You can watch this interview in its entirety along with other oral histories, cspan. Org history. Welcome to the 30 sixth annual planning board, please help me give a special thank you to all the sponsors. Before we begin. And the camera flashes. I will introduce today, in conversation proud smith with rick cogan. And with chicago great fire. And and please join me, please welcome rick hogan. You are good to come out on a hot day like this. A big part of this book, the paperback edition was just out and in the current of that addition, simply put, the best book ever written about my father who i admired tremendously wrote a book about the fire and i still say this. My brother is here. Where we have run out of things, you knew my dad. I came to chicago, just finished graduate school in yale in newhaven connecticut. What i was most interested in was history and culture in the second half of the nineteenth century. And weve got this job on northwestern. I was teaching a heavy load but in
Could you speak into the microphone . We have quorum today, and the following staff are in attenance [indiscernible] okay. Thank you craig. There is one change to the agenda. Well take two items out of order and well call item 10 portsmouth square before item 9, Patricia Green. From the original stated agenda. I like to welcome all persons to attend in person at 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, room 416. This meeting is streamed on s fgovtv. This grants technology for those listance, please be mindful tech related difficulties could incur which contribute to gaps and delays. Please know we are doing our best and ask for patience. At this meeting we are bound to follow the structural of our agenda and adhere to the best practice out in the Good Government guide. At every meeting there will be a opportunity for general Public Comment where members may comment on any item pertaining to this body. Public comment is taken in person with Remote Access provided for those who require ada accomm
We have quorum today, and the following staff are in attenance [indiscernible] okay. Thank you craig. There is one change to the agenda. Well take two items out of order and well call item 10 portsmouth square before item 9, Patricia Green. From the original stated agenda. I like to welcome all persons to attend in person at 1 dr. Carlton b goodlett place, room 416. This meeting is streamed on s fgovtv. This grants technology for those listance, please be mindful tech related difficulties could incur which contribute to gaps and delays. Please know we are doing our best and ask for patience. At this meeting we are bound to follow the structural of our agenda and adhere to the best practice out in the Good Government guide. At every meeting there will be a opportunity for general Public Comment where members may comment on any item pertaining to this body. Public comment is taken in person with Remote Access provided for those who require ada accommodation. Respectfully, we ask your kee
South as the Silverado Country Club. When im saying that, that line is both high ground and low ground. And i know for a fact there are hundreds of homes up there. And, again, youre still not seeing any [ indiscernible ]. Correct . No, and i cant imagine would that would be, given the level of smoke up above the fire, and the wind right now. It just seems to be smoking. It is getting heavier and heavier with regard to the smoke im breathing right now. Mark, for people not familiar with that area, can you talk about where this fire is, the number of homes in the area, and whether there are businesses, as well . You mentioned the Silverado Country Club. Reporter yeah. So im quite a ways away from celtics Silverado Country Club. But im familiar with the geography, and it appears to be close to that, and there are some very expensive homes up in those hills that look to be jeopardized. Im going to say coloneller is vattively dozens and dozens of conservatively dozens and dozens of homes ri