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Waterfront, Dennis H. Cremin(
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) ...waterfront has been used for commerce, industry, and leisure . Chicago's position on a mid-...
...waterfront was primarily devoted to commerce and industry. Near the end of the nineteenth century,...
...the lakefront was spared much of the heavy industry and instead hosted some of the city's early...
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Blues, Adam Green(
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) ...South and the growth of the modern music industry; regional folk genius and ethnic entrepreneurial...
...musicians awaited the resurgence of the record industry. Tampa Red and Bill Broonzy were joined by...
...notably Kingston Mines) serving the tourist industry and predominantly white fans of blues. In 1984...
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Firefighting, Mark Tebeau(
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) ...Along with business leaders, the insurance industry sought to replace the volunteer fire department...
...increasingly activist and powerful insurance industry. As early as 1905, insurance companies began...
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Sauk Village, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...in 1957. Providing housing for workers in the industries of the region, the village went through...
...stagnation related to the fortunes of area industries. Since the 1970s, stronger involvement by the...
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Wayne, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...electricity for streetlights. Only a few industries, including a hemp mill and the Morton Sand and...
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Chicago Times-Herald Race of 1895, Keith R. Gill(
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) ...Times-Herald. Hoping to promote this new industry and sell more papers, Kohlsaat announced on July...
...line was near the current Museum of Science and Industry. So new was the idea of the automobile to...
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Chicago Heights, IL, Dominic Candeloro(
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) ...successfully recruited large-scale heavy industries such as Inland Steel, and built the impressive...
...and Hill neighborhoods to be close to the heavy industries. The downtown area served as the retail,...
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Deportation and Repatriation, Francisco E. Balderrama(
Authored Entry
) ...of single men. They worked in a variety of industries, including railroads, meatpacking plants, and...
...survived the Great Depression, when major industries commonly awarded preference to workers of...
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Lynwood, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...Because of its easy access to Chicago and the industries of the Calumet region , several attempts...
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Unemployment, Alan Harris Stein(
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) ...innovation and foreign competition, devastated some long-established Chicago industries and...
...the industries dependent on them. The unemployment rate in Gary in 1990, for instance, was 17...
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Rockdale, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...Hispanic population. Combining residences and industry, Rockdale incorporated in 1903. During the...
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Wilmington, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...Arsenal settled in Wilmington. In recent years, industry has declined, but new commuter residents...
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Book Arts, Paul F. Gehl(
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) ...thriving commercial printing and publishing industries and from its intermittently flourishing...
...the Midwest. Meanwhile, the commercial printing industry was also contributing to the growth of the...
...1880s found fertile ground among this printing industry constituency. The Chicago Literary Club (...
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Green Oaks, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
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) ...of the tollway in unincorporated Rondout for industry. Businesses included a concrete plant and a...
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Minooka, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...Interstate 80 and chemical, oil, and power industry jobs opportunities along the Des Plaines River....
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Porter, IN, Erik Gellman(
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) ...the town of Porter later took its name. Industry followed the construction of railroads through the...
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Riverdale, IL, Dave Bartlett(
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) ...a total of six railroads crossed the area. Industries that followed—including distilleries, lumber...
...Channel between 1911 and 1922 further stimulated industry. In 1918 Acme Steel Company located on the...
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Roselle, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...dwellings were developed, and various light industries were established, including the Lynfred...
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Steger, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...site. Along with the growth of some light industries and new stores, the village lost much of its...
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Park Ridge, IL, John R. Schmidt(
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) ...of Touhy Avenue and served as postmaster. Industry came to Maine Township in 1854 with the opening...
...the boom. During the 1940s, some housing for war-industry workers was built. However, significant...
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