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Groundwater System, James J. Miner and Richard J. Rice(
Authored Entry
) ...has been used by industries throughout the Chicago region and for drinking water in most suburban...
...in the southern and eastern parts of the Chicago region. Cambrian and Ordovician rocks, including...
...Counties flows eastward and southward toward Chicago; west of that line, groundwater flows generally...
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Nicaraguans, Robert Morrissey(
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) ...census counted 778 Nicaraguans in the city of Chicago and 1,465 in the metropolitan area. Given the...
...Nicaraguan laborers probably trickled into Chicago along with Mexicans and other Latin Americans in...
...the 1940s. By the late 1950s, Chicago Nicaraguans and their consulate had established the Sociedad...
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Sri Lankans, Tracy Steffes(
Authored Entry
) ...meet socially throughout the year, most of the Chicago Sri Lankan community comes together a few...
...first major wave of Sri Lankan migration to Chicago began in the late 1960s and comprised primarily...
...and Sinhalese families, settled permanently in Chicago and created a strong community, attracting...
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Lisle, IL, Patricia K. Kummer(
Authored Entry
) ...village as the third most popular meeting site in Illinois, following only Chicago and Springfield....
...destination. Initially, a stagecoach line between Chicago and Aurora carried mail to and from Lisle....
...In 1840, Mark Beaubien, one of Chicago's early residents, moved to Lisle, where he operated an inn....
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University Park, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
Authored Entry
) ...bikeways, and additional development. The new town heritage includes the Nathan Manilow Sculpture...
...Community Enterprises (NCE) to build “a whole new town. ” Major partners included Illinois Central...
...leadership led to great hopes for their “whole new town. ” In 1970, the state of Illinois allocated...
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Race Divisions on Public Beaches, Page 1, Gwen Hoerr Jordan(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Beach, 1928 and 1949 Photographer: Clarence Homan Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37327)...
...Photographer: Lil & Al Bloom Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi- 37328) Located at 57th...
...Forward The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia...
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Resorts: Summer Journey to Saugatuck, (
Authored Entry
) ...Trips across the lake to towns like Saugatuck, St....
...The angry whitecaps that I had often seen in Chicago during the stormy weather were hidden in the...
...Haven, and Michigan City were popular with Chicago workers in the early twentieth century. Day,...
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Children's Health, Lynne Curry(
Authored Entry
) ...1930s. Photographer: Wallace Kirkland. Source: University of Illinois at Chicago. FIGURE 1...
...improve the life chances of infants under 30 days old. i3437 Weighing a baby at Hull House clinic,...
...highest price for poor health conditions in Chicago. In many years children under five represented...
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Movies, Going to the, Max Grinnell(
Authored Entry
) ...in Chicago in the late 1980s, and some of the old movie palaces in the Loop were restored as live...
...to one of the theater's two orchestras. The Chicago Defender described the theater's interior as “an...
...make 47th Street's reputation as the Harlem of Chicago. The theater was demolished in 1973, but its...
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Opening Days, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...to open the main channel. Downstate cities and towns, as well as St. Louis, hoped to delay or stop...
...boat to travel along the open waterway. See also: Water The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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Bridge Tenders, Page 2, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Tender, 1985 Author: Kenan Heise, Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-38032) Gustav Massman...
...was a longtime bridge tender in Chicago. For many years, he was in charge of the Halsted Street...
...of life as a bridge tender in twentieth-century Chicago. See also: Near North Side ; Chicago River...
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Modern Kitchen, Bathroom, and Laundry Room, Page 3, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Photographer: Hedrich-Blessing (Giovanni Suter) Source: Chicago Historical Society (HB- 15359(B))...
...Hedrich-Blessing (Giovanni Suter) Source: Chicago Historical Society (HB-15359(C)) The suburban boom...
...with thousands of new houses constructed across the Chicago metropolitan area. Suburban governments...
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High Culture, (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Exposition of 1893, and in July 1909 it was the site of a special display of the Plan of Chicago....
...Photographer: Barnes- Crosby Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-19219) Illustration 7200 5646...
...research library open to the public. Like the old Chicago Historical Society building pictured...
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Near South Side, Dennis McClendon(
Authored Entry
) ...blacks to a narrow “ Black Belt ” and century-old wooden houses became some of the nation's most...
...seen as dramatic change and redevelopment as any Chicago community. The first settlers following the...
...lumber district along the South Branch of the Chicago River . In the 1850s, railroads entering...
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Expressways, Dennis McClendon(
Authored Entry
) ...Expressways have reshaped the Chicago region perhaps more than any other twentieth-century force,...
...and 1920s gave new urgency to the arterial improvements recommended in the 1909 Plan of Chicago....
...In 1927, the Chicago Plan Commission laid out a system of limited-access highways radiating from the...
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Fitness and Athletic Clubs, Tiffany L. Crate(
Authored Entry
) ...fitness, and athletic clubs are a rich part of Chicago's history because athletics, socializing, and...
...business and professional men from Boston, the Chicago Athletic Association (CAA) erected its ornate...
...the 14th floor. A premier gathering spot for Chicago's elite and visiting dignitaries, it also had a...
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Our Lady of the Angels Fire, David Cowan(
Authored Entry
) ...The fire began in the basement of the 48-year-old building and billowed up an open stairway before...
...the fire's cause officially determined. A 13-year-old former student's 1962 confession to arson was...
...the nation's third-worst school disaster and Chicago's third-deadliest fire, trailing the Iroquois...
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Arlington Heights, IL, David Buisseret(
Authored Entry
) ...Railroad to make a stop here, and laid out a town called Dunton. By then the area had largely...
...to Chicago on the railroad. The little town at the depot slowly grew, acquiring a blacksmith, a...
...Heights was an early commuter suburb. The town developed religious institutions that reflected the...
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Forest Park, IL, Jean Louise Guarino(
Authored Entry
) ...by the Forest Park Mall. Incorporated as the Town of Harlem in 1884, the village was renamed Forest...
...composed of mainly Germans and Italians , the town's ethnic composition has diversified in recent...
...and Woodlawn (1912)—which cover most of the town's acreage. Forest Home, which merged with the...
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Skating, Ice, Robert Pruter(
Authored Entry
) ...During the nineteenth century, ice skating on Chicago's ponds, rivers, lagoons, and manufactured...
...the Catholic Youth Organization , and the Chicago Park District. The city was also home to three...
...Johnson Skate Company. By 1923 metropolitan Chicago's winter landscape was dotted with more than six...
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