Ask Geoffrey: A Brief History of Chicago’s Trash
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Why Chicago said good riddance to some bad rubbish boxes.
Longtime Chicago Ald. Roman Pucinski once said, “There’s nothing as crucial to an alderman as garbage.” So how did garbage cans become a source and symbol of political power in this city? Geoffrey Baer talks trash.
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Ask Geoffrey: A Brief History of Chicago’s Trash
Clip: 5/28/2020 | 5m 44sVideo has Closed Captions
Longtime Chicago Ald. Roman Pucinski once said, “There’s nothing as crucial to an alderman as garbage.” So how did garbage cans become a source and symbol of political power in this city? Geoffrey Baer talks trash.
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