Who exactly is Chicago's proto-urban colonialist? Anyone, anyone ? According to a recent essay in City Journal , the waves of gentrification hitting pockets of Chicago were foreshadowed back in 1986 by one famous suburban interloper: Ferris Bueller. The essay, by Aaron M. Renn, posits that two widely beloved '80s movies, The Blues Brothers and Ferris Bueller's Day Off , capture a city in transition.
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