tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post4287696343270479178..comments2023-04-01T06:34:38.141-05:00Comments on Hyde Park Progress: Hungry for Preservation or Power?chicago pophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-27507734608306707372008-12-05T11:15:00.000-06:002008-12-05T11:15:00.000-06:00Take a look at the photo of Jack Spicer in the ori...Take a look at the photo of Jack Spicer in the original post. Looks like a bad attempt to imitate Charlton (Moses) Heston delivering the Ten Commandments in the movie. Sort of goes with being the self-appointed Supreme Conserver and Preserver.Richard Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773215580457414540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-4148914255445586722008-11-26T12:40:00.000-06:002008-11-26T12:40:00.000-06:00Boy, talk about no class. Jack takes gloating and ...Boy, talk about no class. Jack takes gloating and self-congratulation to a whole new level, all thinly veiled in terms like "democracy".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-31320096982782737082008-11-26T08:56:00.000-06:002008-11-26T08:56:00.000-06:00Wow, the contrasting letters in the Hyde Park Hera...Wow, the contrasting letters in the Hyde Park Herald this week -- one gleeful and glib from Jack Spicer and one quite somber from Bruce White (of White Lodging) -- speak volumes about the two sides in this hotel debate.Elizabeth Famahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04931639156261179425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-3905893039701127762008-11-25T21:17:00.000-06:002008-11-25T21:17:00.000-06:00Once you interpret Spicer as the self-appointed "s...Once you interpret Spicer as the self-appointed "shadow Alderman" of Hyde Park, I think a lot of his actions come into clearer view.Awahneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07113956939227626311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-18961675956264095602008-11-25T18:54:00.000-06:002008-11-25T18:54:00.000-06:00Or Master of his Domain.Or Master of his Domain.edjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593866936717576973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-55343516576439252102008-11-25T14:46:00.000-06:002008-11-25T14:46:00.000-06:00King of all he can preserve.King of all he can preserve.Peter Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610159670466039455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-46363780357276913372008-11-25T12:53:00.000-06:002008-11-25T12:53:00.000-06:00The trick to maintaining royal legitimacy (in the ...The trick to maintaining royal legitimacy (in the case of the auto-coronation of King Spicer that we've witnessed here) is to preserve your power while making it appear as if it flows from the "community."<BR/><BR/>There is a lot of talk in the Spicer 'manifesto' (see link above) about how 'no one person is smart enough to make all the decisions', which seems to directly contradict Spicer's 'backroom' claim of 'veto power' and 'design input' on the part of one person.<BR/><BR/>It really is a spectacular contradiction; and makes you wonder if this particular cohort (including Morsbach, of course)is dropping any attempt at consistency (Morsbach and his Many Marriotts) as they try to preserve influence in a changing neighborhood.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-10309500053200839452008-11-25T08:39:00.000-06:002008-11-25T08:39:00.000-06:00Wow, I've been so caught up in the Obama U.S. pres...Wow, I've been so caught up in the Obama U.S. presidency that I must have missed the coronation ceremony when Jack Spicer was crowned King of Hyde Park. <BR/>[Very Heavy Sarcasm]LPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12317816059809707252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-21760505786785540722008-11-24T22:23:00.000-06:002008-11-24T22:23:00.000-06:00I don't think one man makes all the decisions, but...I don't think one man makes all the decisions, but I think one person can make a big difference when all you want to do is say no!Peter Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610159670466039455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-41996728699415640902008-11-24T19:37:00.000-06:002008-11-24T19:37:00.000-06:00Speaking directly to Scott Travis, Mr. Spicer pron...<I>Speaking directly to Scott Travis, Mr. Spicer pronounced "I can help you turn this around" if you ... assure me that I will have input and veto power over the design</I><BR/><BR/>I suppose this all follows naturally from Spicer's modest <A HREF="http://www.hydepark.org/hpkccnews/53rdstreettifnews.html#Spicerparses" REL="nofollow">manifesto</A>, which I call, for short, <I>Spicer's Grand Principles for the Redevelopment of Hyde Park Kenwood</I>, written in the winter of 2008 and excerpted at the HPKCC website. Take a look if you haven't seen it.<BR/><BR/>It's a quite masterful document, in which one man spends much time talking about how one man should not make all the decisions for Hyde park, and then proceeds to make most of them anyway.<BR/><BR/>Of particular relevance to this post is the following statement, made with reference to the now moribund 53rd & Harper project: <BR/><BR/><I><B>The winning proposal is outstanding on every dimension, all the better for the competition and the lack of backroom interference.</B></I><BR/><BR/>"Lack of backroom interference."<BR/><BR/>Uh huh.chicago pophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17055796523227869734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-32903609002595841412008-11-24T18:47:00.000-06:002008-11-24T18:47:00.000-06:00This is infuriating.This is infuriating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-42843743746933472192008-11-24T15:02:00.000-06:002008-11-24T15:02:00.000-06:00It seems like a long time since you last posted so...It seems like a long time since you last posted something, Peter. Great to see you back with yet another great post. <BR/><BR/>I think we should nickname Jack Spicer "Mrs. Havisham" as he raises all these great expectations, but can only deliver rot and decay. He just wants us to come to him asking, "Please. sir, I'd like some more."edjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01593866936717576973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-42411043796593037882008-11-23T19:22:00.000-06:002008-11-23T19:22:00.000-06:00Greg-from folks (multiple) who attended the meetin...Greg-<BR/><BR/>from folks (multiple) who attended the meeting!Peter Rossihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15610159670466039455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-8834913539756305322008-11-23T19:06:00.000-06:002008-11-23T19:06:00.000-06:00I've been through UNITE HERE's website and haven't...I've been through UNITE HERE's website and haven't found a word about their supposed "victory" in stopping the Hyde Park hotel development. There's nothing about it in their press release section or anywhere else, as far as I could tell. Can it be they're not proud of what they did? UNITE Here did some real dirt. If I had done what they did, I wouldn't want to publicize it either.Richard Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773215580457414540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4186587935097536129.post-54134553901402267532008-11-23T18:24:00.000-06:002008-11-23T18:24:00.000-06:00Where did you get this disgusting information from...Where did you get this disgusting information from?<BR/><BR/>I've always subscribed to the theory that most people are trying to do what they think is right (and that they're just mistaken). If Jack really said that stuff than this is one instance where I'm absolutely proven wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com