Word: hoellen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When a 163-ton abstract metal sculpture by Pablo Picasso was unveiled in the plaza of Chicago's Civic Center two years ago, one official was outraged. Describing the work as a "rusting junk heap," Alderman John Hoellen demanded in a resolution to the city council that it be dismantled. In all seriousness, he suggested replacing it with a 50-ft. statue of that modern folk hero and living symbol of a "vibrant city": Chicago Cub Infielder Ernie Banks...
...time, Chicago baseball fans thought that Hoellen had an excellent idea. Today, with the Cubs leading their National League division by a wide margin and already talking about their first pennant in 24 years, the fans are more convinced than ever. Banks, who has been known as "Mr. Cub" for most of his 17 seasons in Chicago, is collecting a large share of the team's extra-base hits -and passing quite a few major league milestones as well...
...moment that the billowing blue percale veil covering Pablo Picasso's 50-ft. sculpture came tumbling down last week in Chicago, the debate continued. Was it a bird, a woman, an Afghan hound, a Barbary ape, a cruel hoax, a Communist plot, or Superman? Alderman John J. Hoellen introduced a resolution in the city council to replace the work with a statue of Chicago Cubs First Baseman Ernie Banks. And Alderman Thomas Rosenberg countered with a proposal to send a statue of Alderman Hoellen to Paris' redlit Pigalle. Mused the Chicago Sun-Times: "Picasso himself must...
...station, his mother has her own Polish program on another station, and no one is a more assiduous attender of parades and anniversary celebrations. Two years ago, Pucinski won handily with a 31,500 majority. This year he barely squeaked past a candidate of no particular distinction named John Hoellen, of vaguely German extraction, whose appeal was his all-out opposition to open housing...
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