The Church of the Epiphany, nicknamed the People’s Church, “was an important gathering place,” said Leila Wills, executive director of the Historical Preservation Society. “It wasn’t just the Illinois Chapter [of the Black Panther Party] that held meetings there. They had anti-draft meetings there. They fed the homeless there.”
Both Daleys were adamant that Chicago’s famous Mob-related sites not be celebrated as landmark sites. Odd that we now want to celebrate a black gang site.
It’s a nice building, worth saving for its architectural value. But to promote the importance of a Chicago street-crime gang that dealt in drugs and guns is wrong.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Call it the Betty Van Patter Center for Peace.
Both Daleys were adamant that Chicago’s famous Mob-related sites not be celebrated as landmark sites. Odd that we now want to celebrate a black gang site.
It’s a nice building, worth saving for its architectural value. But to promote the importance of a Chicago street-crime gang that dealt in drugs and guns is wrong.