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Chicago's Community Areas, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Community Areas...
...Established in the 1920s by University of Chicago sociologists conducting urban research, these...
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Chicago's Rapid Transit Lines, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Rapid Transit Lines...
...as did public ownership after World War II. The new Chicago Transit Authority closed several lightly...
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Economic Geography, Susan E. Hirsch(
Authored Entry
) ...of most new growth for the metropolitan economy. The old central city is almost totally dependent on...
...of the Midwest. It retains this position, but the old dream of dominating the continent has died....
...the city, many still found the resources of the old central city more useful. Garment manufacturing...
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| 494 |
Chicago's Ethnic Mosaic in 2000, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Ethnic Mosaic in 2000...
...See caption for Chicago's Ethnic Mosaic in 1980....
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Interurbans in the Chicago Region, (
Map
) ...Interurbans in the Chicago Region...
...dozens of interurban lines linking small market towns to their trade areas and to each other. As a...
...their fares. Three lines radiating from downtown Chicago became major commuter lines, but they faced...
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| 496 |
Recreational Facilities in Chicago's Loop, (
Map
) ...Recreational Facilities in Chicago's Loop...
...As Chicago more than doubled in population between 1885 and the 1920s, commercial entertainment...
...in the central business district. In 1885, Chicago's downtown offered only a few major venues for...
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Chicago's Retail Centers in 1948, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Retail Centers in 1948...
...middle of the twentieth century, shopping in the Chicago region was still resolutely urban. It had...
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Blues Clubs in Chicago, (
Map
) ...Blues Clubs in Chicago...
...Though one could hear the blues in 1920s Chicago, the club scene was not well developed until the...
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Chicago-Area Expressways in 2003, (
Map
) ...Chicago-Area Expressways in 2003...
...Radial expressways, intended to make central Chicago more accessible from the suburbs, proved "two-...
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Organized Crime in 1920s Chicago, (
Map
) ...Organized Crime in 1920s Chicago...
...and suburbs captured public attention in Chicago and beyond when bootlegging and vice entrepreneurs...
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Chicago's Freight Tunnels, circa 1930, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Freight Tunnels, circa 1930...
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Chicago's Evolving Economic Geography, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Evolving Economic Geography...
...evolved by then. The geography of office development is the obverse of the old industrial pattern....
...sprung up as a highly successful merchants' town at the base of Lake Michigan, its future assured by...
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Chicago's Street Railways in 1890, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Street Railways in 1890...
...replaced the complicated cable technology, and Chicago's last cable car ran in 1906. It was this...
...Chicago grew by leaps and bounds and by 1890 was a sprawling metropolis, its residents held together...
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Chicago's Retail Centers in 2000, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Retail Centers in 2000...
...within the contiguous built-up area. Most of the old commercial ribbons along major city streets...
...By century's end, shopping in metropolitan Chicago had been revolutionized. First, shopping plazas...
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| 505 |
Chicago's Railroad Pattern in 1950, (
Map
) ...Chicago's Railroad Pattern in 1950...
...Chicago in 1950 was at the height of its power as the railroad center of the United States....
...independent railroad companies, fanned out from Chicago in all landward directions, connecting with...
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| 506 |
The Chicago Area Before Human Transformation, (
Map
) ...The Chicago Area Before Human Transformation...
...region destined to be covered by metropolitan Chicago took natural form following the retreat of the...
...at the ice sheet's margins, formed glacial Lake Chicago and drained southwestward, scouring what is...
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| 507 |
Chicago Housing Authority Family Projects, (
Map
) ...Chicago Housing Authority Family Projects...
...The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) was established in 1937 to provide housing for poor and low-...
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Transportation, H. Roger Grant(
Authored Entry
) ...settlement in northeastern Illinois, while the canal itself spurred town growth along its route....
...Twice as many towns were founded by overzealous promoters as could...
...ultimately survive, so half remained mere “paper towns. ” Water power and minerals added industry to...
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| 509 |
Railroad Commuting to Chicago in 1934, (
Map
) ...Railroad Commuting to Chicago in 1934...
...Indiana), Kenosha (Wisconsin), and Fox Valley towns from Elgin to Aurora. Most daily commuters,...
...with daily trains from Hyde Park in 1856, Chicago's railroads developed a complex octopus-like...
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| 510 |
Indian Settlement Pattern in the Chicago Region, circa 1830, (
Map
) ...Indian Settlement Pattern in the Chicago Region, circa 1830...
...intrusion was evident in the villages and small towns along the Wabash Valley of Indiana, and in the...
...As Euro-Americans penetrated the Chicago region in the 1820s, they encountered a widespread network...
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