Editing Harold Washington (section)

==Legacy==
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At a party held shortly after his re-election on April 7, 1987, Washington said to a group of supporters, "In the old days, when you told people in other countries that you were from Chicago, they would say, 'Boom-boom! Rat-a-tat-tat!' Nowadays, they say [crowd joins with him], 'How's Harold?'!"<ref name="terry_19870407">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB36D5FC7C67DF0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=AA98CDC331574F0ABEAFF732B33DC0B2 |title=Mayor proves results worth singing about |author1=Terry, Don |author2=Pitt, Leon |date=April 8, 1987 |access-date=January 27, 2007 |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref>

In later years, various city facilities and institutions were named or renamed after the late mayor to commemorate his legacy. The new building housing the main branch of the [[Chicago Public Library]], located at 400 South [[State Street (Chicago)|State Street]], was named the [[Harold Washington Library Center]]. The [[Chicago Public Library]] Special Collections, located on the building's 9th floor, house the Harold Washington Archives and Collections. These archives hold numerous collections related to Washington's life and political career.<ref>Harold Washington Archives and Collections at Chicago Public Library {{cite web |url=http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/harold-washington/p/Spcharold/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 27, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131229033630/http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/harold-washington/p/Spcharold/ |archive-date=December 29, 2013 }}</ref> The building also contains [[Jacob Lawrence]]'s mural ''[[Events in the Life of Harold Washington]]''.

Five months after Washington's sudden death in office, a ceremony was held on April 19, 1988, changing the name of Loop College, one of the [[City Colleges of Chicago]], to [[Harold Washington College]]. Harold Washington Elementary School in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood is also named after the former mayor. In August 2004, the {{convert|40000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Harold Washington Cultural Center]] opened to the public in the [[Douglas, Chicago#Bronzeville|Bronzeville]] neighborhood. Across from the Hampton House apartments where Washington lived, a city park was renamed [[Harold Washington Park]], which was known for "Harold's Parakeets",<ref>[http://www.monkparakeet.com/jmsouth/nests1.html Monk Parakeet Nests in Harold Washington Park] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317053549/http://www.monkparakeet.com/jmsouth/nests1.html |date=March 17, 2012 }}</ref> a colony of feral [[monk parakeet]]s that inhabited Ash Trees in the park. A building on the campus of [[Chicago State University]] is named Harold Washington Hall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://csu.edu/locator/campusmap/index.htm# |title= Chicago State University|website=csu.edu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501044553/http://csu.edu/locator/campusmap/index.htm |archive-date=May 1, 2012}}</ref>

Six months after Washington's death, [[School of the Art Institute of Chicago]] student David Nelson painted ''[[Mirth & Girth]]'', a full-length portrait depicting Washington wearing women's lingerie. The work was unveiled on May 11, 1988, opening day of SAIC's annual student exhibition.<ref name="hanania_19880513">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB36DD3D90C4278&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=AA98CDC331574F0ABEAFF732B33DC0B2 |title=Art Institute surrenders – Will bar controversial painting of Washington |date=May 13, 1988 |access-date=January 27, 2008 |author1=Hanania, Ray |author2=Cronin, Barry |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref> Within hours, City aldermen and members of the Chicago Police Department seized the painting. It was later returned, but with a five-inch (13&nbsp;cm) gash in the canvas. Nelson, assisted by the [[ACLU]], filed a federal lawsuit against the city, claiming that the painting's confiscation and subsequent damaging violated his First Amendment rights. The complainants eventually split a [[USD|US$]]95,000 (1994, [[USD|US$]]138,000 in 2008) settlement from the city.<ref name="lehmann_20080921">{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CSTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0EB421DDDCC02773&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=AA98CDC331574F0ABEAFF732B33DC0B2 |title=City settles suit over Washington painting |date=September 21, 1994 |access-date=February 10, 2008 |author1=Lehmann, Daniel J. |author2=Golab, Art |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times}}</ref>