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551 Federal Art Project, Diane Dillon( Authored Entry )
...works remain in schools and other public buildings, and the South Side Community Art Center, the...
552 Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN), Gina M. Pérez( Authored Entry )
...more than 120 bombings of military and government buildings, financial institutions, and corporate...
553 Gold Coast, Amanda Seligman( Authored Entry )
...new architectural form, the luxury apartment building, sprang up in the area, dispelling fears that...
554 Chicago Hebrew Institute, Linda J. Borish( Authored Entry )
...Institute in 1922 and operated from a new building in North Lawndale after 1926. A forerunner of...
555 "Windy City", Jonathan Boyd( Authored Entry )
...in projects of national scope such as the building of railroads and the provision of Civil War...
556 Jackson Park, David M. Solzman( Authored Entry )
...City,” a fair laid out with white classical buildings surrounding reflecting pools, amid lagoons and...
557 Kindergarten Movement, Roberta Wollons( Authored Entry )
...with demonstration kindergartens in the Children's Building. Chicago emerged as the center of...
558 Mercy Hospital, Wallace Best( Authored Entry )
...fundraising campaigns in the mid-1960s, new buildings were constructed in 1967 and the old complex...
559 Northwest Community Organization, Thomas J. Jablonsky and Paul-Thomas Ferguson( Authored Entry )
...subsidized mortgages, employment training, building code violations , arson fires, and governmental...
560 Our Lady of the Angels Fire, David Cowan( Authored Entry )
...began in the basement of the 48-year-old building and billowed up an open stairway before fanning...
561 Manufacturing Climate, Janice L. Reiff( Rich Map (Essay) )
...Fire of 1871 , the city seemed to be on a building spree that fueled the local economy and provided...
...more common in both residential and business buildings in the 1880s, those figures jumped to 2,586...
...fittings created, however, were destined for new buildings in and around Chicago. The U.S. railroad...
562 Medical Education, Eve Fine( Authored Entry )
...degree from the Chicago Medical College in 1870, women could enroll but not graduate from either...
563 Creation of Chicago Sports, Elliott J. Gorn( Authored Entry )
...Milwaukee and St. Louis quickly emerged, and, by 1870, a Chicago merchant put up $15,000 and founded...
...Chicago was America's predominant football power. Building on the Maroon's success, football spread...
564 Ukrainians, Alexandra Hrycak( Authored Entry )
...immigrants identified themselves as Ukrainians. By 1930, there were approximately 25,000 to 30,000...
565 Vacation Spots, Derek Vaillant( Authored Entry )
...on the outskirts of rural towns. Between 1920 and 1930 the total acreage of state and county parks...
566 Will County, Sarah S. Marcus( Authored Entry )
...number of residents soared. Between 1920 and 1930, the African American population in Will County...
567 Logan Square, Elizabeth A. Patterson( Authored Entry )
...shortly thereafter. Population fell gradually after 1930. Older frame residences on the community's...
568 Mental Health, Harold M. Visotsky( Authored Entry )
...came from Vienna to the University of Chicago in 1930 as a visiting professor of psychoanalysis. A...
569 Munn & Scott, ( Business Dictionary )
...revenues reached about $4 million in 1867; by 1870, the company still ranked as the city's leading...
570 Overview, Ann Durkin Keating( Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay) )
...North Side ; Goose Island Historic Goose Island, 1930 Author: John Drury, Chicago Daily News Source:...
...of Goose Island was first published on March 26, 1930, in the Chicago Daily News . The map shows the...

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