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Adler Planetarium, Bruce Stephenson(
Authored Entry
) ...he donated a Zeiss projector to the people of Chicago, with money to build an edifice to house it....
...as it does now, the best view possible of the Chicago skyline. Even before the planetarium opened...
...Webster. The Adler was operated by the Chicago Park District until 1968, when it incorporated as a...
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| 1672 |
Chico Carrasquel, Robert Morrissey(
Authored Entry
) ...well, if he wants me to talk English, I know how to say ‘Chicago White Sox. ’” I played shortstop,...
...he played third base, and all game, what he said was, “Chicago White...
...Sox, Chicago White Sox. ” And I said, “Hector, please say something different. ” He said, “Chico,...
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| 1673 |
Eight-Hour Movement, John B. Jentz(
Authored Entry
) ...When the Chicago labor movement emerged in 1864, the eight-hour day quickly became its central...
...longer hours. Trying to eliminate that option, Chicago labor called for a citywide strike that began...
...and unskilled workers of all nationalities. Chicago anarchists , trade unionists, and the Knights of...
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| 1674 |
Hoboes, Chad Heap(
Authored Entry
) ...Chicago became the “Hobo Capital of America” during the late nineteenth century, as migratory...
...white men, this mobile community established a “hobohemian” district in Chicago. Its “main stem”...
...a stretch of West Madison Street from the Chicago River to Halsted Street, where inexpensive...
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| 1675 |
Northwest Ordinance, David Buisseret(
Authored Entry
) ...the Illinois River, working up toward the site of Chicago. Meanwhile, the United Tribes had in 1816...
...corridor of land stretching southwestward from Chicago; between these Indian Boundary Lines a canal...
...link up with the Bounty Lands. By 1830, the site of Chicago itself had been surveyed, as the eastern...
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| 1676 |
Architecture: The Prairie School, H. Allen Brooks(
Authored Entry
) ...1919, was designing a brilliant series of small-town Midwest banks plus two stately homes and a few...
...residential architectural movement that began in Chicago yet rapidly spread across the Midwest....
...seeing Wright's celebrated exhibition at the Chicago Architectural Club in March 1902. The studio...
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| 1677 |
Northlake, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...Cook County, 14 miles W of the Loop. Northlake, a town that attracted do-it-yourself carpenters, is...
...industry continued to draw new residents to the town during the 1940s. A vote to incorporate failed...
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| 1678 |
Six Corners, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...located one block north of the intersection. The town hall for Jefferson Township was built on the...
...and the area was annexed into the city of Chicago in 1889. As residential subdivisions extended to...
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| 1679 |
West Lawn, Douglas Knox(
Authored Entry
) ...9 miles SW of the Loop. West Lawn is west of Chicago Lawn , from which it is divided by the Grand...
...resumed with World War II . The nearby Chicago Municipal Airport ( Midway ) expanded. Industrial...
...automobile manufacturing after the war. In 1946 the Chicago Housing Authority constructed housing in...
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| 1680 |
McHenry County, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
Authored Entry
) ...pushed out along Indian trails radiating away from Chicago in search of farm sites. To the north and...
...along well-established Indian trails from Chicago. County voters established a township system of...
...of railroads brought great changes. The Chicago & Northwestern Railroad blanketed the county. One...
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| 1681 |
Implementation Map (Congress Parkway), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1682 |
Implementation Map (Civic Center), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1683 |
Implementation Map (Roosevelt Road), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1684 |
Implementation Map (Grant Park), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1685 |
Implementation Map (Northerly Island), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1686 |
Implementation Map (Consolidated Railroad Station), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1687 |
Implementation Map (Two-Level Riverfront Drives), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1688 |
Implementation Map (Michigan Avenue Bridge), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1689 |
Implementation Map (Link Bridge), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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| 1690 |
Implementation Map (Municipal Piers), (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...Implementation Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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