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Infrastructure, Louis P. Cain(
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) ...Unlike sanitation services, public transportation remained privately owned until the creation of the...
...shafts became street railway tunnels and remained in operation into the 1950s. A more adventurous...
...became America's busiest airport by 1932 and remained so until 1960. The development of jet aviation...
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Glencoe, IL, Adam H. Stewart(
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) ...95 percent of whom were white—while incomes remained among the highest in the state and the country....
...peaked at 10,542 in 1970. Glencoe's demography remained predominately affluent and white. Along with...
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Illinois Central Railroad, John P. Hankey(
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) ...the IC, but its functions, routes, and franchise have remained important to Chicago's economy....
...Throughout the twentieth century, the IC remained a conservatively managed, reasonably modern, and...
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Northwestern University, Patrick M. Quinn(
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) ...relations with the Evanston community remained somewhat strained because of the university's...
...both in Evanston and in Chicago, but remained a relatively loose federation of semiautonomous...
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Union, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...failed to prosper. Incorporated in 1897, Union remained a smalltrading center. It is home to the...
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Homer Glen, IL, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
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) ...arrived, Will County 's Homer Township remained essentially rural. In 1988, however, residents...
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Greenwood, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...oak groves. For over a century, the community remained a collection of houses around an 1859 school...
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Hometown, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...damaging 500 others. During the 1990s Hometown remained a close-knit community of fewer than 5,000...
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Huntley, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...Huntley and incorporated in 1872, Huntley remained an agricultural village until the 1980s. Suburban...
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Maple Park, IL, Erik Gellman(
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) ...its name to Maple Park. In 2000 Maple Park remained a small town of 765 residents on the border of...
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McCullom Lake, IL, Craig L. Pfannkuche(
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) ...and road improvements. The village has remained a moderate-income bedroom community, with a...
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Bloomingdale, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...and reincorporated individually. Development remained slow in Bloomingdale until the 1950s. The...
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Nursery Schools, David Blanke(
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) ...care became more compelling. Many families remained on the waiting lists of crowded centers while...
...than 23 federally sponsored “war nurseries” remained in Chicago by 1946, but the COA noted 40 new...
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Frankfort, IL, Sarah S. Marcus(
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) ...expanding metropolis of Chicago, the village remained a small community, surrounded by farms, with...
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Glendale Heights, IL, Jane S. Teague(
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) ...Height's first subdivision in 1951, the area remained largely rural until 1958. In 1959 residents...
...County, 23miles W of the Loop. Glendale Heights remained a prosperous agricultural area until the...
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Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Perry R. Duis(
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) ...scaled down after victory in 1945, Great Lakes remained an important naval facility and expanded...
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Beverly, Ellen Skerrett(
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) ...this area was annexed to Chicago by 1890 but remained sparsely settled for decades. Residents often...
...area south of 99th Street and west of Western, remained prairie until the 1940s and 1950s. From its...
...Dan Ryan Forest Preserve . Its housing stock remained predominantly single-family with only a few...
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South Shore, Wallace Best(
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) ...a cultural center. The New Regal Theater opened in 1987 on 79th Street and remained open until 2003....
...Perhaps still not “social register,” South Shore remained a choice destination for those desiring a...
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Riverside, IL, Joseph L. Arnold(
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) ...was fairly affluent and all white in 1940 and remained so at the end of the century. The only...
...and Olmsted's original development plan remained in force. In 1893 several wealthy local residents...
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Schools and Education, John L. Rury(
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) ...appointed to oversee the schools, but funding remained meager. In 1845 an inspector reported schools...
...older children. Public school classes remained large, often conducted in poorly maintained rooms and...
...schools, particularly in Catholic parishes , remained a substantial presence in Chicago. German...
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