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Burnham, IL, Larry A. McClellan(
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) ...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...
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Merrillville, IN, Stephen G. McShane(
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) ...Gordon Hatcher, Gary's first African American mayor, accelerated the white flight begun a decade...
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Model Cities, D. Bradford Hunt(
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) ...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...
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Aurora, IL, Catherine Bruck(
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) ...ward boundaries ended at the river, and the mayor was elected from alternate sides until 1913. While...
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Portage, IN, James B. Lane(
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) ...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...
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"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,...
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Near North Side, Amanda Seligman(
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) ...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...
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Multicentered Chicago, Henry C. Binford(
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) ...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...
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School Desegregation, John L. Rury(
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) ...a desegregation plan was developed were thwarted by Mayor Richard J. Daley's intervention. When...
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Sunday Closings, Rachel E. Bohlmann(
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) ...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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Introduction, Sarah S. Marcus(
Interpretive Digital Essay
) ...the expanding international economy. In 2006, Mayor Richard M. Daley sought to bolster the city's...
...Chicago." The swift response attributed to Mayor Daley—"It would be the same as if we criticized the...
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Industry, Page 1, Ann Durkin Keating(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...Goose Island William E. Dever, Tanner and Mayor Photographer: Unknown Source: Chicago Historical...
...on Goose Island during the 1890s was the future mayor William E. Dever, who came to Chicago from...
...serving first as the area alderman and later as mayor. Coal Yards Photographer: Chicago Daily News...
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Ralph Metcalfe: Champion Sprinter and Free-Thinking Politician, Daniel Greene(
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) ...as a Daley loyalist but later broke with the mayor, becoming a strong and independent voice for his...
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The Lake Front in the 21st Century, Gwen Hoerr Jordan(
Interpretive Digital Essay (Photo Essay)
) ...21st century. At the end of March 2003 Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley ordered the destruction of the...
...the island favored its public use. In March 2004 Mayor Daley reported that the city was planning to...
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Real Estate, Pierre deVise(
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) ...different ways. William B. Ogden, the first mayor of Chicago, was active in land sales connected...
...the McCormick Reaper Company. John Wentworth, twice mayor of Chicago and three times congressman,...
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Room for Improvement, (
Interpretive Digital Essay (Gallery)
) ...more famous father, served five two-year terms as mayor of Chicago, from 1897 to 1905, and then from...
...and a reform agenda. Source: Chicago Historical Society (ICHi-14843) Illustration 2742 1985 Mayors...
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Burbank, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
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) ...only slightly larger than it was in 1970. A mayor, treasurer, city clerk, and seven aldermen run the...
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Justice, IL, Betsy Gurlacz(
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) ...east and west sections. The village of 12,193 people (2000) is governed by a mayor and six trustees....
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African Americans, Christopher Manning(
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) ...The campaign resulted in a stalemate with Mayor Richard J. Daley and made little progress for open...
...making Washington Chicago's first African American mayor. Washington faced intense opposition from a...
...in the affluent suburb of Highland Park . Mayor Richard M. Daley attempted to remedy the problems...
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Gambling, Christopher Thale(
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) ...among politicians, and even the tolerant mayor Carter H. Harrison was pressured into crackdowns on...
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