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 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Chicago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Chicago's politics lean famously to the left compared to the rest of the Midwest, and it is often said that Chicago is the "East Coast" of the Midwest.
The Lyric Opera of Chicago was founded in 1954 and performs in the Civic Opera Building, which was built in 1929 on the east bank of the Chicago River and is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, with 3,563 seats.
Chicago then became one of the largest grain and lumber ports in the world, with grain being sent to more established populations and lumber being sent to the forest-starved prairies where new settlers needed to build.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/chicago   (6693 words)

  
 Chicago, Illinois - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Chicago was first setled by Europeans when Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African American from Haiti, settled on the Chicago River.
In 1795, the area of Chicago was ceded by the Native Americans in the Treaty of Greenville to the United States for a military post.
Mayor Richard J. Daley was elected in 1955, in the era of so-called machine politics.
www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Chicago,_Illinois   (1538 words)

  
 The Encyclopedia of Chicago - PowerBookSearch!
Chicago is a city of size and mass, the cradle of modern architecture, the freight hub of the nation, a city built on slaughterhouses and cacophonous financial trading tempered by some of the finest cultural institutions in the world.
The Encyclopedia of Chicago is one of the most significant historical projects undertaken in the last twenty years, and it has everything in it to engage the most curious historian as well as settle the most boisterous barroom dispute.
Chicago is a city of size and mass, the cradle of modern architecture, the freight hub of the nation, a city built on slaughter-houses and cacophonous financial trading tempered by some of the finest cultural institutions in the world.
www.powerbooksearch.com /booksearch0226310159.html   (2286 words)

  
 Chicago, Illinois - Gurupedia
Chicago was first settled by Europeans when Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African American from Haiti, settled on the Chicago River.
Six square miles of land at the mouth of the Chicago River are reserved by the Treaty of Greenville for use by the United States.
Chicago then became one of the largest grain and lumber ports in the world with grain sent to more established populations and lumber being sent to the forest-starved prairies were new settlers needed to build.
www.gurupedia.com /c/ch/chicago.htm   (4046 words)

  
 Site Contents at the free Online Encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS
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List of monasteries dissolved by Henry VIII of England
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /index_194.html   (149 words)

  
 City Mayors: Mayor of Chicago
A former state senator and county prosecutor, Mr Daley was elected Mayor on 4 April 1989, to complete the term of the late Harold Washington, and was re-elected in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003.
Richard Michael Daley was born in Chicago on 24 April 1942, the fourth of seven children and the eldest son of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley and his wife Eleanor.
The Mayor of Chicago, the city's chief executive officer, directs city departments and appoints department heads, with the advice and consent of the City Council.
www.citymayors.com /usa/chicago.html   (1369 words)

  
 CPL Text version of Mayors of Chicago
Benjamin Wright Raymond was the third mayor of Chicago.
Photographs of all past mayors of Chicago are located on one wall of the Mayor's Office on the fifth floor of Chicago's City Hall.
On April 23, 1875, Chicago accepted the Cities and Villages Act passed by the Illinois Legislature in 1872 which changed the municipal election from November to April and authorized city officers to hold office until April 1876.
www.chipublib.org /004chicago/mayors/mayortxt.html   (576 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States with a population of 2,896,016 (2000).
On this simulated-color image of Chicago (taken by Landsat 7) the long fl line coming into the center of the city from the southeast is the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Chicago is governed by a Mayor who is elected for a four year term.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Chicago   (1246 words)

  
 List of mayors of Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[edit] Mayors of Chicago, Illinois, current or previous
The mayoral term in Chicago was two years from 1837 through 1907, at which time it was lengthened to four years.
December 2, 1987-April 24, 1989(elected by city council to complete Mayor Washington's term).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Chicago   (282 words)

  
 CPL Inaugural Addresses of Chicago Mayors Harold Washington April 29, 1983
Chicago is not an island unto itself and other municipalities in this state suffer just as direly as we do.
The only greater challenge in our history in Chicago was 110 years ago when Mayor Joseph Medill looked over a city burned to the ground and called for an enormous outpouring of civic spirit and resources to make the city new.
There have been 41 Mayors before me and when I was growing up in this City and attending its public schools it never dawned upon me nor did I dream that the flame would pass my way.
www.chipublib.org /004chicago/mayors/speeches/hw83.html   (2031 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Mayor
A mayor is the chief executive official of a city, town, or village.
In the United States, mayors are usually elected by the citizens of a locality for a fixed term.
In several other countries, mayors are often appointed by some branch of the federal or regional government.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=mayor   (197 words)

  
 Graveyards of Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery holds several Chicago mayors, Civil War generals, and a Vice President.
Chicago's Bohemian cemetery features some of the best funerary art to be found within the city, a beautiful indoor columbarium, and the assassinated Mayor Anton Cermak.
Chicago's historic Catholic cemetery, established in 1859 and located on beautiful lakefront property in Evanston.
www.graveyards.com /index2.html   (422 words)

  
 Congressman Mark Steven Kirk - 10th District of Illinois
Although the city of Chicago bans the dumping of partially-treated sewage, the city of Milwaukee does not.
That summer, Chicago experienced a record number of beach closings even though no direct link between the sewage dumping and beach closings was found.
Congressman Kirk is working with several Waukegan and North Chicago churches to secure federal funding for anti-gang initiatives the President spoke of in this year’s State of the Union address.
www.house.gov /list/press/il10_kirk/mayorssummit.html   (990 words)

  
 Roosevelt University - History of Chicago - Resources on the Internet
Chicago area telephone numbers most frequently asked for by patrons of the CPL Harold Washington Library Center's Information Center.
Chicago Community Area Demographics from University of Illinois - Chicago Experimental demographic information from the 1990 U.S. Census Bureau Summary Tape File Three (STF3) with the data summarized from census tract to the Chicago Community Area.
Chicago Historical Society and its The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory.
www.roosevelt.edu /chicagohistory/resources.htm   (272 words)

  
 City Mayors: Millennium Park - Chicago
City Mayors reports on major national and international sporting events and their impact on cities.
Millennium Park was described by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley as the crowning achievement of the vision set forth by the original founders of Chicago in 1837.
Today's Millennium Park marks the Millennium for the ages and leaves Chicago with a marvelous venue to be enjoyed and cherished for generations to come,” the Mayor said.
www.citymayors.com /environment/millennium_park.html   (1168 words)

  
 Kendall College > Student Life > Living in Chicago
Chicago is the ideal place to live, learn, and grow.
Few cities are more exhilarating than Chicago, which boasts Michigan Avenue’s “Magnificent Mile” shopping district, Millennium Park, Navy Pier, world-renowned museums, international dining, high-energy nightlife, grand architecture, and performing arts.
Chicago also offers a broad array of famous festivals, including the Chicago Blues, Jazz, and Gospel festivals, as well as Winter Wonderfest and the Chicago Wine and Food Festival, which will be hosted by Kendall College again next year.
www.kendall.edu /StudentLife/LivinginChicago/tabid/87/Default.aspx   (211 words)

  
 Congressman Mark Steven Kirk - 10th District of Illinois
Cleaning up Lake Michigan and helping relieve traffic congestion on Lake County roads were two topics on the minds of area mayors as they met with U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, R-10th, of Highland Park, Monday at the Deerfield library.
Mayors and village officials from 13 communities including Bannockburn, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Green Oaks, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Long Grove, North Chicago, Palatine, Riverwoods, Wheeling, Wilmette and Winnetka attended the mayors summit.
Palatine Mayor Rita Mullins said train whistle noise is a big problem for the communities in her area, saying there are about nine rail crossings in a 1.5-mile stretch.
www.house.gov /list/hearing/il10_kirk/mayorssummitpioneer.html   (448 words)

  
 City Club of Chicago - Board of Governers
Green is Director of the School of Policy Studies and Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois.
He is also a columnist for Crain’s Chicago Business, the Political Analyst for WGN Radio in Chicago, and the author of several books and articles on Illinois and Chicago politics.
His latest publications, co-authored with Mel Holli, are entitled (1) The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition and (2) From Mid-Century to the Millennium: A View from City Hall — a Pictorial History of Chicago.
www.cityclub-chicago.com /bio.asp?ID=PaulMGreen   (224 words)

  
 Chicago Reader: Chicago 101
It’s the Mayors Daley and the Jesses Jackson and, hello, future president Barack Obama.
Founded in 1971 by handful of college friends who believed the best way to sell a newspaper was to give it away for free, the Reader is today a model for alternative papers across the country—and one of the few big-city weeklies that’s still locally owned, locally published, and locally focused.
Our comprehensive, user-friendly listings (in print and online) reach far and wide to tell you what’s going on every week, and our nationally and internationally respected critics help guide you through the mindboggling array of choices.
www.chicagoreader.com /features/stories/chicago101   (368 words)

  
 OnMilwaukee.com Milwaukee Buzz: 100 reasons Milwaukee is better than Chicago
A cheesehead is better than a F.I.B. Chicago is the second fattest city in the U.S.; Milwaukee is 22 (Men's Fitness Magazine).
Chris Farley died in Chicago but was born in Wisconsin.
Chicago has the highest homicide rate in America.
www.onmilwaukee.com /buzz/articles/100chicago.html   (858 words)

  
 Wal-Mart IDs 5 South-Side locations for next stores | Crain's Chicago Business
While a final decision has not yet been made, the retailer is firm enough on them that it is expected to seek formal city zoning and other approvals before the end of the year, a person close to the matter says.
That means the prospect of thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in construction work would be on the table at the same time the aldermen, and presumably Mayor Daley, will be making their case to voters in advance of the February city elections.
Coleman switched sides after Mayor Daley vetoed the bill, giving him the support he needed to sustain his veto.
www.chicagobusiness.com /cgi-bin/news.pl?id=22441   (597 words)

  
 WWW-VL: United States History: Chicago History | USA Urban History
Maps of Chicago and Vicinity - Warner and Beers Atlas of 1876
Deaths, Disturbances, Disasters and Disorders in Chicago [CPL]
Crosstown Rivalry: The University of Chicago versus Northwestern
vlib.iue.it /history/USA/urban/chicago.html   (682 words)

  
 Roosevelt University - History of Chicago - Bibliography
Asbury, Herbert, Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, New York, 1940.
Gosnell, Harold, Machine Politics, Chicago Model, Chicago 1939, and Negro Politician: The Rise of Negro Politics in Chicago, Chicago, 1935.
Holli, Melvin and Green, Paul, The Mayors: The Chicago Political Tradition, Carbondale, IL., 1987.
www.roosevelt.edu /chicagohistory/bibliography.htm   (576 words)

  
 Chicago Area Housing Website - Housing website home page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Greater Chicago Housing and Community Development Website is designed to guide and assist policy makers, housing/community development professionals, planners, researchers, developers and people seeking to buy or rent a home.
The website will make available a wealth of data and information about the housing environment in Chicago and other communities throughout the region.
Affordable homeownership initiative offered through the Chicago Department of Housing to create homeownership opportunities for City residents.
www.chicagoareahousing.org   (95 words)

  
 Photographs from the Chicago Daily News: More Topics
full list of subject headings assigned by catalogers.
This list includes names of many of the people photographed and of significant events.
The staff of the Chicago Historical Society encourage you to do a keyword search across all "core" fields for the most comprehensive retrieval.
memory.loc.gov /ammem/ndlpcoop/ichihtml/cdntopic.html   (192 words)

  
 Grossman, James R.: The Encyclopedia of Chicago
One of the great American metropolises, Chicago rises out of the prairie in the heart of the country, buffeted by winds coming off the plains and cooled by the waters of the inland sea of Lake Michigan.
Additionally, contributors have provided lengthy interpretive essays—woven into the alphabetical section but set off graphically—that take a long view of such topics as the built environment, literary images of Chicago, and the city's often legendary and passionate sports culture.
You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores.
www.press.uchicago.edu /cgi-bin/hfs.cgi/00/16170.ctl   (451 words)

  
 NBG Photo Gallery :: Chicago
Chicago Bicycle Program Coordinator Ben Gomberg presenting Jim Muellner with Proclamation.
Jeff is displaying his "Depave Lakeshore Drive" T-shirt presented to him by Jim Redd, representing the Campaign for a Free and Clear Lakefront
Two Wheel Chicago, Jim Redd, with his wife Marshia.
www.nationalbicyclegreenway.com /gallery/Chicago   (131 words)

  
 Jazz Age Chicago--Extended List of Chicago History Links
Notable University of Chicago Faculty [University of Chicago Library]
History of the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus, The Jesuits
Hull-House and Its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963 [University of Illinois at Chicago]
chicago.urban-history.org /res/res03.shtml   (2422 words)

  
 Chicago - meaning of word
Mostly I update Chicago Sports info, but not the Cubs(I could never restrain my anti-cub bias).
Places in Chicago that are commonly known such as the presidential towers should be included.
Things that should NOT be included are landmarks well known to people in Chicago but unheard of to others outside of Chicago.
wordsonline.org /Chicago   (350 words)

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