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Commercial Buildings, Vincent L. Michael(
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) ...Chicago was founded for and by commerce. Perhaps its...
...DuSable's trading post at the mouth of the Chicago River , was a commercial structure. When the city...
...and enough space on the facade for a sign. Chicago's first commercial district was Lake Street, near...
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Section between Summit and Willow Springs, Page 2, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...2 June, 1896 Photographers: Unknown Source: Chicago Historical Society Most of the photographs in...
...African-Americans Back | Page 1 | Page 2 | Forward The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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Bulgarians, Daniela S. Hristova(
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) ...of the donation of the bust of Aleko Konstantinov to the University of Chicago in November 1996....
...that his remarkable book Do Chikago i nazad (To Chicago and Back) would become instrumental in the...
...of generations of Bulgarians. By the year 2000 the Chicago area was among the largest Bulgarian...
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Illinois and Michigan Canal, John Lamb(
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) ...Randolph Street Station, 1893. Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...Upon its completion in 1848, the Illinois & Michigan Canal joined the Chicago River at...
...Bridgeport near Chicago with the Illinois River at LaSalle, 96 miles distant. The canal provided a...
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Ford Heights, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...called the “Park Addition” on a farm road from Chicago Heights to Indiana. Acting together in 1924,...
...had telephone service and was known as East Chicago Heights. Early settlers included the family of...
...truck, and by 1948 this group became the East Chicago Heights Citizens Association. In 1949, East...
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Frankfort, IL, Sarah S. Marcus(
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) ...rail ties to the expanding metropolis of Chicago, the village remained a small community, surrounded...
...and a bedroom community for commuters to Chicago and Joliet. Officials and residents in Frankfort...
...tributary of the Des Plaines River southwest of Chicago, long attracted Native Americans . Following...
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Gun Control, Eli Rubin(
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) ...the ban, which failed narrowly. The impact of the Chicago freeze was felt far away, as Mayor Diane...
...1989. In 1992, led by Mayor Richard M. Daley, the Chicago City Council voted to ban assault weapons....
...Since the early 1970s, Chicago and its suburban municipalities have taken a national lead in...
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Music Publishing, Dena J. Epstein(
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) ...Chicago's music publishing has mirrored the cultural history of the city and the nation through...
...like “The Battle Cry of Freedom” (1862) made Chicago a national center. Earlier, music had been...
...Company (1910). Clayton F. Summy was one of Chicago's longest-lived music publishers, specializing...
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Auditorium Building, Heidi Pawlowski Carey(
Authored Entry
) ...and constructed in 1889. Photographer: J. W. Taylor. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
...The Auditorium is one of Chicago's architectural masterpieces. Built in 1888 on the northwest corner...
...It was the brainchild of Ferdinand Peck, a Chicago impresario devoted to bringing the city a world-...
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First National Park in the Middle West, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...minute drive of the Dunes National Park. See Also: Chicago, South Shore & South Bend Railroad Co. ;...
...Lake Michigan ; Michigan City, IN ; Vacation Spots The Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago ©...
...2005 Chicago Historical Society. The Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights...
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College All-Star Football Game, Raymond Schmidt(
Authored Entry
) ...Initiated in 1934 by Arch Ward of the Chicago Tribune, the College All-Star Game...
...football series was played annually in Chicago through 1976. Soon achieving status...
...of each football season, the game placed Chicago in the national sporting limelight each year as...
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The Negotiations Proceed, (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...Creator: Daniel H. Burnham Source: Art Institute of Chicago Illustration 1465 2346 Burnham Plan...
...club backing an effort to offer a plan for Chicago, expresses his approval that Burnham will work...
...Franklin MacVeagh Source: Art Institute of Chicago Illustration 2559 3308 Burnham Plan Commercial...
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Popular Diversions, (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...to feature "exotic" dancers from the Midway at Chicago's World's Fair), and penny arcades catered to...
...limited means. Photographer: Unknown Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-04793) Illustration...
...Chicagoans. Cartographer: Unknown Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-37088) Illustration 1800...
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Yemenis, Manfred Wenner(
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) ...activities which developed in other centers of Yemeni emigrants has not developed in Chicago....
...Chicago never acquired a critical mass of Yemenis sufficient for it to become a preferred...
...census reported approximately 2,000 Yemenis in Chicago (many of whom were not permanent residents),...
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Press: Neighborhood Press, Jon Bekken(
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) ...Press Suburban Press NEIGHBORHOOD PRESS. As Chicago expanded its boundaries in the late nineteenth...
...converted to daily publication as the South Chicago Post in 1883, changing its name to the Daily...
...conglomerates. Field Enterprises (publisher of the Chicago Sun-Times ) launched the Day chain in...
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Prostitution, Cynthia M. Blair(
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) ...Chicago owes its reputation as a corrupt city in part to the...
...of one “vice” in particular—prostitution. Chicago's sex trade has been an adaptable industry and has...
...in an enclave of brothels just north of the Chicago River . However, as Chicago's prominence as a...
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Balloon Frame Construction, Joseph C. Bigott(
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) ...A popular myth suggests that a Chicago carpenter, George W. Snow, invented the balloon...
...and revolutionized construction practice. Chicago architect John M. Van Osdel erroneously attributed...
...The oldest buildings that remain in metropolitan Chicago suggest that the balloon frame was not a...
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Barbadians, Robert Morrissey(
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) ...professionals, students, and entrepreneurs moved to the Chicago area in the 1910s and 1920s....
...of Barbadians, however, did not arrive in Chicago until World War II , when many were recruited,...
...on the island of Barbados, opportunities in Chicago attracted emigrants, the majority of whom were...
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St. Vincent DePaul Society, Deborah Ann Skok(
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) ...St. Patrick's Church, brought the society to Chicago during the economic depression of 1857 in order...
...it spread to nine other parishes in the city. In Chicago, as in the rest of the United States, the...
...Finally, it sent representatives to other Chicago charities , such asthe Chicago Relief and Aid...
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Villa Park, IL, Aaron Harwig(
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) ...Villa Park represents a good example of Chicago suburban de- velopment in the early twentieth...
...St. Charles Road in 1843, while the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad began service in 1849. In 1900,...
...Meyer, two area farm owners, sold land to the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railway, setting in motion the...
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