Here in Chicago, as civic boosters like to point out, people do see the potential appeal of an intracity Series, for this city had one.

The Illuminations, as they are known, were begun in 1925 by clever civic boosters looking for a way to stretch the summer tourist season.

"I think they should be rewarded as good civic boosters."

Looking back, civic boosters say they never set out to create public art on a grand scale.

He was an effective civic booster and, compared to other white settlers, a relative advocate of Native American rights.

Indeed, civic boosters have produced more than their share of flops.

Count the two 48-foot-tall herald angels on the building's facade as the city's largest civic boosters.

For the time being, the area's civic boosters are busy fending off perceptions of decline.

This kind of rhetoric can turn civic boosters into people who would just as soon dwell in caves.

Over the years, businessmen and civic boosters have tried repeatedly to build a replica of the place.