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The big match between Argentina and Colombia takes place in Miami, but will be felt all around the boroughs.
Then-Mayor Richard M. Daley “saw this as an opportunity to show a city that does work — not a city that crumbles under the pressure of protesters," said Leslie Fox, executive director of the 1996 convention's host committee. "The stakes were pretty high.”
Some residents and business owners are happy to see the traffic and noise leave and for the community to regain access to green space. Others are sorry to lose the excitement and crowds.
Before Pope Francis acknowledged a second miracle attributed to Carlo Acutis in May, starting the process of giving him sainthood, Chicago Catholics were already embracing the Italian teen’s story and named a local parish after him in 2022.