Certain People (2016)
“These proud apartment houses, curving northward in a seemingly endless procession of canopied entrances and uniformed doormen, address the morning sun and the shimmer of the lake in an attitude of limitless self-satisfaction. The buildings are, of course, a magnificent facade, a screen that hides a somewhat different situation because just a few short blocks to the west of Lake Shore Drive the city shrugs its shoulders and collapses into an appalling slum of cheap rooming houses and dingy bars,... weed-filled vacant lots and cracked sidewalks where it is dangerous to walk at night, an area that has become predominantly black. Still, North Lake Shore Drive—the “Gold Coast,” as it is called—remains Chicago’s most prestigious address. Here, in vast floor-through apartments and a few remaining private city mansions, live Chicago’s rich.
Along Lake Shore Drive are not only the homes of Chicago’s Old Guard—Swifts, McCormicks, Wrigleys, Swearingens, Seeburgs, Paepckes, and Palmers—but also the new-rich arrivistes.MoreLess
Along Lake Shore Drive are not only the homes of Chicago’s Old Guard—Swifts, McCormicks, Wrigleys, Swearingens, Seeburgs, Paepckes, and Palmers—but also the new-rich arrivistes.MoreLess
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