The 2016 Olympics kick off tonight. In honor of the Games, here’s a look back to Chicago’s 2016 Olympic bid.

By David Haugh, includes, "As bad as things seem in a city already fighting violence and the financial collapse of its government and school system, consider how much worse things would be if officials were distracted by hosting an international event as gargantuan as the Games. Hosting the Olympics would have skewed our civic priorities even more, a conclusion more potential host cities are reaching. Chicago is broken. The Olympics likely would have added to the disrepair more than made it easier to fix."