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  mheun 11:53:57 am on November 8, 2008 | 0 | # |
  Tags: Chicago, obama, Olympics

  The city of Chicago has been extra busy the last few months. Accommodating for large crowds and more use of public transportation. Everything was run smoothly and without any major problems. The 3 day Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park saw record numbers to witness headline bands Rage Against the Machine and Radiohead. While the weather for the festival was uncomfortably warm, Chicago officials did a great job to ensure everyone’s safety. It was then on to the exciting, but disappointing, October. The Cubs and White Sox charged into October both capturing division crowns, while the South Side hosted a deciding 163rd game playoff. The city was buzzing from the success as both sides showed their loyalty. Once baseball had quickly come and gone, attention focused on Chicago native Barack Obama. Rallying support for the presidential candidate grew all the way till Tuesday’s election day. An event like this further proves Chicago’s ability to take on large crowds, and making a safe environment for everyone. With Chicago and Grant Park in the recent spotlight, the Lollapalooza festival inked a new 10 year contract. Will this encourage voters for the future Olympic bid? Having a “hometown hero” as President surely doesn’t hurt Chicago’s chances.

  

   
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  azdziar1 12:40:52 pm on November 7, 2008 | 0 | # |
  Tags: obama, volunteer

  This was an interview done with a 23 year old named Anthony Magnifico, who was a volunteered to work for the Obama campaign in Iowa. This was the first time he had ever volunteered and some of his duties involved calling potential supporters and independent voters as well. He helped set up events and even got to meet Obama himself. He also contributed by donating to the campaign as well. He described this as an overall great experience and he ended up getting a job with the campaign as a result.

   
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  Jennifer Healy 11:16:05 pm on November 6, 2008 | 0 | # |
  Tags: Chicago, grant park, obama, Rally

  Election day is an amazing event. In a world where status is equated with importance, election day in the one chance to wipe all that away. When we vote, we are all equal. Working in a 5-star hotel, I am constantly fed the idea that a person’s “importance” is determined by money or fame. Having an American Express Black card earns you exemption from rules of “common” society. But it does not earn you any more votes. It does not add more value to your ballot. On election day, the playing field is leveled. My vote is worth just as much as Donald Trump’s, or Mayor Daley’s, or Bill Gates. My age, my gender, my race, my bank account; they don’t matter. When I vote, I matter. My voice is heard.

  This election, my voice helped make history.

  History.

  That’s what we saw on November 4th, 2008 when Barack Obama was elected the first African-American president of the United States. I joined 70,000 of my closest friends at Grant Park on Tuesday night to witness it first hand. We were hearded together like cattle, standing for upwards of seven hours, shoulder to shoulder, (or in my case, shoulder to elbow); yet it didn’t deter supporters from trying to get a glimpse of the next President of our country. I don’t think the true reality of what was transpiring around me had fully set in yet. As I join Chicago in the jubilation of the last 48 hours, it has really started to hit me what November 4th, 2008 will mean to history. And I was there. I flash forward 50 or 60 years and picture telling my grandchildren about how I was there when the first black president of the United States gave his acceptance speech. I watched with the thousands that packed Hutchinson Field as the results rolled in on the jumbo-tron. I voted for history. I was there.

   
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  Britt 11:25:24 am on November 6, 2008 | 0 | # |
  Tags: Election night, Life Outside, obama

  Next Tuesday night Barack Obama will join the ranks of FDR, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Pope when he addresses supporter in Chicago’s Grant Park. The Obama campaign announced last week that the senator and Democratic presidential candidate will be hosting his Election Night Party on the south side of Grant Park known as Hutchinson Field. Whether there are cheers of joy or sorrow the park is expected to be filled with Obama supporters number in the tens of thousands.

  The campaign has yet to determine if tickets will be required to enter the park. However, we are assured that either way the event will be free and open to the public. Then you may ask who is footing the bill for so much foot traffic, food vendors and security, well the money will be coming out of Barack’s pocket and there is a rumor going around that the media will be required to pay in order to enter and broadcast from the event.

  There is a small problem about tickets though. Apparently, you could have registered online this past Tuesday night to receive 2 tickets. Maybe I’ve been under a rock but I didn’t hear of this opportunity until it was too late. I don’t think I am alone in wishing I could get my hands on some tickets.

   
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  lauren 08:06:55 pm on November 5, 2008 | 0 | # |
  Tags: Chicago, Election night, grant park, obama, Rally

  Here’s video coverage from the election night rally in Grant Park! I arrived around 4:45 in the evening yesterday and got to watch Grant Park fill up pretty fast with people (there was a couple by me who even came all of the way from Canada!)… the video is a chronological documentation of the entire night, leading up to and including the crowd’s reaction to Obama’s victory.
  

   
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  gina05 06:13:28 pm on November 4, 2008 | 3 | # |
  Tags: Chicago, democratic, election, grantpark, mccain, obama, party

  Last night, I went out to Grant Park to get a glimpse of what would be going on today.  It was so quiet and still it was as though a shock wave might be rolling through. 

  Security was really tight.  A lot of news media were out and had already set up shop for today.  I did catch a glimpse of the stage.  And it does seem as though the city has put in a lot of extra effort to enforse the area over the night and what could only be imagined for today.   

  Today, I will be filming at Grant Park, but I’m also going to hit up the Hilton hotel to caputre the republican election party.  It should be quite the contrast.

  This, as you have probably noticed is not like my other posts, a little less Eco, but I did want to share what I had captured at the opening of Grant Park party.  Litter! 

  For those traveling down to the park tonight, please remember to pick up after yourselves.  The park may go through post traumatic stress after the night is over.

   
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  Leah 02:21:31 am on October 31, 2008 | 0 | # |
  Tags: graffiti, mural, obama, street art

  

  

  

   
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  Milan 01:53:27 pm on October 28, 2008 | 0 | # |
  Tags: Chicago, concert, madonna, obama

   

  My apologies on being tardy with my post but I have a good excuse…MADONNA! 

  Last night I was able to partake in the cultural rite of passage so few get to experience; I got to see Madonna herself perform no more than five feet away from me! I could hardly contain myself as the lights and music, allowed me to slip into an almost lucid state of euphoria. And then it hit me.

  

  As the concert reached what might be considered the middle portion the lights went out, the back screens illuminated and displayed a fashion forward illusion of Madonna insisting that I “act now!” A montage of past political figures “good and bad” such as Hitler and Stalin juxtaposed Mother Thresa and…Barack Obama! Woah!

  I like Barack as much as the next guy and in fact I endorse him for president, but what of politics in music? As i was almost hypnotized by the show I was being bombarded with political messages much like subliminal advertising and I couldn’t get enough. In a mob frenzy people began to cheer and go insane almost to the likes of which I remember in a Nazi documentary which analyzed mob mentality. I  never realized just how easy it is to “join the crowd” but I couldnt help myself…”its frickin Madonna!”

  If that is the case and it is our pop icons that can influence elections votes and shape global agenda, let pray that those icons success and all have the little peoples best interest at heart. Barack Obama wants to double tax incomes greater the $250,000. Last time I checked that was most of Hollywood and everyone who is shaping our generation. Just something to think about…

   
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  Leah 11:10:05 pm on October 27, 2008 | 1 | # |
  Tags: ad, art, mural, obama, paint, street art

  If you’ve walked by the Smoke Shack on Halsted at Altgeld recently, you’ve noticed a new mural going up on the wall next door.

  

  The artist responsible is keeping it low-key; staying out of my pictures, not giving me his name or even his graf alias. But he did tell me that this is what he does for a living- traveling the nation, working for advertisers. He has the rights to this wall, so he decided to do a free just-for-fun portrait of Obama.

  So what if Obama doesn’t win? He told me the mural would still stay up. “It’s only as much of a political statement as you make it. It’s just a portrait, I’m not telling people to vote or anything. I hope he wins,” he added, laughing. “I’ve got a lot of money bet on him.”

  He also gave me a heads up about one of his commercial pieces at the intersection of Ashland, Elston, and Armitage. I didn’t have to look long before recognizing his style in this Rémy Martin ad:

  

   
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  jurbikas 10:12:33 pm on October 14, 2008 | 7 | # |
  Tags: advertising, coffee cup poll, election, obama, poll

  My previous post brings up the question of if Obama is advertising too much.  The other day while waiting for the El I saw a man with a coffee cup… that said Obama and something along the lines of CNN on the cup sleeve.  I was taken aback, I couldn’t imagine where this guy got a cup like that, but hey, its been said to have worked on Obama’s initial target audience.

  

  Well, in case I’m not the only one who has apparently lived in a box for the past few elections, 7-11 is running their own sort of presidential poll* with every partisan cup of copy purchased.  Apparently it’s pretty accurate.

  It isn’t the campaigns advertising, but it is a way for YOU to advertise your vote.

  *Link doesn’t work in Firefox

   

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