By the time he left office on May 16, 2011, Mayor Richard M. Daley
had served six terms and more than twenty-two years at the helm of
Chicago's City Hall, making him the longest serving mayor in the
city's history. Richard M. Daley was the son of the legendary
machine boss, Mayor Richard J. Daley, who had presided over the
city during the post-World War II urban crisis. Richard M. Daley
led a period of economic restructuring after that difficult era by
building a vibrant tourist economy. Costas Spirou and Dennis R.
Judd focus on Richard M. Daley's role in transforming Chicago's
economy and urban culture.The construction of the "city of
spectacle" required that Daley deploy leadership and vision to
remake Chicago's image and physical infrastructure. He gained the
resources and political power necessary for supporting an
aggressive program of construction that focused on signature
projects along the city's lakefront, including especially
Millennium Park, Navy Pier, the Museum Campus, Northerly Island,
Soldier Field, and two major expansions of McCormick Place, the
city's convention center. During this period Daley also presided
over major residential construction in the Loop and in the
surrounding neighborhoods, devoted millions of dollars to
beautification efforts across the city, and increased the number of
summer festivals and events across Grant Park. As a result of all
these initiatives, the number of tourists visiting Chicago
skyrocketed during the Daley years.Daley has been harshly
criticized in some quarters for building a tourist-oriented economy
and infrastructure at the expense of other priorities. Daley left
his successor, Rahm Emanuel, with serious issues involving a
long-standing pattern of police malfeasance, underfunded and uneven
schools, inadequate housing opportunities, and intractable
budgetary crises. Nevertheless, Spirou and Judd conclude, because
Daley helped transform Chicago into a leading global city with an
exceptional urban culture, he also left a positive imprint on the
city that will endure for decades to come.
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