[Condor51]

You have to understand (from a Chicago perspective) the important words in the article are Hyde Park.

That's the home terf of the Univ of Chicago and 'leftists' (commies) by the dozens. It was and still is racially mixed. Used to be heavily Jewish, I 'think' a few remain.

So Obama being there for support isn't a shock.

(That area also has the Museum of Science and Industry - a great place for kids especially boys, it's eye popping with gadgets, and the U-505.)

[Erasmus]

That's the home terf of the Univ of Chicago and 'leftists' (commies) by the dozens. It was and still is racially mixed. Used to be heavily Jewish, I 'think' a few remain.

They once scheduled a speech by George Lincoln Rockwell. Got moved from one venue to another because of a bomb threat.

It was a freeze-Hillary's-mammary weather. I was among the many demonstrators frostbitten on that fair eve.

[Erasmus]

Re the Museum

Additional present-day attractions (most long-established):

The coal mine
The Burlington Zephyr
The 727 hung from the ceiling
The whispering gallery
1910 Main Street
Mercury capsule
Imax theatre

From days gone by:

The 50,000 watt light bulb
The original O-scale train layout
See your self on color TV!
Hear yourself recorded over the telephone!
How the phone network works
Sound over lightwaves
The WTTW studios