Chicago | Wrigley Field | Marshall Field
A Queen Of The Queen Of The Heartland
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Mark SealWhat Chicago landmarks do you love?
Wrigley Field is fantastic. It's a real park, and it's right
in the middle of a neighborhood. If someone hits a homer, a
kid on the street could still catch it. There are the
bleacher bums, whom I think someone wrote a play about. They
sit in the cheap seats on the right- and left-hand sides, and
Wrigley Field won't presell [those seats]. They only sell
them the day of the game, and the bleacher bums line up to
get them. The tradition is that if a visiting team hits a
homer to the bleacher bums, they don't keep the ball; they
throw it back to the team because they don't want it. Wrigley
Field - greatest park in the majors. You know, it was the
last park to get lights. It was a huge decision. They don't
want change. Everyone thought it would ruin the park or ruin
the feel of the park.
Chicago is a city based on neighborhoods, so you have wonderful,
upscale ethnic restaurants, but because they are neighborhood
based, they are not expensive. I have to say that's true of Chicago
in general. It's kept its local flavor, and it seems like
Chicagoans are so fiercely into things that are Chicagoan. There is
a wonderful department store called Marshall Field's, and it is
quintessentially Chicago.
Marshall Field's was sold to Macy's, and
everyone said, "Okay, fine," until they were going to change the
name to Macy's, and then people boycotted. [Macy's] didn't
understand the psychology of the people of Chicago. They won't put
up with someone taking their individuality away. They pride
themselves on it.
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