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Mapping Chicago, Robert W. Karrow, Jr.(
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) ...Mapping Chicago...
...made their Chicago debut in 1877 with Charles Rascher's Fire Insurance Map of Chicago. The Sanborn-...
...Perris Map Company issued its first volume of Chicago fire insurance maps in 1894; more than 50...
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Chicago Lawn, Eileen M. McMahon(
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) ...Chicago Lawn...
...of ethnic bonds, especially for the Lithuanians. From their point of view, Chicago had no model of...
...workable integrated neighborhoods, and Chicago Lawn would disintegrate from racial change. By 1990...
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Chicago Tribune, Mark R. Wilson(
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) ...Chicago Tribune...
...giant that employed close to six thousand Chicago-area residents, the future of traditional print...
...the Tribune, now available in electronic form, continued to be Chicago's leading newspaper....
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Old University of Chicago, Robin F. Bachin(
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) ...Old University of Chicago...
...The first, or “Old,” University of Chicago was established in 1857 by Illinois Senator Stephen...
...promote the cultural and commercial growth of Chicago. The university stood on 10 acres at Cottage...
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Chicago School of Economics, Deirdre N. McCloskey(
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) ...Chicago School of Economics...
...antisocialist approach of the University of Chicago Department of Economics, typified by Milton...
...Friedman, came to be known as the Chicago School of Economics. Like other Chicago schools it...
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Saul Bellow on Chicago, (
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) ...Saul Bellow on Chicago...
...From The Adventures of Augie March (1949): I am an American, Chicago...
...born—Chicago, that somber city—and go at things as I have taught myself, free-style, and will make...
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Chicago School of Sociology, Henry Yu(
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) ...Chicago School of Sociology...
...When the University of Chicago was founded in 1892, it established the nation's first department of...
...across the country. During its early history, Chicago sociology was connected with progressive...
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Bob Fosse: His Chicago Beginnings, Richard Christiansen(
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) ...Bob Fosse: His Chicago Beginnings...
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Chicago Teachers Federation, Kate Rousmaniere(
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) ...Chicago Teachers Federation...
...under the Loeb rule, which prohibited Chicago teachers from membership in any organization...
...and it developed great political clout in Chicago and in the larger educational community. Haley's...
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Chicago Opera Ballet, Anthea Kraut(
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) ...Chicago Opera Ballet...
...century, no permanent affiliation existed between Chicago opera and a local ballet company....
...of companies appeared in conjunction with Chicago opera in the first half of the twentieth century,...
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Chicago Political Equality League, Maureen A. Flanagan(
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) ...Chicago Political Equality League...
...to vote. In 1912, it formed alliances with the Chicago Women's Trade Union League and middle-class...
...put a municipal suffrage advisory ballot before Chicago male voters. This referendum failed, but the...
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Chicago Botanic Garden, Sarah Fenton(
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) ...Chicago Botanic Garden...
...Garden opened to the public later that year. Its choice of exhibits makes the Chicago Botanic Garden...
...an archetypal Chicago institution: while preserving a peculiarly Midwestern flavor, it has also...
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Chicago City Ballet, Nancy G. Moore(
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) ...Chicago City Ballet...
...Maria. ” Paschen withdrew his support in October, and the Chicago City Ballet was forced to disband....
...of the New York City Ballet, founded the Chicago City Ballet in 1974 in order to provide the city...
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Chicago Chinese News, Mary Ting Yi Lui(
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) ...Chicago Chinese News...
...passage of the 1965 Immigration Act, however, Chicago Chinese News serves as an excellent example of...
...Chicago Chinese News began publishing in 1991 under the name Chicago Chinese Times. In 1998, the...
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mark Clague(
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) ...Chicago Symphony Orchestra...
...Music Student Orchestra (now the Civic Orchestra of Chicago), a unique training ensemble intended to...
...overcome the city's rough-hewn image and place Chicago onto the world's cultural stage. After over...
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Chicago Hebrew Institute, Linda J. Borish(
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) ...Chicago Hebrew Institute...
...Institute served as a major community center for Chicago Jewry and gained national recognition with...
...Organized in 1903 on the Near West Side of Chicago to promote the moral, physical, religious, and...
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Chicago State University, Magne B. Olson(
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) ...Chicago State University...
...more than 9,000 students, mostly from the city of Chicago. African Americans have become the largest...
...it could no longer finance the school, the Chicago Board of Education took over what was renamed the...
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Chicago Community Trust, Jane Preston(
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) ...Chicago Community Trust...
...reaching over $1 billion in 2000, placing the Chicago Community Trust as the fourth largest among...
...The Chicago Community Trust has played a central role in encouraging and managing philanthropy in...
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Chicago Jazz Ensemble, Christopher Popa(
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) ...Chicago Jazz Ensemble...
...In 1965, William Russo organized the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, performing to critical acclaim for three...
...quartercentury. Under auspices of Columbia College Chicago , Russo successfully revived the group in...
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Chicago Sun-Times, Jon Bekken(
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) ...Chicago Sun-Times...
...Although the Chicago Sun-Times was launched in February...
...1948 through the merger of the morning Chicago Sun and the evening Times, it is in a sense the...
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