Civicaction

Chicago Crowd Politely Asks Giant Bean to Scooch Over Seven Inches

Witnesses say it started the way all great civic movements start: with one guy squinting at a enormous metal legume and saying, "Something about that feels off." Within minutes, a crowd had gathered around the shiny sculpture, united by a single dream. They wanted the Bean moved seven inches to the left. Not six. Not eight. Seven. When asked why, a man in…