A river, ironically, whose flow was REVERSED in 1900, about 120 years ago, to take the raw sewage away from the lakefront, and end endemic. . . cholera, there -- for good.
And it turns out that just a stone's throw west of that river, for nearly a century. . . sat a burgeoning fresh meats and fish market, not exclusively -- but predominantly -- run by Jewish, Italian, German and Irish business owners, there.
It also happens that near the dawn of the new millennium, Kanye also grew up not far from this same spot. It also happens that -- as part of a revitalization of the Fulton Street markets spaces -- about a decade ago, a Chicago artist, Jason Peterson, was commissioned by a building owner (who happens to be Jewish), to paint a gray-scale mural honoring Mr. West's contributions to "The West Side" on the side of his building at Sangamon and near Lake Street.
Yesterday, the artist -- in agreement with the owner -- both decided to remove just the figure of Ye's body, leaving the rest of the mural untouched.
By 4 pm local, Mr. West's image had been stricken. Blacked out. There is video of it all, on Twitter. We concur with the owner and artist -- this is how "Never Forget; Never Again" is. . . actualized:
. . .FULTON MARKET — An image of Kanye West has been removed from a mural in Fulton Market as the rapper made antisemitic remarks in recent weeks.
The 14-foot mural was created by Chicago-based artist Jason Peterson at the intersection on West Lake Street near North Sangamon Street. It showed a black-and-white image of West over words painted in white and black-and-white stripes.
A video posted to Twitter on Wednesday showed someone painting over West, replacing him with a silhouette. . . .
Much might be said about unmedicated mental illness, here -- but at base, this is a story about. . . choices. Choices to meet hate speech, with silent but eloquent. . . rebukes. Well done, well. . . done.
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