP YOU
WHENEVER YOU NEED IT,

00:43:38.542 --> 00:43:40.458
NOT EVEN WITH, YOU KNOW,
CLASSROOM STUFF,

00:43:40.459 --> 00:43:41.209
JUST EVERYDAY LIFE.

00:43:41.210 --> 00:43:43.998
WE NEED MORE TEACHERS
THAT ARE REALLY WILLING

00:43:43.999 --> 00:43:48.998
TO GET HEAD OVER HEELS INVOLVED
LIKE, YEAH, LIKE MISS PERRYMAN.

00:43:48.999 --> 00:43:51.998
SHE... IF YOU CALLED HER UP,
IF YOU SAID,

00:43:51.999 --> 00:43:54.249
HEY, AT TWO O\"CLOCK, I NEED
SOME HELP WITH MY PROJECT,

00:43:54.250 --> 00:43:56.666
SHE\"D WORK WITH YOU
UNTIL SIX O\"CLOCK AT NIGHT,

00:43:56.667 --> 00:43:59.249
AS LONG AS YOU UNDERSTOOD
WHAT WAS GOING ON.

00:43:59.250 --> 00:44:01.541
AND TOO MANY TEACHERS NOW
ARE JUST LIKE,

00:44:01.542 --> 00:44:02.958
HEY, IT \"S 3:55; I\" M LEAVING.

00:44:02.959 --> 00:44:06.208
SHE WANTS TO MAKE YOU A LEADER
AND MAKE YOU A BETTER PERSON.

00:44:06.209 --> 00:44:09.998
SHE IS JUST... I MEAN, SHE IS
EVERYTHING A TEACHER SHOULD BE.

00:44:09.999 --> 00:44:11.500
BECAUSE OF HER MANY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS,

00:44:11.501 --> 00:44:16.124
DEB PERRYMAN WAS SELECTED AS
ILLINOIS TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

00:44:16.125 --> 00:44:18.166
YOU KNOW, I\"M LIVING MY DREAM.
[ laughs ]

00:44:18.167 --> 00:44:20.124
HOW MANY PEOPLE GET TO LIVE
THEIR DREAM?

00:44:20.125 --> 00:44:22.666
AT A RECENT INTERNATIONAL
ENVIRONMENTAL CONFERENCE

00:44:22.667 --> 00:44:25.666
IN LOS ANGELES,
DEB MADE THIS PLEA:

00:44:25.667 --> 00:44:29.791
EVERY DAY I GET TO SEE
THE ANSWER IN THE CLASSROOM.

00:44:29.792 --> 00:44:34.998
THAT\"S WHERE WE HAVE TO BE,
TRULY, BECAUSE THEY WILL DO IT.

00:44:34.999 --> 00:44:36.458
THEY WILL DO THE GOOD WORK.

00:44:36.459 --> 00:44:38.374
THEY WANT TO SUPPLY ANSWERS.

00:44:38.375 --> 00:44:40.291
THEY WANT TO HELP
THEIR COMMUNITY.

00:44:40.292 --> 00:44:41.374
MY KIDS ARE POOR.

00:44:41.375 --> 00:44:43.999
MY KIDS CAN BARELY SPEAK
ENGLISH, SOME OF THEM.

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.750
I\"M SO SORRY.

00:44:45.751 --> 00:44:47.999
[ sobs ]

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:51.541
BUT EVERY DAY THEY GET UP
AND I GIVE THEM A PROBLEM

00:44:51.542 --> 00:44:52.501
OR THEY COME TO ME
WITH A PROBLEM,

00:44:52.502 --> 00:44:54.958
AND THEY SOLVE IT,
AND THAT\"S WHERE OUR HOPE IS.

00:44:54.959 --> 00:44:58.998
AND THAT\"S WHY I CAN\"T EVER BE
SOMEONE WHO SAYS WE CAN\"T,

00:44:58.999 --> 00:45:02.998
BECAUSE EVERY DAY THEY DO IT.

00:45:02.999 --> 00:45:03.999
AND DESPITE EVERYTHING,

00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:06.291
YOU WOULDN\"T BELIEVE IT,
IT\"S POWERFUL.

00:45:06.292 --> 00:45:09.124
AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL
REMEMBER THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE

00:45:09.125 --> 00:45:10.000
THAT ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES.

00:45:10.001 --> 00:45:13.458
PLEASE BRING THEM TO THE TABLES
WHEN YOU\"RE PLANNING THINGS,

00:45:13.459 --> 00:45:16.249
AND DON\"T PICK JUST
THE A-PLUS STUDENTS.

00:45:16.250 --> 00:45:19.917
PICK THE STUDENTS WHO JUST WANT
TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

00:45:19.918 --> 00:45:20.998
THE ONES WHO HAVE
THOSE BRIGHT EYES,

00:45:20.999 --> 00:45:22.750
BUT ARE SITTING IN THE BACK
AND THEY\"RE SHY.

00:45:22.751 --> 00:45:26.291
THAT \"S HOW WE\" RE GOING TO
TURN ALL OF THIS AROUND.

00:45:26.292 --> 00:45:28.500
THE BUTTERFLY\"S
GOING TO FLY OVER,

00:45:28.501 --> 00:45:32.500
AND THEY LAND ON THE FLOWERS
AND THEY SMELL THEM.

00:45:32.501 --> 00:45:35.998
[ train whistle blows ]

00:45:35.999 --> 00:45:40.542
AH, LOOK, YEAH.
ALL THE TIME.

00:45:46.375 --> 00:45:50.583
WE\"RE AT 43rd PLACE AND STEWART
ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHICAGO

00:45:50.584 --> 00:45:52.416
RIGHT ADJACENT
TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

00:45:52.417 --> 00:45:55.998
MY WIFE AND I FEEL LIKE
WE\"RE IN THE BATTLE TRENCHES

00:45:55.999 --> 00:45:58.998
EVERY DAY SOMETIMES,
AND SOMETIMES YOU GET WEARY.

00:45:58.999 --> 00:46:02.998
AND THE BIBLE SAYS YOU SHOULDN\"T
GROW WEARY OF WELL-DOING.

00:46:02.999 --> 00:46:06.998
IN 1993, ARMY VETERAN MICHAEL
HOWARD, HIS WIFE, AMELIA,

00:46:06.999 --> 00:46:09.583
AND THEIR FIVE CHILDREN
MOVED TO FULLER PARK,

00:46:09.584 --> 00:46:11.833
ONE OF CHICAGO\"S
POOREST NEIGHBORHOODS.

00:46:11.834 --> 00:46:14.998
THE SMALLEST
OF CHICAGO\"S 77 COMMUNITIES,

00:46:14.999 --> 00:46:17.249
FULLER PARK EXTENDS
ONLY ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS

00:46:17.250 --> 00:46:21.750
BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS
AND THE DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY.

00:46:21.751 --> 00:46:23.374
IT IS HOME TO NEARLY 4,000

00:46:23.375 --> 00:46:25.625
MAINLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN
RESIDENTS.

00:46:25.626 --> 00:46:28.333
HIGH CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT,
AND POLLUTION

00:46:28.334 --> 00:46:31.998
ARE AMONG THE HAZARDS OF LIFE
AT FULLER PARK.

00:46:31.999 --> 00:46:35.833
I DIDN\"T EVEN LIKE COMING BACK
HERE 14 YEARS AGO

00:46:35.834 --> 00:46:38.500
BECAUSE BASICALLY
OF THOSE SOCIAL ILLS.

00:46:38.501 --> 00:46:41.998
WE HAD A SITUATION
WHERE WE DIDN\"T THINK

00:46:41.999 --> 00:46:43.833
WE WERE GOING TO STAY
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

00:46:43.834 --> 00:46:45.791
BECAUSE SOME THINGS
WERE GOING ON.

00:46:45.792 --> 00:46:48.999
TEN YEARS AGO, A MAJORITY OF
LOWER INCOME HOMES IN CHICAGO

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:53.833
WERE BUILT BEFORE 1978 AND
OFTEN HAD PEELING LEAD PAINT.

00:46:53.834 --> 00:46:56.583
THE PERMANENT EFFECTS OF LEAD
POISONING IN CHILDREN

00:46:56.584 --> 00:46:59.625
ARE HORRIFIC, INCLUDING
LEARNING DISABILITIES,

00:46:59.626 --> 00:47:03.541
HYPERACTIVITY, STUNTED GROWTH,
REDUCED ATTENTION SPAN,

00:47:03.542 --> 00:47:07.583
IMPAIRED INTELLIGENCE,
POOR HEARING, AND VIOLENCE.

00:47:07.584 --> 00:47:12.082
TODAY, OVER A MILLION AMERICAN
CHILDREN HAVE ENOUGH EXPOSURE

00:47:12.083 --> 00:47:13.791
TO HARM THEIR ABILITY TO THINK.

00:47:13.792 --> 00:47:16.750
BECAUSE CONTRACTORS DIDN\"T
ALWAYS PROPERLY DISPOSE

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OF DANGEROUS
BUILDING MATERIALS,

00:47:18.167 --> 00:47:21.998
LEAD AND ASBESTOS CONTAMINATED
THE SOIL, DUST, AND WATER

00:47:21.999 --> 00:47:25.791
IN VACANT LOTS WHERE
FULLER PARK CHILDREN PLAYED.

00:47:25.792 --> 00:47:29.998
THE LEAD ISSUES WERE THINGS
THAT WE DIDN\"T EVEN UNDERSTAND

00:47:29.999 --> 00:47:30.999
WAS IN OUR WATER.

00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:32.750
AND THEY WERE
IN THE PLAYGROUND,

00:47:32.751 --> 00:47:35.998
EMPTY PLAY LOTS
THAT THE CHILDREN PLAYED IN,

00:47:35.999 --> 00:47:36.959
THE DUST THEY WOULD BREATHE IN.

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:40.458
THE PARENTS DIDN\"T UNDERSTAND
THAT THAT DIRT WAS CONTAMINATED,

00:47:40.459 --> 00:47:41.708
AND IT CAUSED THEIR CHILDREN

00:47:41.709 --> 00:47:42.999
TO HAVE TROUBLES
IN SCHOOL LEARNING.

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:47.791
A 1995 GOVERNMENT STUDY SHOWED
20% OF ALL FULLER PARK CHILDREN

00:47:47.792 --> 00:47:51.333
UNDER 6 YEARS OF AGE
HAD ELEVATED LEAD COUNTS.

00:47:51.334 --> 00:47:53.249
THEY WERE AMONG THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGES

00:47:53.250 --> 00:47:56.998
IN NOT ONLY CHICAGO,
BUT THE ENTIRE NATION.

00:47:56.999 --> 00:47:57.876
THIS WAS NOT THE ENVIRONMENT

00:47:57.877 --> 00:48:00.416
MICHAEL AND AMELIA ENVISIONED
FOR THEIR FAMILY.

00:48:00.417 --> 00:48:04.541
Michael Howard:
WE WERE LISTED ON THE COVER
OF THE TRIBUNE PAPER

00:48:04.542 --> 00:48:08.875
AS THE MOST LEAD-POISONED
COMMUNITY IN CHICAGO,

00:48:08.876 --> 00:48:10.374
AND NO ONE DID ANYTHING.

00:48:10.375 --> 00:48:13.541
IT WAS A GREAT STORY,
BUT MY WIFE AND I, AMELIA,

00:48:13.542 --> 00:48:17.291
WE WAITED FOR TWO OR THREE WEEKS
FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN,

00:48:17.292 --> 00:48:18.167
AND NOTHING HAPPENED.

00:48:18.168 --> 00:48:21.249
I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT,
AND I THINK MY WIFE,

00:48:21.250 --> 00:48:23.625
SHE SAID, \"WELL, WHAT YOU GOING
TO DO ABOUT IT?\"

00:48:23.626 --> 00:48:27.082
Amelia Howard:
SOME PEOPLE SAY,
\"WHAT COULD BE THERE?\"

00:48:27.083 --> 00:48:28.998
YOU KNOW, IT\"S A POOR AREA,

00:48:28.999 --> 00:48:33.666
THEY DON\"T HAVE,
AND THEY\"RE NEGLECTED.

00:48:33.667 --> 00:48:34.667
BUT REALLY,

00:48:34.668 --> 00:48:38.416
I THINK THE BEST DIAMONDS
COME FROM THE ROUGHEST TIMES.

00:48:38.417 --> 00:48:39.998
MICHAEL FOUNDED
THE NOT-FOR-PROFIT

00:48:39.999 --> 00:48:42.998
FULLER PARK COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

00:48:42.999 --> 00:48:44.998
THAT BEGAN CLEARING
THE COMMUNITY

00:48:44.999 --> 00:48:45.999
OF DANGEROUS LEAD PAINT

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:48.416
AND BUILDING AFFORDABLE
LOW-INCOME HOUSING.

00:48:48.417 --> 00:48:50.583
THIS EFFORT, COMBINED
WITH MAYOR DALEY\"S

00:48:50.584 --> 00:48:52.291
LEAD POISONING
PREVENTION PROGRAM,

00:48:52.292 --> 00:48:55.875
SAW THAT THE LEAD COUNTS
IN FULLER PARK CHILDREN

00:48:55.876 --> 00:48:56.998
WERE MUCH IMPROVED.

00:48:56.999 --> 00:49:00.249
SINCE MY FATHER STARTED
WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY,

00:49:00.250 --> 00:49:01.750
IT\"S REALLY CHANGED A LOT.

00:49:01.751 --> 00:49:03.625
I SAID, \"WELL, THOSE PEOPLE
SHOULD GET A JOB.\"

00:49:03.626 --> 00:49:05.583
SHE SAYS, \"WHAT YOU GOING
TO DO ABOUT IT?\"

00:49:05.584 --> 00:49:08.666
MICHAEL CONTINUED HIS CAMPAIGN
TO BETTER FULLER PARK

00:49:08.667 --> 00:49:11.750
BY ESTABLISHING
THE SOUTH POINT ACADEMY.

00:49:11.751 --> 00:49:13.666
IN THIS MILITARY-INSPIRED
TRADE SCHOOL,

00:49:13.667 --> 00:49:17.833
DROPOUTS, FORMER DRUG ADDICTS,
SINGLE MOMS, AND THE HOMELESS

00:49:17.834 --> 00:49:20.166
ARE TAUGHT MARKETABLE TRADES
AND SKILLS

00:49:20.167 --> 00:49:23.791
IN ADDITION TO DISCIPLINE
AND SELF-ESTEEM.

00:49:23.792 --> 00:49:24.792
I HAVE A LOT OF STAR GRADUATES.

00:49:24.793 --> 00:49:28.082
WE HAVE SOME WHO HAVE GONE ON
TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES.

00:49:28.083 --> 00:49:30.458
AND THEN THERE\"S
A LOT OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS

00:49:30.459 --> 00:49:33.791
IN THE COMMUNITY THAT EVERYONE
CALLS ME FOR FIRST.

00:49:33.792 --> 00:49:36.875
\"MR. HOWARD, THIS IS GOING ON;
WHAT YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?\"

00:49:36.876 --> 00:49:37.998
MICHAEL THEN TURNED
HIS ATTENTION

00:49:37.999 --> 00:49:40.998
TO A VACANT THREE-ACRE
BROWN FIELD DUMPSITE

00:49:40.999 --> 00:49:43.458
NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS
AND SAW EDEN.

00:49:43.459 --> 00:49:46.791
THIS TIME EVEN HIS BEST FRIENDS
THOUGHT HE WAS CRAZY!

00:49:46.792 --> 00:49:49.291
AND I TOLD THEM WE WANTED TO
HAVE A PRAIRIE AND A SAVANNAH

00:49:49.292 --> 00:49:53.917
AND A WETLAND THAT WE COULD USE
TO TEACH CHILDREN ABOUT ECOLOGY.

00:49:53.918 --> 00:49:54.542
THEY SAID, \"ECOLOGY?

00:49:54.543 --> 00:49:57.374
\"MAN, DON\" T NOBODY KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT NO ECOLOGY.

00:49:57.375 --> 00:49:58.750
THAT \"S A WHITE PEOPLE THING.\"

00:49:58.751 --> 00:50:01.124
I SAID, \"NO,
IT\"S A HUMAN BEING THING

00:50:01.125 --> 00:50:03.541
\"BECAUSE WE\" VE GOT TO
DRINK THE SAME WATER,

00:50:03.542 --> 00:50:05.833
\"WE\" VE GOT TO
BREATHE THE SAME AIR,

00:50:05.834 --> 00:50:07.041
AND WE HAVE TO EAT
THE SAME FOOD.\"

00:50:07.042 --> 00:50:09.124
WHEN I SAID THAT WE WERE
GOING TO DO ALL OF THIS,

00:50:09.125 --> 00:50:10.374
THEY SAID, \"WELL,
HOW YOU GOING TO DO IT?\"

00:50:10.375 --> 00:50:12.875
I SAID, \"I DON\"T KNOW;
I JUST HAVE THE WILL.\"

00:50:12.876 --> 00:50:15.998
WITH LITTLE FUNDING, MICHAEL
CALLED UPON THE NEIGHBORHOOD

00:50:15.999 --> 00:50:17.750
TO BUILD A LOCAL PARADISE.

00:50:17.751 --> 00:50:22.999
IF IT WASN\"T FOR ALL THAT THEY
DO WITH US, WE COULDN\"T.

00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:23.959
NO, WE COULDN\"T DO IT.

00:50:23.960 --> 00:50:26.998
WE BORROWED BULLDOZERS;
WE BORROWED BACKHOES.

00:50:26.999 --> 00:50:30.998
IT TOOK 23 TONS OF CONCRETE
AWAY FOR US

00:50:30.999 --> 00:50:33.875
SO THAT WE COULD START
PLANNING THIS PLACE OUT

00:50:33.876 --> 00:50:35.998
AND TURN IT
INTO A LEARNING CENTER

00:50:35.999 --> 00:50:39.998
KNOWN TODAY AS EDEN PLACE.

00:50:39.999 --> 00:50:44.583
EDEN PLACE IS A DOORWAY FOR THE
SOUTH SIDE RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO

00:50:44.584 --> 00:50:46.333
TO THE WORLD OF NATURE.

00:50:46.334 --> 00:50:47.833
WITH A FEW PEOPLE
FROM THE COMMUNITY,

00:50:47.834 --> 00:50:50.583
WE\"VE BEEN ABLE
TO WIELD THIS PLACE INTO BEING.

00:50:50.584 --> 00:50:53.708
MOST OF THE PLANTS YOU SEE HERE
ARE DONATED PLANTS.

00:50:53.709 --> 00:50:56.374
THE FENCE THAT YOU SEE
AROUND EDEN PLACE CENTER,

00:50:56.375 --> 00:50:58.583
THE WROUGHT-IRON FENCE,
IS A DONATED FENCE.

00:50:58.584 --> 00:51:02.998
THE MATERIALS EVEN FOR OUR
PAVILION ARE DONATED MATERIALS.

00:51:02.999 --> 00:51:06.833
THE BENCHES THAT THE STUDENTS
SIT ON IS DONATED MATERIALS.

00:51:06.834 --> 00:51:08.998
SO I\"M VERY OPTIMISTIC;
I HAVE TO BE OPTIMISTIC

00:51:08.999 --> 00:51:12.124
BECAUSE IF I WASN\"T,
NONE OF THIS, I THINK,

00:51:12.125 --> 00:51:13.917
WOULD COME TO FRUITION.

00:51:13.918 --> 00:51:14.998
WELCOME TO...

00:51:14.999 --> 00:51:15.584
EDEN PLACE!

00:51:15.585 --> 00:51:17.291
ARE YOU READY
TO HAVE SOME FUN?

00:51:17.292 --> 00:51:17.876
YES!

00:51:17.877 --> 00:51:19.875
ARE YOU READY
TO LEARN ABOUT NATURE?

00:51:19.876 --> 00:51:20.125
YES!

00:51:20.126 --> 00:51:22.750
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT A PRAIRIE PLANT IS?\"

00:51:22.751 --> 00:51:23.042
YES!

00:51:23.043 --> 00:51:26.416
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT A NATIVE PRESERVE IS?

00:51:26.417 --> 00:51:26.918
YES.

00:51:26.919 --> 00:51:29.998
DO YOU WANNA KNOW
WHAT A COMPOSTER IS?

00:51:29.999 --> 00:51:30.167
YES!

00:51:30.168 --> 00:51:33.208
WELL, YOU\"RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE;
YOU\"RE AT EDEN PLACE.

00:51:33.209 --> 00:51:36.166
I WISH I HAD A GARDEN
OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

00:51:36.167 --> 00:51:40.333
Michael Howard:
I HAD THE FEELING THAT FOR THEM
NATURE WAS ALWAYS SOMETHING

00:51:40.334 --> 00:51:43.458
SOMEWHERE ELSE,
SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE THE CITY.

00:51:43.459 --> 00:51:45.998
AND SO WE HAD TO BASICALLY
RETRAIN THE CHILDREN

00:51:45.999 --> 00:51:48.999
IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT NATURE\"S
EVERYWHERE TO BE FOUND,

00:51:49.000 --> 00:51:54.041
AND THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY HAVE
A PIECE OF THE NATURE

00:51:54.042 --> 00:51:56.249
THAT THEY SEE
IN THEIR MIND\"S EYE

00:51:56.250 --> 00:52:00.082
RIGHT HERE IN THEIR OWN
COMMUNITY OF FULLER PARK.

00:52:00.083 --> 00:52:02.124
Woman:
I COME HERE ON SUNDAYS.

00:52:02.125 --> 00:52:03.917
I COME HERE
EVERY CHANCE THAT I GET

00:52:03.918 --> 00:52:06.791
BECAUSE THIS PLACE
IS A NATURE OASIS,

00:52:06.792 --> 00:52:08.625
A SANCTUARY
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY

00:52:08.626 --> 00:52:13.791
THAT THERE ARE NOT MANY PLACES
LIKE THIS ANYWHERE.

00:52:13.792 --> 00:52:17.998
AND MICHAEL TAUGHT A CLASS
THAT WAS CALLED \"DECOMPOSERS,\"

00:52:17.999 --> 00:52:22.249
AND THAT WORMS, SLUGS, BUGS,
THAT KIND OF THING,

00:52:22.250 --> 00:52:23.125
THAT\"S NATURE.

00:52:23.126 --> 00:52:26.291
AND THE PLANT HAS HOLES IN IT;
WHAT DOES THAT TELL US?

00:52:26.292 --> 00:52:28.124
Children:
SOMEBODY\"S BEEN EATING.

00:52:28.125 --> 00:52:31.625
SOMEBODY\"S BEEN EATING;
THAT\"S RIGHT.

00:52:31.626 --> 00:52:32.998
Child:
I GOT A FIRE ANT.

00:52:32.999 --> 00:52:33.999
YOU GOT A FIRE ANT?

00:52:34.000 --> 00:52:37.166
SOMEBODY TELL ME,
ARE ANTS DECOMPOSERS?

00:52:37.167 --> 00:52:37.667
YES.

00:52:37.668 --> 00:52:41.249
YES, LOOKY THERE; HE\"S GOT
A SLUG ON HIS FINGER.

00:52:41.250 --> 00:52:43.249
WHAT\"S OUR WORD
FOR THE DAY?

00:52:43.250 --> 00:52:45.500
Children:
DECOMPOSERS!

00:52:45.501 --> 00:52:47.998
ALL RIGHT, OFF WE GO;
EVERYBODY, LET\"S GO.

00:52:47.999 --> 00:52:51.998
HUTT, HUTT, HUTT, HUTT, HUTT,
HUTT, HUTT, HUTT, HUTT.

00:52:51.999 --> 00:52:56.082
I USE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
AT EDEN PLACE NATURE CENTER

00:52:56.083 --> 00:52:57.208
TO SAVE LIVES.

00:52:57.209 --> 00:53:01.666
AND SO WE USE THE GREEN AND THE
OUTDOORS TO FIGHT THAT APATHY.

00:53:01.667 --> 00:53:03.998
WE USE IT TO FIGHT POVERTY.

00:53:03.999 --> 00:53:06.541
WE USE IT TO FIGHT LITERACY.

00:53:06.542 --> 00:53:08.416
WE USE IT TO FIGHT DRUG ABUSE.

00:53:08.417 --> 00:53:10.249
WE USE IT TO FIGHT RACISM.

00:53:10.250 --> 00:53:12.998
WE USE IT TO FIGHT INDIFFERENCE.

00:53:12.999 --> 00:53:14.833
WE HAVE A LITTLE YOUNG MAN
NAMED MICHAEL.

00:53:14.834 --> 00:53:17.458
HE WAS A TERROR UNTIL WE MADE
A GARDENER OUT OF HIM,

00:53:17.459 --> 00:53:20.998
AND NOW HE\"S THE NUMBER ONE
GUARDIAN OF THE PLANTS OUT HERE.

00:53:20.999 --> 00:53:24.875
AND IT\"S THAT ENTHUSIASM
IN A CHILD THAT TURNS ME ON.

00:53:24.876 --> 00:53:26.917
IT WAS A DEVASTATED,
SAD, SAD PLACE,

00:53:26.918 --> 00:53:31.583
AND NOW IT\"S BEEN CONVERTED,
SO IT IS TRULY AN EDEN PLACE.

00:53:31.584 --> 00:53:33.998
Amelia Howard:
I CALL IT MY
\"MIRACLE ON 43rd STREET.\"

00:53:33.999 --> 00:53:36.541
Michael Howard:
WHAT WE REALLY DO
AT EDEN PLACE NATURE CENTER

00:53:36.542 --> 00:53:41.998
IS WE TRY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY
OF LIFE FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

00:53:41.999 --> 00:53:43.708
IT\"S JUST THAT SIMPLE.

00:53:43.709 --> 00:53:44.958
WE LOVE...

00:53:44.959 --> 00:53:46.291
EDEN PLACE!

00:53:46.292 --> 00:53:47.666
SAY YEAH!

00:53:47.667 --> 00:53:48.209
YEAH!

00:53:48.210 --> 00:53:52.625
MICHAEL HOWARD, DEB PERRYMAN,
MARIAN BYRNES, AND THE OTHERS

00:53:52.626 --> 00:53:56.458
ARE AMONG THOSE DETERMINED TO
LEAVE THEIR COMMUNITIES BETTER

00:53:56.459 --> 00:53:57.500
THAN WHEN THEY ARRIVED.

00:53:57.501 --> 00:53:59.998
THE STORY OF CHICAGO
IS NOT ONE STORY;

00:53:59.999 --> 00:54:04.998
IT IS MANY, OVER THREE MILLION
AND GROWING EVERY DAY.

00:54:04.999 --> 00:54:07.999
THE LATE CHICAGO-SUN TIMES
COLUMNIST, IRV KUPCINET,

00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:09.124
WROTE OF HIS BELOVED CITY,

00:54:09.125 --> 00:54:14.374
\"I\" VE BEEN AMUSED, INTRIGUED,
OUTRAGED, ENTHRALLED,

00:54:14.375 --> 00:54:16.291
\"AND EXASPERATED BY CHICAGO.

00:54:16.292 --> 00:54:19.166
\"AND I\" VE COME TO LOVE
THIS AMERICAN GIANT.

00:54:19.167 --> 00:54:24.292
THERE IS NONEQUITE LIKE
MY CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS.\"

00:54:26.834 --> 00:54:29.625
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT

00:54:29.626 --> 00:54:33.208
AND HOW TO BRING
YOUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER,

00:54:33.209 --> 00:54:35.584
VISIT US AT...

00:54:38.751 --> 00:54:42.124
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AND THE DVD

00:54:42.125 --> 00:54:46.249
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OFEDENS LOST & FOUND

00:54:46.250 --> 00:54:51.542
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PLEASE CALL THIS NUMBER.

00:54:53.167 --> 00:54:56.875
♪ CHICAGO, CHICAGO ♪

00:54:56.876 --> 00:55:00.166
♪ THAT TODDLING TOWN ♪

00:55:00.167 --> 00:55:01.875
♪ ON STATE STREET ♪

00:55:01.876 --> 00:55:03.958
♪ THAT GREAT STREET ♪

00:55:03.959 --> 00:55:06.416
♪ I JUST WANT TO SAY ♪

00:55:06.417 --> 00:55:13.124
♪ THEY DO THINGS THEY DON\"T
DON\"T DO ON BROADWAY ♪

00:55:13.125 --> 00:55:16.208
♪ THEY HAVE THE TIME,
THE TIME OF THEIR LIFE ♪

00:55:16.209 --> 00:55:19.875
♪ I SAW A MAN
AND HE DANCED WITH HIS WIFE ♪

00:55:19.876 --> 00:55:23.041
♪ IN CHICAGO ♪

00:55:23.042 --> 00:55:26.458
♪ CHICAGO ♪

00:55:26.459 --> 00:55:28.500
♪ CHICAGO! ♪

00:55:28.501 --> 00:55:36.291
♪ MY HOMETOW-OW-OWN ♪

00:55:36.292 --> 00:55:38.250
YEAH!!

00:55:40.167 --> 00:55:42.998
MAJOR FUNDING
FOREDENS LOST & FOUND

00:55:42.999 --> 00:55:46.875
WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY CDM,

00:55:46.876 --> 00:55:48.583
SEEKING TO CREATE

00:55:48.584 --> 00:55:50.998
LASTING ENVIRONMENTAL
AND INFRASTRUCTURE SOLUTIONS

00:55:50.999 --> 00:55:53.249
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A COMMUNITY\"S FUTURE.

00:55:53.250 --> 00:55:57.249
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DEDICATED TO THE SUSTAINABILITY

00:55:57.250 --> 00:56:01.998
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00:56:01.999 --> 00:56:09.333
THE JOHN D.AND CATHERINE T.
MacARTHUR FOUNDATION.

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THE BOEING COMPANY,

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COMMITTED TO ONGOING INNOVATION
IN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.

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BOEING: FOREVER NEW FRONTIERS.

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ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY...

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