Thinking back to the projects...

I love how all the speeches so far at the Democratic National Convention reduce the South Side of Chicago to some generic representation of the economic woes befalling America.

"He chose to go to Chicago. The South Side. There he met men and women who had lost their jobs. Their neighborhood was devastated when the local steel plant closed. Their dreams deferred. Their dignity shattered. Their self-esteem gone."

As if the 1993 closing of South Works was the principal problem plaguing Hyde Park.