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Chicago Transit Authority, David M. Young(
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...In 1997, the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) was the second-largest transit system in the United...
...a year (1997). The CTA was created in 1945. Chicago's elevated and street railway companies were...
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Chicago Conspiracy Trial, John Schultz(
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) ...Chicago Conspiracy Trial...
...the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Judge Julius Hoffman ruled that “the substance...
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Chicago River, Charles Nilon(
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) ...Chicago River...
...Reclamation District was designed to divert all stormwater runoff from the Chicago River System....
...In 1992 the Chicago Rivers Demonstration Project was initiated to assess the ecological condition of...
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South Chicago, David Bensman(
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) ...South Chicago...
...at the mouth of the Calumet River , South Chicago first evolved as a rural settlement for fishermen...
...established St. Patrick's parish in 1857. South Chicago's location at the intersection of river and...
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Chicago's Mythical French Fort, Winstanley Briggs(
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) ...Chicago's Mythical French Fort...
...miles by six miles around the mouth of the Chicago River, the representatives of the United States,...
...none of whom had ever been to Chicago, also demanded in addition the “French fort. ” The Indians...
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Chicago Ridge, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...Chicago Ridge, IL...
...Cemetery . After Oak Lawn incorporated in 1909, Chicago Ridge and Worth both considered the move. An...
...elected and accountable officials. Both Chicago Ridge and Worth incorporated in 1914. Chicago Ridge...
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Chicago Historical Society, Michael H. Ebner(
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) ...Chicago Historical Society...
...itself to documenting and interpreting Chicago's diverse populations. New initiatives—studying the...
...emphasizing its function as a history museum rooted in its transformed Chicago history galleries....
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Chicago Heights, IL, Dominic Candeloro(
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) ...Chicago Heights, IL...
...Cook County, 26 miles S of the Loop. Chicago Heights is located six miles from the Indiana border at...
...rural community. In the early 1890s a group of Chicago developers led by Charles Wacker determined...
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Chicago Area Project, David Wolcott and Steven Schlossman(
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) ...Chicago Area Project...
...The Chicago Area Project (CAP), a pioneering delinquency prevention program, was incorporated in...
...from prominent sociologists at the University of Chicago and the Illinois Institute for Juvenile...
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Chicago Women's Liberation Union, Margaret Strobel(
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) ...Chicago Women's Liberation Union...
...The Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU, 1969–1977) was founded by women from the civil rights...
...sports teams and challenged sexism in the Chicago Park District . With the Chicago chapter of the...
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Chicago Crime Commission, David E. Ruth(
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) ...Chicago Crime Commission...
...The Chicago Crime Commission is a nonpartisan, anticrime organization founded by businessmen in 1919...
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Chicago Sound, John McAllister(
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) ...Chicago Sound...
...aspects of them, their distinctiveness diminished. Nevertheless, two of these Chicago Sounds—...
...the Chicago Symphony Orchestra brass section at Symphony Center and the blues in Chicago...
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1909 Chicago, (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Special Feature)
) ...1909 Chicago...
...The City the Planners Saw Interpretive Digital Essay : The Plan of Chicago...
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Chicago School of Television, Rich Samuels(
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) ...Chicago School of Television...
...the desire to propagate an esthetic, created the Chicago School. When coaxial cable linked the East...
...facilities to fill an evening schedule. Chicago's task was to fill the gap—at low cost. The success...
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Chicago Federation of Musicians, Sandy R. Mazzola(
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) ...Chicago Federation of Musicians...
...CMS attempt to limit membership in the new Chicago Orchestra to local musicians, CMS in 1891 joined...
...ensued, ultimately leading in 1901 to the Chicago Federation of Musicians, Local 10, AFM, an...
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Bessie Coleman: Pioneer Chicago Aviator, Ann Durkin Keating(
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) ...Bessie Coleman: Pioneer Chicago Aviator...
...Preserve) for Coleman's first exhibition in Chicago. Coleman died in a plane crash in Florida in...
...accommodate the needs of African American pilots who faced discrimination at other Chicago airports....
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Chicago to Mackinac Race, Geoffrey Baer(
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) ...Chicago to Mackinac Race...
...in the breakwater at Van Buren Street prior to the beginning of the Chicago to Mackinac Race, 1905....
...Photographer: Unknown. Source: Chicago Historical Society. FIGURE 1...
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Chicago Federation of Labor, Daniel A. Graff(
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) ...Chicago Federation of Labor...
...County Industrial Union Council, the South Chicago Trades and Labor Assembly, and the Calumet Joint...
...Founded in 1896, the Chicago Federation of Labor (CFL) quickly emerged as the nation's most powerful...
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Skokie's Border with Chicago, Amanda Seligman(
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) ...Skokie's Border with Chicago...
...Although Chicago's size and population make it the central city of the metropolitan region, it has...
...of all annexations. In 1954, for example, Chicago annexed land from the village of Skokie , but it...
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Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Diana Haskell(
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) ...Joffrey Ballet of Chicago...
...The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, which gave its premiere performance in 1954...
...the Robert Joffrey Ballet Concert, relocated to Chicago in 1995. An outgrowth of the American Ballet...
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