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Commercial Buildings, Vincent L. Michael(
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) ...Chicago was founded for and by commerce. Perhaps its...
...DuSable's trading post at the mouth of the Chicago River , was a commercial structure. When the city...
...and enough space on the facade for a sign. Chicago's first commercial district was Lake Street, near...
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Section between Summit and Willow Springs, Page 2, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...2 June, 1896 Photographers: Unknown Source: Chicago Historical Society Most of the photographs in...
...African-Americans Back | Page 1 | Page 2 | Forward The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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Disc Jockeys, Robert Pruter(
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) ...after joining WGES in 1945. Calling himself “ the Old Swingmaster,” Benson appealed to newly arrived...
...The disc jockey became important in Chicago radio during the 1930s, well before the term “disc...
...1935 until his death in 1953. One of postwar Chicago's most notable disc jockeys was Dave Garroway,...
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North Center, Amanda Seligman(
Authored Entry
) ...a district police office occupied the site of the old park. Between 1940 and 1990, North Center's...
...on the west by the North Branch of the Chicago River , North Center developed after industrialists'...
...the last quarter of the nineteenth century, Chicago's industrialists realized the potential of the...
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Addison, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...learned various trades until they were 14 years old, and then were sent to work with area families....
...the area was thriving with German newcomers. The town, originally known as Dunklee's Grove, grew to...
...1913, and its buildings were occupied by the Chicago City Mission Society, which opened a home for...
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Bulgarians, Daniela S. Hristova(
Authored Entry
) ...of the donation of the bust of Aleko Konstantinov to the University of Chicago in November 1996....
...that his remarkable book Do Chikago i nazad (To Chicago and Back) would become instrumental in the...
...of generations of Bulgarians. By the year 2000 the Chicago area was among the largest Bulgarian...
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Sauk Village, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
Authored Entry
) ...Native Americans , Midwestern settlers, and California gold seekers passed this way. In 1913, the...
...literally became the “main street” for this quiet town. Sauk Village is now within the nationally...
...border to Vincennes/Hubbard's Trail in South Chicago Heights was designated as part of the Lincoln...
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Niles, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...of Niles formed in 1850; by 1884 the town, centered at Milwaukee, Waukegan, and Touhy Avenues,...
...Avenue, allowed farmers to travel more easily to the markets of downtown Chicago. The township...
...newspaper. After the turn of the century the Chicago Surface Lines street railway traveled down the...
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Antioch, IL, Douglas Knox(
Authored Entry
) ...since 1947. The village maintained a small-town character with slow growth into the mid-1980s. After...
...Wisconsin Central rail line in 1885, between Chicago and Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The recreational...
...Wisconsin Central trains brought hundreds from Chicago on summer Saturdays to the Chain of Lakes...
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Ford Heights, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
Authored Entry
) ...called the “Park Addition” on a farm road from Chicago Heights to Indiana. Acting together in 1924,...
...had telephone service and was known as East Chicago Heights. Early settlers included the family of...
...truck, and by 1948 this group became the East Chicago Heights Citizens Association. In 1949, East...
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Frankfort, IL, Sarah S. Marcus(
Authored Entry
) ...rail ties to the expanding metropolis of Chicago, the village remained a small community, surrounded...
...and a bedroom community for commuters to Chicago and Joliet. Officials and residents in Frankfort...
...tributary of the Des Plaines River southwest of Chicago, long attracted Native Americans . Following...
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Gun Control, Eli Rubin(
Authored Entry
) ...the ban, which failed narrowly. The impact of the Chicago freeze was felt far away, as Mayor Diane...
...1989. In 1992, led by Mayor Richard M. Daley, the Chicago City Council voted to ban assault weapons....
...Since the early 1970s, Chicago and its suburban municipalities have taken a national lead in...
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Music Publishing, Dena J. Epstein(
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) ...Chicago's music publishing has mirrored the cultural history of the city and the nation through...
...like “The Battle Cry of Freedom” (1862) made Chicago a national center. Earlier, music had been...
...Company (1910). Clayton F. Summy was one of Chicago's longest-lived music publishers, specializing...
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Auditorium Building, Heidi Pawlowski Carey(
Authored Entry
) ...and constructed in 1889. Photographer: J. W. Taylor. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...The Auditorium is one of Chicago's architectural masterpieces. Built in 1888 on the northwest corner...
...It was the brainchild of Ferdinand Peck, a Chicago impresario devoted to bringing the city a world-...
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First National Park in the Middle West, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...minute drive of the Dunes National Park. See Also: Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad Co. ;...
...Lake Michigan ; Michigan City, IN ; Vacation Spots The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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Drugs and Alcohol, Katherine A. Chavigny(
Authored Entry
) ...more affluent Chicagoans. Chicago was a wide-open town when it came to drinking, but opium smoking,...
...easy to transport, cheap, and nonperishable—remained Chicago's most popular alcoholic drink in the...
...social scale, the lavish dinner parties of Chicago's cultural elite featured a different wine for...
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College All-Star Football Game, Raymond Schmidt(
Authored Entry
) ...Initiated in 1934 by Arch Ward of the Chicago Tribune, the College All-Star Game...
...football series was played annually in Chicago through 1976. Soon achieving status...
...of each football season, the game placed Chicago in the national sporting limelight each year as...
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The Negotiations Proceed, (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Creator: Daniel H. Burnham Source: Art Institute of Chicago Illustration 1465 2346 Burnham Plan...
...club backing an effort to offer a plan for Chicago, expresses his approval that Burnham will work...
...Franklin MacVeagh Source: Art Institute of Chicago Illustration 2559 3308 Burnham Plan Commercial...
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Beecher, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...former Miller estate, and a café occupies the 1850 Old Stage Tavern building. Over 53 percent of its...
...incorporation in 1883 and the arrival of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad in 1905. Beecher...
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Yemenis, Manfred Wenner(
Authored Entry
) ...activities which developed in other centers of Yemeni emigrants has not developed in Chicago....
...Chicago never acquired a critical mass of Yemenis sufficient for it to become a preferred...
...census reported approximately 2,000 Yemenis in Chicago (many of whom were not permanent residents),...
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