Reading Thursday, May 22, 2008

Move aside. Don't linger. And if you're going to dawdle, get out of the way. But what any Chicagoan will also tell you is that the past is very much present. It doesn't go away. It shouldn't. In fact, that's Chicago's lure and its beauty: its ability to take what was and figure out what could be.

If anyone has ever asked you "What's so great about Chicago?," now you can explain it to them.