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 at Park District event
1media/EXH_RMD16_07_0473_0007_001_thumb.jpg2020-04-27T20:05:29-05:00Dan Harpereff3db32ed95b3efe91d381826e2c10c145cd45258Mayor Richard M. Daley with members of the O'Hallaran Park Advisory Council in Chicago, July 26, 2008. EXH_RMD16_07_0473_0007_001plain2020-07-07T16:54:12-05:002008-07-26Dan Harpereff3db32ed95b3efe91d381826e2c10c145cd452
Daley endorsed programs to make Chicago more environmentally friendly and a more pleasant place to live.
Parks
Under Daley’s stewardship, the Chicago Park District reformed its personnel policies, added hundreds of acres of park land, and redirected its focus to entice Chicagoans to city parks.
Forrest Claypool recalls the changes he made after Daley appointed him Superintendent of the Chicago Park District (1993-1998):
Gery Chico remembers doing “something about fun” every day when he ran the Chicago Park District (2007-2010):
