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51 Calumet City, IL, Dominic Candeloro( Authored Entry )
...in 1970, and 39,697 in 1980. Since the 1920s various mayors and citizen groups battled to shut down...
...State Street bars with varying success, until Mayor Jerry Genova's efforts in the 1990s seemed to...
52 Aldermanic Privilege, Christopher Thale( Authored Entry )
...were also committeemen acted as “little mayors” of their wards. Reformers objected that aldermanic...
...in the mid-twentieth century. In 1955, however, Mayor Richard J. Daley centralized zoning variation...
53 City Club of Chicago, Susan Marie Wirka( Authored Entry )
...began to decline, however, with the advent of Mayor Richard J. Daley's administration, as the...
...controlled the city's reform environment. When Mayor Daley died in 1976, the club had as few as 60...
54 Coffeehouses, Eli Rubin( Authored Entry )
...newspapermen, and politicians, including future mayor Anton Cermak. Amato's Café at 914 S. Halsted...
55 Finding a Playground, Sarah S. Marcus( Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay) )
...Political Culture ; Public Works, Federal Funding for U. S. Senator Paul Douglas, Mayor Richard J....
...Daley, and Mayor George Chacharis at the Indiana Dunes, 1961 Photographer: The Hammond Times Source:...
...in the front passenger seat, is accompanied by Mayor Richard J. Daley of Chicago (seated behind...
56 Royko: What Clout Is, ( Authored Entry )
...hour week before. ” “My clout sent a letter to the mayor recommending me for a judgeship. Maybe I'll...
57 Privatization, Robin A. Johnson( Authored Entry )
...unfunded intergovernmental mandates. Under Mayor Richard M. Daley, the city of Chicago privatized a...
...rights. Another criticism of privatization under Mayor Daley is that contracting with private firms...
58 Baths, Public, Marilyn Thornton Williams( Authored Entry )
...from the press and the city government under Mayor Hempstead Washburne and city council finance...
...in 1894. It was named after assassinated mayor Carter H. Harrison and cost $20,649. Thereafter,...
59 Steering, Pierre deVise( Authored Entry )
...After a summer of riots, arson, and marches, Mayor Richard J. Daley agreed to convene the Conference...
60 Bridgeview, IL, Ronald S. Vasile( Authored Entry )
...wheat, and potatoes. By the 1880s former Chicago mayor “Long John” Wentworth owned land in the area....
...a library. In the early 1980s longtime Bridgeview mayor John Oremus pitched the bold idea of a dozen...
61 Burnham, IL, Larry A. McClellan( Authored Entry )
...from 1908 to 1948, the history of Burnham was tied to the activities of its mayor, John Patton....
...first elected, “Johnny” Patton was the youngest mayor in Illinois. Over the years, he developed the...
62 Merrillville, IN, Stephen G. McShane( Authored Entry )
...Gordon Hatcher, Gary's first African American mayor, accelerated the white flight begun a decade...
63 Model Cities, D. Bradford Hunt( Authored Entry )
...in planning and implementation. In 1967, Mayor Richard J. Daley and his Department of Development...
...Lawndale, and Uptown . But at the same time, the mayor also moved to control neighborhood input. His...
64 Aurora, IL, Catherine Bruck( Authored Entry )
...ward boundaries ended at the river, and the mayor was elected from alternate sides until 1913. While...
65 Portage, IN, James B. Lane( Authored Entry )
...competition. Three of Portage's first four mayors were Democrats , including Arthur Olson, John...
...Maletta, who defeated three-term Republican mayor Robert Goin in 1987 and controlled city hall...
66 "The Whole World Is Watching", Sarah S. Marcus( Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery) )
...The City That Works" and his political clout, Mayor Daley had persuaded the Democratic Party to hold...
...Conventions ; Year Page: 1968 "We Support Mayor Daley," 1968 Source: Chicago Historical Society (...
...of the Chicago policemen's use of force and Mayor Daley's strong stand against disorder. Ironically,...
67 Near North Side, Amanda Seligman( Authored Entry )
...people determined to stay in their neighborhood. Mayor Richard M. Daley and other planners called...
...occupation by squatters and in 1857 persuaded Mayor John Wentworth to remove them. The Fire of 1871...
68 Multicentered Chicago, Henry C. Binford( Authored Entry )
...neighborhood guides of various sorts, and in the 1990s Mayor Richard M. Daley harnessed neighborhood...
...since the time of Cermak and perfected by Mayor Richard J. Daley. Thousands of political workers and...
...stage for community building after 1950. Led by Mayor Richard J. Daley, postwar civic and business...
69 School Desegregation, John L. Rury( Authored Entry )
...a desegregation plan was developed were thwarted by Mayor Richard J. Daley's intervention. When...
70 Sunday Closings, Rachel E. Bohlmann( Authored Entry )
...gardens with family entertainment on Sundays. When Mayor Levi Boone attempted to enforce the law in...
...letter in the city. Less than two decades later, Mayor Joseph Medill attempted to enforce the Sunday...

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