“Trees must be tough to live in Chicago,” according to a recent press release from the Morton Arboretum in suburban Lisle. “For a tree to grow well in the city, it must be hardy enough to withstand sub-zero winter temperatures and extreme summer heat. It must have a root system capable of surviving in confined rooting spaces and very poor soils. Trees planted close to roadways must be able to withstand pollutants, including deicing salt used on roadways and sidewalks.”
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“The concept of affirmative action essentially is a euphemism for reparations,” writes Salim Muwakkil in In These Times (March 20), “and this point is lost when its advocates urge its expansion across race lines. African-Americans were deeply damaged by the institution of slavery; indeed, they were created by slavery. Until this society understands the need to devote itself to repairing that damage, it seems certain that we will continue to drift from crisis to crisis, until we reach one too many.”
Like getting a Nobel Prize on death row. The Cliff Dwellers Club atop Orchestra Hall on South Michigan will be dedicated as a “literary landmark” June 23 by the Friends of Libraries U.S.A. The club’s landlord, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, remains determined to evict the Cliff Dwellers by May 1996.
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): Illustration/Carl Kock.
