Chicago, my town, is a city of neighborhoods, and all of it shocking and wonderful. I would not live in another city. But the Chicago Sandburg describes is only a small part of what Chicago is. It is almost an outsider view it seems, because if you ask a Chicagoan what Chicago is you would get a different answer in Lakeview than you would in South Side. If you go to China Town it is a completely different Chicago as it is Old Town.
@chopin65 Hey there. Did you think about how he wrote this in 1916? Yeah, every city is different in every direction... but there was a time when that city was not what it is today, in every direction including the places that you may think are untouched by time...everything...is different.
This is awful.
ButtersMcFly 1 year ago 2
@ButtersMcFly I agree, it's not a good reading. A famous critic liked it though and featured it on his blog.
SpokenVerse 1 year ago
@ButtersMcFly I just made a fresh reading. Couldn't listen to that again.
SpokenVerse 1 year ago
Amen. Fuck yeah.
begrackled 1 year ago
Chicago, my town, is a city of neighborhoods, and all of it shocking and wonderful. I would not live in another city. But the Chicago Sandburg describes is only a small part of what Chicago is. It is almost an outsider view it seems, because if you ask a Chicagoan what Chicago is you would get a different answer in Lakeview than you would in South Side. If you go to China Town it is a completely different Chicago as it is Old Town.
chopin65 2 years ago
@chopin65 Hey there. Did you think about how he wrote this in 1916? Yeah, every city is different in every direction... but there was a time when that city was not what it is today, in every direction including the places that you may think are untouched by time...everything...is different.
drfred1203 11 months ago
@drfred1203 I understand it was a different city then.
chopin65 11 months ago
Excellent.
greyhoundfriend123 2 years ago
I think you did a great job with this one, as did Sandburg!
PTLeahy 2 years ago
Beautiful.
mudvaynechick 2 years ago