The sentiment behind renaming the Gene Siskel Film Center to include Roger Ebert, as proposed in a recent op-ed by John Holden, is sincerely appreciated by a fellow fan of the two’s work.
However, renaming the center is the wrong way to go about honoring the partnership. Indeed, though Siskel’s name hovers over State Street, one could look down on the pavement in front of the Chicago Theatre and already discover a tribute to Ebert — a plaque dedicated to him by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 2005.
