Rev. Jesse Jackson Charmed the Great and the Infamous, Trying to Make a Difference

Rev. Jesse Jackson charmed the great and the infamous, trying to make a difference

The Century Shopping Centre at 2828 N. Clark Street was built inside the old Diversey Theatre, a defunct 1925 vaudeville house. It has an interior atrium, sort of Water Tower Place Lite, and a winding ramp, past seven stories of shops. My then wife-to-be and I were wandering there, years ago, heading up the ramp, when we encountered a mass of people coming the other way. Rev. Jesse Jackson, with a knot of shoppers, photographers and media. Campa…

Rev. Jesse Jackson Helped Open Up Curtis Granderson Stadium

Tuesday marked the passing of Civil Rights leader, former Presidential candidate and 1980s sociopolitcal icon Reverend Jesse Jackson.  The Founder of Operation Push lived until the age of 84. And he was on hand on April 17, 2014 as New York Mets Center Fielder Curtis Granderson returned to his native Chicago to open and christen Curtis Granderson Stadium, at the University of Illinois-Chicago. So with that mind, we know revisit that monumental d…