Millennium City: Richard M. Daley & Global ChicagoMain MenuChicago in 1989Richard M. DaleyA Livable CityDiversity and NeighborhoodsGlobal ChicagoInto the MillenniumAboutComplete Interviews and TranscriptsBiographies of and links to each full-lenth interview and corresponding transcript.David Greensteinc7fc3212990439fbd3c1dd961272d52f1519d8e6Dan Harpereff3db32ed95b3efe91d381826e2c10c145cd452Larissa Mukundwa0c6cb03c337751b5774fa39d09352cf04aec006eUniversity of Illinois at Chicago Library
Mayor Daley and a London policeman
1media/EXH_RMD16_07_0060_0018_007_012_thumb.jpg2020-06-11T13:42:03-05:00Allan Berryecbff91fd95c913af0b15c5fb02dfea79da3c78a55Mayor Richard M. Daley shakes hands with a policeman in London during a trip to England, September 18, 1989. EXH_RMD16_07_0060_0018_007_012plain2020-07-07T16:23:37-05:001989-09-18Dan Harpereff3db32ed95b3efe91d381826e2c10c145cd452
1media/EXH_RMD16_07_0060_0018_007_012.jpg2020-04-14T03:35:19-05:00International Travel43plain2021-01-29T16:27:54-06:00Mayor Daley traveled frequently to promote Chicago to overseas audiences from London to Shanghai. The trips were part of his broader efforts to sell the city as a destination for tourists and as a desirable location for businesses and investors. Lori Healey explains that international travel also provided the mayor with inspiration for his plans to beautify the city and to transform downtown into a "24/7 live, work, play environment": Building connections to places like China was a part of the city's efforts to develop Chicago as a global city, according to Lori Healey: In 2011, Chinese President Hu Jintao paid a formal visit to Chicago and Mayor Daley: