16 comments:

1. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 12:49 PM  

   Wow, it looks so inviting. I was feeling bad for the bums that have to sit out in front of that hotel without anything pretty to look at.

2. yo says: May 21, 2008 12:50 PM  

   Awww ... so lovely. That makes all the difference in the world.
   
   Actually, something about putting a shine on a turd comes to mind.

3. Uptown Updater says: May 21, 2008 12:57 PM  

   or lipstick on a pig?

4. Truman Square Neighbor says: May 21, 2008 1:34 PM  

   The sad part is that money is being spent on flowers and holders, and not on air conditioning. Or something more substantial that chicken wire cages for the residents.
   
   The conditions in there have got to be subhuman in the sweltering heat.
   
   And all the flowers in the world aren't going to help that.

5. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 1:40 PM  

   Well said Truman Square Neighbor.

6. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 1:52 PM  

   Again, if there were animals like dogs living there, we have protest outside demanding better conditions. Too bad there or no crazy human activits. We tend to care more about animals than we do humans atleast in Uptown. Shiller would not stand for bad animal care, but gives two polished turds about the people she stacks up for votes. What a shame. The city should be embarressed

7. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 1:59 PM  

   Can urine and spit help flowers grow?

8. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 2:07 PM  

   Anon 1:52...
   
   Like your post.
   
   Anon 12:49 PM
   Bums... right.

9. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 2:14 PM  

   "Can urine and spit help flowers grow?"
   
   Bet we'll find out soon enough.

10. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 2:35 PM  

    I noticed those earlier this week, especially because I've been looking all over for wall baskets like that. They're not easy to find, and they're not cheap!

11. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 4:16 PM  

    this place is a dump, and woefully mismanaged- I get that. but isn't it ironic that when grafiti is left up, and shillers office window is broken, you all bitch about not applying the 'broken windos theory'- and yet here someone is doing just that- and you still bitch.
    
    flowers are pretty, regardless of where.
    
    and yes, they should use the money on something else more substantial.

12. Truman Square Neighbor says: May 21, 2008 5:12 PM  

    Sorry, Anon 4:16, I disagree that the Wilson Hotel is a "broken windows" situation. That theory goes: "Fix the problems when they are small."
    
    I think the Wilson Mens Club has gone far beyond a "small problem." They could put carrera white marble on the doors and it would still be a huge problem on that stretch of Wilson.
    
    A friend of mine is involved with having an abusive animal shelter shut down. Yet those who object to the warehousing of humans in that hotel are accused of hating the poor. The conditions inside that place are just a travesty.
    
    (I get that you and I are in agreement on this point. It just continues to amaze me that such a dump exists by treating people that way. Maybe I'm just getting mushy now that my nieces and nephews are growing up, but the men who live there are someone's nephews and sons. How many family members envisioned their kids growing up to sleep in a hotel with chicken-wire rooms? It's heart-breaking.)

13. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 5:40 PM  

    Anon 2:35, try Gethsemane Garden Center at 5739 N Clark in Andersonville

14. Anonymous says: May 21, 2008 5:45 PM  

    It is too little too late but at least they tried to be a good neighbor to their new restaurant next door, even though one has to run the gaunlet of guys to get in the door.

15. Anonymous says: May 22, 2008 2:17 PM  

    again, how did jay blomberg get a license? what other slum building does he own and how much did he give daley and shiller... follow the money... wise up uptown act like you are living next to king richie and you will get results

16. brustar says: June 25, 2008 2:12 PM  

    The Wilson Club Hotel is an affordable, clean home for some 200 men. It is a place for the poor to live. Would you prefer to add these 200 men to the homeless population ?
    
    They can't afford better housing.
    
    If you don't like the place - move away.
    
    Long live the Wilson Club Hotel 1124 W Wilson.

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