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Architecture, Ann Durkin Keating(
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) ...Overview The First Chicago School The City Beautiful Movement...
...The Prairie School The Second Chicago School W. W....
...Van Osdel were the most prominent architects in Chicago as the city grew from less than 1,000 at its...
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Crete, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
Authored Entry
) ...more closely to the Chicago region. In 1926, Chicago and Kentucky businessmen built Lincoln Fields,...
...on 1,000 acres south of Crete. Also in 1926, Chicago interests purchased land east of the village...
...plant established in 1869. Also in 1869, the Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad came through...
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New Zealanders, Daniel Greene(
Authored Entry
) ...major urban centers of the United States, Chicago-area New Zealanders have assimilated relatively...
...status upon arrival. Thus, New Zealanders in the Chicago area do not constitute an extremely visible...
...dispersed and scattered. New Zealanders came to Chicago in significant numbers following World War...
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Residential Hotels, Paul Groth(
Authored Entry
) ...closed or moved their factories to the edge of town. The cheap lodging house areas, especially,...
...low-income population. Between 1973 and 1984 Chicago lost almost 23,000 hotel rooms, adding to a...
...From the very beginning of Chicago's history, hotel managers have catered both to tourists and to...
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Near West Side, Myriam Pauillac(
Authored Entry
) ...community, the Maxwell Street Market, or “Jew town,” came to life at the intersection of Halsted and...
...wiped out a significant section of “Greek town. ” The construction of the University of Illinois at...
...Area 28, 2 miles W of the Loop. is bounded by the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad to the north, the...
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Politics and the Press, Jon Bekken(
Authored Entry
) ...Chicago's first newspapers were firmly tied to the political parties of the 1830s, and for more than...
...inextricable part of the political process. “Long John” Wentworth's rise from editor of the Chicago...
...Democrat (Chicago's first newspaper) to political powerhouse was atypical, however; more commonly...
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Austin, Judith A. Martin(
Authored Entry
) ...illustration was the 1929 construction of Austin Town Hall, modeled on Philadelphia's Independence...
...white population moved to the suburbs and to Chicago's Northwest Side. Neighborhood groups like the...
...Area 25, 7 miles W of the Loop. Austin, on Chicago's western border, evolved from a country village...
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Lake View, Amanda Seligman(
Authored Entry
) ...not afford homes such as those preferred by the old, suburban elite. In the mid-twentieth century,...
...Lake View Township; in 1872 residents built a town hall at Halsted and Addison; and in 1887 Lake...
...example, East Lake View became known as New Town for its trendy shops and counterculture denizens....
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City of Bridges, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...out over and over again over the course of Chicago’s history. The same conflict emerged when harbor...
...to cross them, bridges had to be movable. Chicago engineers met these challenges in innovative ways....
...calumet river bridges The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The...
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Ralph Metcalfe: Champion Sprinter and Free-Thinking Politician, Daniel Greene(
Authored Entry
) ...Metcalfe again finished second in the 100-meter dash, with Jesse Owens winning the gold. Metcalfe...
...teamed with Owens to win a gold in the 400-meter relay that year, helping to set a world record....
...After excelling as a student and a sprinter at Chicago's Tilden Technical High School and Marquette...
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Plant Communities, Gerould Wilhelm(
Authored Entry
) ...1 In sandy soils along well-drained ridges and old dunes, savannas were dominated by black oak,...
...and the earth can no longer renew itself and the ancient memory of Chicago has all but slipped away....
...The Chicago region, situated along the southwestern end of Lake Michigan , lies along the...
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Parking, Nasutsa M. Mabwa(
Authored Entry
) ...Richard G. Lydy and Ben Kissel began buying old buildings in downtown Chicago on Franklin Street,...
...342 public parking garages and lots in the Chicago Central Area, which includes the Loop, Lakefront,...
...Near West Side areas. The largest parking garage in the Chicago area is located at O'Hare Airport ....
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Belarusians, Vitaut Kipel(
Authored Entry
) ...George Belarusian Orthodox Parish, in West Town , under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical...
...Programs and coordinates a variety of ethnic community parades. Chicago's orthodox congregation, St....
...Belarusian immigrants began to settle in Chicago around the end of the nineteenth century. Labeled “...
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Private and Public Beaches, Page 1, Gwen Hoerr Jordan(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Forward The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society....
...The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are...
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North Aurora, IL, Sherry Meyer(
Authored Entry
) ...congregations, shops, and schools in nearby towns. Seeking managed growth, North Aurora updated its...
...was officially designated “North Aurora”; the town was incorporated in 1905. John Peter Schneider, a...
...transportation networks. Railroads passed through town in the 1850s, creating job opportunities and...
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The Lake Front in the 21st Century, Gwen Hoerr Jordan(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Park, occupied a mile and a half of lakefront property. In 2004, the city of Chicago was working...
...with South Chicago to develop public space along that stretch of lakefront. See also: Iron and...
...Corp. ; Waterfront The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society. The...
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Emergence of Plumbers and Specialized Fixtures, Page 2, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...heating equipment in the U.S. Headquartered in Chicago, the company manufactured valves, fittings,...
...World War II building boom that took place on Chicago’s Southwest and Northwest Sides, as well as in...
...also: Construction ; Built Environment of the Chicago Region Back | Page 1 | Page 2 | Forward The...
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Hanover Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...name given to the village of Hanover Park, a town that straddled the Cook and DuPage County lines....
...artery in the 1920s, a bypass skirted the town and an underpass went under the railroad tracks....
...were diverted away from the older section of town, in DuPage County. Slow development began on the...
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Highland, IN, Jennifer Mrozowski(
Authored Entry
) ...substantial landowner, John Clough, platted the town. The area for a short time bore the name Clough...
...They supplied much of the cabbage for the town's first industry, a kraut factory. A second kraut...
...other businesses. After World War II the town's financial base began to change from agricultural to...
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Morgan Park, Ellen Skerrett(
Authored Entry
) ...have evoked images of an English country town. In 1869, the Blue Island Land and Building Company...
...west of Vincennes Road, which bisects the town from northeast to southwest. ” Public institutions...
...community area of Morgan Park. Although the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad laid tracks...
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