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Cypriots, Emily Brunner(
Authored Entry
) ...that there are few Turkish Cypriots in the Chicago area and that they would participate in Turkish...
...of Greece. Greek Cypriots began arriving in Chicago during the first third of the twentieth century,...
...Cypriot community outside of Cyprus. Most Chicago Cypriots have relatives in London, and some lived...
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| 1062 |
Rap, Mark Swartz(
Authored Entry
) ...lion's share of important rap artists, whereas Chicago has contributed little to the genre—little,...
...Bowl Shuffle,” a novelty hit recorded by the Chicago Bears football team in 1985. Meanwhile, it...
...a Black Muslim organization headquartered in Chicago, as a lyrical and ideological influence, a rap...
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| 1063 |
Rent Control, Wendy Plotkin(
Authored Entry
) ...In twentieth-century Chicago, skyrocketing rents have arisen as an issue in times of inflation and...
...shortages. In response, for short periods, Chicago has adopted rent arbitration and rent control. In...
...that, through 1921 in conjunction with the Chicago Real Estate Board, arbitrated disputes over...
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| 1064 |
Residential Hotels, Paul Groth(
Authored Entry
) ...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...
...people with comfortable incomes might move to Chicago and never live anywhere except in a hotel . A...
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| 1065 |
Agricultural Journals, Chas. P. Raleigh(
Authored Entry
) ...and production between 1880 and 1930. While Chicago's agricultural journalists have focused on...
...information about prairie farming made Chicago a lively center for agricultural journalism. What no...
...Prairie Farmer first appeared was that Chicago would become home to more agricultural journals than...
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| 1066 |
Openlands Project, Gerald W. Adelmann(
Authored Entry
) ...generation of neighborhood parks and gardens in Chicago, a metropolitan network of greenways, and...
...a committee of the Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago “to seek preservation and development of...
...recreation and conservation resources” in the Chicago metropolitan area. Occasionally, Openlands...
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| 1067 |
Subdivisions, Carolyn Loeb(
Authored Entry
) ...high-tech industries have converted some of Chicago's far-flung suburbs into a ring of edge cities...
...1913 City Club model suburb competition. i3600 Chicago Plan Commission diagram for a “well-designed...
...subdivision,” 1943. Creator: Chicago Plan Commission. Source: The Newberry Library. FIGURE 1...
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| 1068 |
Catholic School System, Ellen Skerrett(
Authored Entry
) ...schools continued to be, in the words of the Chicago Defender, “a blessing especially to poor black...
...model of Catholic parish life . Since 1966, the Archdiocese of Chicago has closed more than half its...
...urban schools. Chicago's 139 Catholic elementary schools and 25 high schools enrolled 61,769...
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| 1069 |
Goose Island, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Goose Island Interpretive Digital Essay : Water in Chicago Water...
...in Chicago Essay: People and the Port Photo...
...Essays: Solitary Lives City of Bridges Chicago Harbors Essay: Using the Chicago River Photo Essays:...
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| 1070 |
Theater Companies, Richard Christiansen(
Authored Entry
) ...Chicago's position as the prime city of the Midwest has made it both a necessary stopover on the...
...brief-lived community theater organization, the Chicago Little Theatre, seating only 91 persons, in...
...Building . Its motto, a template for future Chicago companies, was “Create your own theater with the...
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| 1071 |
Ukrainians, Alexandra Hrycak(
Authored Entry
) ...to the 2000 census, 45,036 residents of the Chicago metropolitan area consider themselves to be of...
...either the Blessed Mother of God parish, Chicago's first Greek Catholic parish, founded in 1902, or...
...neighborhood surrounding the 2300 and 2400 blocks of Chicago Avenue, which has since become known as...
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| 1072 |
Cook County, Ann Durkin Keating(
Authored Entry
) ...met in 1831 with three members: two from Chicago and one from Naperville (DuPage did not become a...
...Dearborn . The board set the county seat at Chicago, requested 10 acres of land from the state for...
...licensing of taverns and a ferry across the Chicago River , and began construction on two highways:...
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| 1073 |
The Loop, Gerald A. Danzer(
Authored Entry
) ...Community Area 32. The Loop is the popular name for the Chicago business district located south of...
...the main stem of the Chicago River . The name apparently derives from the place where the strands...
...system that helped insure the dominance of Chicago's historic core in the development of the...
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| 1074 |
Outdoor Concerts, Derek Vaillant(
Authored Entry
) ...edified, and democratized the citizens of Chicago. When not merely providing a focus for summertime...
...main gate. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1 As early as 1851,...
...arrangements, for spectators wishing to dance. As Chicago urbanized, concert audiences diversified...
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| 1075 |
Softball, 16-Inch, Jacob Austen(
Authored Entry
) ...be pitched fast or slow, the always slow-pitched Chicago softball makes for easier contact by the...
...presented with a 16-inch softball during a 1998 Chicago visit, the unfamiliar object fascinated him....
...thousands of games of 16-inch softball fill Chicago's parks every summer Sunday, the game is...
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| 1076 |
United Neighborhood Organization, Amy T. Peterson(
Authored Entry
) ...1980, the United Neighborhood Organization of Chicago (UNO) is a service organization that aims to...
...empower and improve the quality of life for Chicago's low-income Latino residents, focusing...
...Daniel Solis, hoped it would become a voice for Chicago's Latino community. UNO's voice in Chicago's...
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| 1077 |
Stephen A. Douglas, Ann Durkin Keating(
Authored Entry
) ...near 31st Street. Douglas's electoral support in Chicago remained strong until 1858. While he was...
...against Abraham Lincoln, he did not carry Chicago. Two years later, 8,094 Chicagoans voted for...
...Michigan Canal . He received strong support from Chicago voters when he entered Congress in the mid-...
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| 1078 |
Clubs, Youth, Gerald R. Gems(
Authored Entry
) ...adults. In this portrait, ca. 1915, the Chicago Hebrew Institute celebrated its sports programs and...
...young athletes. Photographer: Taylor & Lytle. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...Youth clubs and sports have been a part of Chicago's social world from its earliest days. Many were...
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| 1079 |
National Negro Congress, Erik Gellman(
Authored Entry
) ...of the Race on any single issue. ” ”The Chicago Council ranked among the most active NNC chapters....
...radical labor organizer, assumed the reins. The Chicago NNC protested against discrimination in the...
...800 delegates, 43 percent of them from Chicago and the rest from across the nation, representing 500...
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Amos 'n' Andy, Melvin Patrick Ely(
Authored Entry
) ...move to Hollywood in 1937–38 reflected Chicago's decline as a center of American broadcasting ....
...Charles Correll (Andy), 1930. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...Andy, radio's first hit series, originated on Chicago station WGN as Sam 'n' Henry in 1926; it moved...
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