| 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...
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| 562 |
Medical Education, Eve Fine(
Authored Entry
) ...degree from the Chicago Medical College in 1870, women could enroll but not graduate from either...
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| 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...
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| 564 |
Ukrainians, Alexandra Hrycak(
Authored Entry
) ...immigrants identified themselves as Ukrainians. By 1930, there were approximately 25,000 to 30,000...
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| 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...
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| 566 |
Will County, Sarah S. Marcus(
Authored Entry
) ...number of residents soared. Between 1920 and 1930, the African American population in Will County...
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| 567 |
Logan Square, Elizabeth A. Patterson(
Authored Entry
) ...shortly thereafter. Population fell gradually after 1930. Older frame residences on the community's...
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| 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...
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| 569 |
Munn & Scott, (
Business Dictionary
) ...revenues reached about $4 million in 1867; by 1870, the company still ranked as the city's leading...
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| 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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| 571 |
Sleepy Hollow, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...bodies who would impose high taxes and stringent building codes . But as the surrounding communities...
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| 572 |
Batavia, IL, Marilyn Robinson(
Authored Entry
) ...sanitarium for women in a former high-school building. Mary Todd Lincoln, widow of the assassinated...
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| 573 |
St. Lawrence Seaway, David M. Young(
Authored Entry
) ...that British Canada would control trade by building a canal around Niagara Falls, completed the Erie...
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| 574 |
Stone Park, IL, Richard Harris(
Authored Entry
) ...builders avoided the area, which had no building codes or municipal services. Land was cheap during...
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| 575 |
Street Naming, Michael Paul Wakeford(
Authored Entry
) ...known by several different names. In 1901, building superintendent Edward P. Brennan confronted the...
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| 576 |
Armories, Eleanor Hannah(
Authored Entry
) ...traditional practice of renting easily modified buildings. Armories also emerged as the locus of...
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| 577 |
Water Polo, Robert Pruter(
Authored Entry
) ...formed water polo teams not long after building swimming pools, in 1904 and 1910 respectively, each...
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| 578 |
Burnham Plan, Cynthia R. Field(
Authored Entry
) ...was the organizing principle for the buildings, streets, and parks. In the following decades, as a...
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| 579 |
Aldermanic Privilege, Christopher Thale(
Authored Entry
) ...alley cleaning, and permits for driveways and building conversions. Aldermen, in turn, typically...
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| 580 |
Addison, IL, Marilyn Elizabeth Perry(
Authored Entry
) ...The Lutheran seminary relocated in 1913, and its buildings were occupied by the Chicago City Mission...
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