The Boss and the Bulldozer A Chicago Stories Documentary

They called him The Boss. Richard J. Daley, Chicagos mayor from 1955 to 1976, came into office at a time when American cities like Chicago were losing population and industry to the suburbs in a phenomenon known as white flight. Daleys answer was to build. He pulled together a team of city planners to create his 1958 Plan for the Central City of Chicago and he used it as the blueprint to build a modern downtown. But Daley s vision for a modern Chicago came with a cost. Between 1948 and 1963, nearly 168, 000 people were displaced in the city of Chicago. Old neighborhoods disappeared and newly constructed areas faced increasing racial pressures. Dive deeper into the story: Watch more amazing Chicago Stories: , ChicagoStoriesWTTW