Editing Richard M. Daley (section)

=== Legacy ===
[[File:Address (2376412287).jpg|thumb|right|Daley in [[Chicago City Hall]] ]]
Daley was supported by Chicago's traditionally [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] business community.<ref name=Betancur>{{cite journal|first1=John J.|last1=Betancur|first2=Douglas C.|last2=Gills |title=Community Development in Chicago: From Harold Washington to Richard M. Daley|journal=Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science|volume=594 |pages=92–108|issue=1 |doi=10.1177/0002716204265181|year=2004|s2cid=146326932}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Is Mayor Daley Really a Republican? |first=Gretchen |last=Reynolds |date=December 1991 |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-1991/Is-Mayor-Daley-Really-a-Republican/ |work=[[Chicago Magazine]]}}</ref> He came under criticism for focusing city resources on the development of businesses downtown, the North, Near South, and Near West Sides, while neglecting neighborhoods in the other areas of the city; in particular the needs of low-income residents.<ref name=Betancur/> According to ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' columnist Steve Chapman, "Daley lasted 22 years in office partly because he resolved to ingratiate himself with black Chicagoans. He appointed blacks to high positions, stressed his commitment to provide services to all neighborhoods, tore down public housing projects, and pushed reform of the minority-dominated public schools."<ref>Chapman, Steve (February 14, 2011) [http://reason.com/archives/2011/02/14/for-chicago-mayor-a-race-again/singlepage For Chicago Mayor, A Race Against Race], ''[[Reason magazine|Reason]]''</ref> Daley focused on Chicago as a tourist destination as opposed to a manufacturing base, improved and expanded parkland, added flower planters along many primary streets, and oversaw the creation of [[Millennium Park]] on what had previously been an abandoned train yard.<ref name="tmagazine"/> He spearheaded the conversion of [[Navy Pier]] into a popular tourist destination. Daley supported [[immigration reform]], and green building initiatives,<ref name="tmagazine"/> for which he was presented with an [[Honor Award]] from the [[National Building Museum]] in 2009 as a "visionary in sustainability."<ref name="Honor Award">{{cite news |url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/04/national-building-museum-to-honor-daley-and-chicago-for-the-greening-of-chicago-.html |title=National Building Museum to honor Daley for greening of Chicago |author=Kamen, Blair |date=April 8, 2009 |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=March 3, 2011 |archive-date=May 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510023109/http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/theskyline/2009/04/national-building-museum-to-honor-daley-and-chicago-for-the-greening-of-chicago-.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chicago avoided some of the most severe economic contractions of other Midwest cities along the Great Lakes such as Detroit and [[Cleveland]].<ref name="nytxx">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/09/opinion/09thurs3.html|title=After Mayor Daley|last=Editorial|date=September 8, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 9, 2010}}</ref><ref name="nytc">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/us/politics/08daley.html|title=Chicago's 'Mayor for Life' Decides Not to Run|last=Saulny|first=Susan|date=September 8, 2010|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 9, 2010}}</ref>