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| 1 | Metropolitan Chicago Reference Map, (
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) ...Metropolitan Chicago Reference Map...
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| 2 | Chicago's Lakefront Landfill, (
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) ...Chicago's Lakefront Landfill...
...In some places, Chicago's downtown shoreline lies a half-mile east of where early European settlers...
...private profit and public improvements. The Chicago River was given a direct entrance to the lake,...
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| 3 | Chicago's Community Areas, (
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) ...Chicago's Community Areas...
...Established in the 1920s by University of Chicago sociologists conducting urban research, these...
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| 4 | Chicago's Rapid Transit Lines, (
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) ...Chicago's Rapid Transit Lines...
...as did public ownership after World War II. The new Chicago Transit Authority closed several lightly...
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| 5 | Chicago's Ethnic Mosaic in 2000, (
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) ...Chicago's Ethnic Mosaic in 2000...
...See caption for Chicago's Ethnic Mosaic in 1980....
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| 6 | Recreational Facilities in Chicago's Loop, (
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) ...Recreational Facilities in Chicago's Loop...
...As Chicago more than doubled in population between 1885 and the 1920s, commercial entertainment...
...in the central business district. In 1885, Chicago's downtown offered only a few major venues for...
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| 7 | Chicago's Retail Centers in 1948, (
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) ...Chicago's Retail Centers in 1948...
...middle of the twentieth century, shopping in the Chicago region was still resolutely urban. It had...
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| 8 | Blues Clubs in Chicago, (
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) ...Blues Clubs in Chicago...
...Though one could hear the blues in 1920s Chicago, the club scene was not well developed until the...
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| 9 | Chicago-Area Expressways in 2003, (
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) ...Chicago-Area Expressways in 2003...
...Radial expressways, intended to make central Chicago more accessible from the suburbs, proved "two-...
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| 10 | Interurbans in the Chicago Region, (
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) ...Interurbans in the Chicago Region...
...their fares. Three lines radiating from downtown Chicago became major commuter lines, but they faced...
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| 11 | Organized Crime in 1920s Chicago, (
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) ...Organized Crime in 1920s Chicago...
...and suburbs captured public attention in Chicago and beyond when bootlegging and vice entrepreneurs...
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| 12 | Chicago's Freight Tunnels, circa 1930, (
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) ...Chicago's Freight Tunnels, circa 1930...
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| 13 | Chicago's Evolving Economic Geography, (
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) ...Chicago's Evolving Economic Geography...
...Chicago has experienced three fundamental phases of economic development, reflected in the geography...
...its changing land use. Before the Civil War Chicago sprung up as a highly successful merchants' town...
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| 14 | Chicago's Street Railways in 1890, (
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) ...Chicago's Street Railways in 1890...
...replaced the complicated cable technology, and Chicago's last cable car ran in 1906. It was this...
...Chicago grew by leaps and bounds and by 1890 was a sprawling metropolis, its residents held together...
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| 15 | Chicago's Railroad Pattern in 1950, (
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) ...Chicago's Railroad Pattern in 1950...
...Chicago in 1950 was at the height of its power as the railroad center of the United States....
...independent railroad companies, fanned out from Chicago in all landward directions, connecting with...
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| 16 | Chicago's Retail Centers in 2000, (
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) ...Chicago's Retail Centers in 2000...
...By century's end, shopping in metropolitan Chicago had been revolutionized. First, shopping plazas...
...foot traffic remained strong, and downtown Chicago retail businesses faced severe competition from...
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| 17 | The Chicago Area Before Human Transformation, (
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) ...The Chicago Area Before Human Transformation...
...region destined to be covered by metropolitan Chicago took natural form following the retreat of the...
...at the ice sheet's margins, formed glacial Lake Chicago and drained southwestward, scouring what is...
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| 18 | Chicago Housing Authority Family Projects, (
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) ...Chicago Housing Authority Family Projects...
...The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) was established in 1937 to provide housing for poor and low-...
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| 19 | Illinois Central Railroad Links to Chicago, (
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) ...Illinois Central Railroad Links to Chicago...
...South generally followed water and rail routes. Chicago's popularity as a destination rested in part...
...Other railroad lines also offered access to Chicago from these and other parts of the South. Until...
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| 20 | Ancient Indian Earthworks in the Chicago Region, (
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) ...Ancient Indian Earthworks in the Chicago Region...
...distribution of Indian earthworks in the Chicago region dating from ancient times. Many sites are...
...longer survive, such as the mound that was once near the 79th Street beach on Chicago's South Side....
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