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River Forest, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...concentrated near Oak Park and the railroad fanned out north and west. From a population of 1,000 in...
...1894, River Forest's population exploded to 8,829 people in 1930. Reflecting the growth, Concordia...
...the subdivision of estates. River Forest's population hit its peak of 13,402 in1970 and has remained...
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Schiller Park, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...stood at 11,850 in 2000. The largely white population were of German, Irish , Italian , and Polish...
...for residential development in the 1950s. The population of Schiller Park peaked in 1970 at 12,712...
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Hermosa, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...and Fullerton Avenues. Polish , Irish , and Italian populations moved into the Swedish and German...
...community. The population stood at 15,152 in 1920, with construction booming in the vicinity of the...
...a neighborliness on the block. Hermosa's population fluctuated only slightly from 1970 to 1980 but...
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Jefferson Park, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...and built a depot near the town's center, population grew. The town of Jefferson was incorporated in...
...of Germans, Poles, and Italians. By 1930 the population stood at 20,532. As the neighborhoods grew,...
...of activity. In 1990 nearly half of the 23,649 population was of Polish descent. Many congregate at...
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Lockport, IL, John Lamb(
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) ...worked in factories in the area. The town's population remained stable until the late 1980s when new...
...in the historic district. In addition, population shifts in the metropolitan area drew residential...
...outlets and other elements of urban sprawl. Population grew from 9,401 in 1990 to 15,191 in 2000....
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Nicaraguans, Robert Morrissey(
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) ...from Nicaragua, however, community leaders estimated the population at anywhere from 2,000 to 6,000....
...and social events for the small Nicaraguan population scattered across the city. Small numbers of...
...poverty among much of the country's rising population. In 1979, the Marxist Sandinistas overthrew...
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Kildeer, IL, Clayton W. Brown(
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) ...and an industrial park for a projected population of 60,000. Local residents fought this development...
...style roads, and severely restricted commercial development. In 2000 Kildeer's population was 3,460....
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Unionization, James R. Barrett(
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) ...its progressive political heritage, and the striking diversity of its working- class population....
...shifting composition of its working-class population and the diversity of its metropolitan economy,...
...center, claimed an increasingly large population of white-collar and technical workers beginning in...
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Schools and Education, John L. Rury(
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) ...patchwork that mirrored the region's diverse population. The region's first schools were established...
...reached only a fraction of the school-age population. One teacher generally supervised classes...
...Between 1860 and 1870 the public school population more than quadrupled, to more than 27,000,...
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Business of Chicago, Peter A. Coclanis(
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) ...in the Midwest's regional economy. Chicago's population grew accordingly, from about 200 inhabitants...
...Historical Society. FIGURE 1 As the city's population grew, internal multiplier effects came into...
...iteration of the same process. Chicago's population grew from just under 30,000 in 1850 to about...
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Stone Park, IL, Richard Harris(
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) ...remained the site of the Italian Cultural Center, 79 percent of the population was Hispanic in 2000....
...the most distinctive histories. It boasted a population of 636 and an area of 0.4 square miles when...
...rapidly during the 1950s and 1960s, reaching a population of 4,429 by 1970 and growing to 5,127 by...
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Jews, Irving Cutler(
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) ...270,000 Jews (about 9 percent of the city's population) were outnumbered only in New York and...
...only about 30 percent of the entire Jewish population remained within city limits. Chicago's first...
...constituted over 80 percent of Chicago's Jewish population. They settled initially in one of the...
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Rosemont, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...5,687 hotel rooms in 14 hotels. The 2000 population was just 4,224, of whom 79 percent were white,...
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Uruguayans, Robert Morrissey(
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) ...leaders estimated a slowly increasing population of roughly 500 Uruguayans in Chicago, with an...
...Chicago. The bulk of Chicago's Uruguayan population arrived starting in 1967 and continuing through...
...along with the city's growing Hispanic population. Many eventually started their own businesses—...
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Washington Heights, Clinton E. Stockwell(
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) ...many whites are running scared. ” By 1970, the population of Washington Heights peaked at 36,540, 75...
...class character, as over three-fourths of the population own homes and incomes are well above the...
...African Americans constituted 12 percent of a population of 29,793. Real-estate firms practiced...
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Highland, IN, Jennifer Mrozowski(
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) ...Park, was dedicated in 1981. By 1980, the population reached a high of 25,935, and then dropped to...
...Highlands was incorporated in 1910, with a population of 304 people. In 1914 the first bank, the...
...as a theater. In the forties, Highland's population nearly doubled, and it exploded in the fifties,...
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Aurora, IL, Catherine Bruck(
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) ...to create 20,000 jobs. In 2000 Aurora's population was 32 percent Hispanic and 11 percent black. The...
...of the Fox River Valley area, has a population of over 110,000. It began in 1834 (incorporated in...
...was much larger both geographically and in population than the west side, the river now divides the...
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Hegewisch, Erik Gellman(
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) ...1960s, Hegewisch has balanced out some of its population losses with the relocation of a significant...
...the closure of Wisconsin Steel in 1980, the population declined because of layoffs. However, the...
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Uptown, Amanda Seligman(
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) ...a distinct community area , halving Uptown's population. Homeowners in Buena Park (the area between...
...halfway houses. The changes in Uptown's economy, population, and housing stock drew the attention of...
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Albany Park, Timothy B. Neary(
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) ...enjoy the bucolic environs. As Chicago's population exploded in the 1870s and 1880s, the suburban...
...schools , and public parks opened. Albany Park's population reached a high of 56,692 in 1940. After...
...Albany Park into economic and social decline. Population decreased, homes and stores lay vacant, and...
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