Edwin Eisendrath: Illinoisan of the Year 2018

Edwin Eisendrath is the 2018 Illinoisan of the Year, nominated and voted on by past INBA presidents. He was the CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times and has had a long career in Chicago. He was an alderman in Lincoln Park, regional director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, a public school teacher, and has done consulting. He's a Chicago native and talks about why the city is so great, and much more. Margaret Larkin interviewed him at the Gallery Cafe in Wicker Park, where he has lived for several years.