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The Ford Rotunda was a tourist attraction that was originally located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, and later was relocated to Dearborn, Michigan. It was among the most popular tourist destinations in the United States, receiving more visits in the 1950s than the Statue of Liberty. [1] It was destroyed by a fire on November 9, 1962.
The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street. The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire.
Garfield Park Conservatory, located in Garfield Park in Chicago, is one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States.Often referred to as "landscape art under glass", the Garfield Park Conservatory occupies approximately 4.5 acres (18,000 m 2) inside and out and contains a number of permanent plant exhibits incorporating specimens from around the world, including some cycads ...
PCC streetcar, Chicago, 1950. 1950 Chess Records in business. [50] Population: 3,620,962. This was the peak of Chicago's population, which has been declining ever since. [51] 1951 December 20: The Edens Expressway, Chicago's first expressway, opened. 1953: American Indian Center, the oldest urban Native American center in the United States, opened.
The company employed about 130 people in Chicago in the late 1980s. [5] Collectors provide a market for resale of the statues, but they are not generally valued highly in monetary terms. [6] In 1996, the company was owned by B. Paul Brueggemeier and was having to leave its factory at 850 North Ogden to make way for a town house development. [7]
Category: 1950s in Illinois. 6 languages. ... 1950s in Chicago (1 C, 16 P) E. 1950s Illinois elections (10 C) S. 1950s in sports in Illinois (10 C)
In the 1950s, much of Old Town was an enclave for many of the first Puerto Ricans to come to Chicago. They referred to the area as part of "La Clark". [citation needed] No legal entity is known as "Old Town", but claims have been made as to the nature of its legally-unspecified borders:
Kenwood, one of Chicago's 77 community areas, is on the shore of Lake Michigan on the South Side of the city. Its boundaries are 43rd Street, 51st Street, Cottage Grove Avenue, and the lake. Kenwood was originally part of Hyde Park Township, which was annexed to the city of Chicago in 1889. Kenwood was once one of Chicago's most affluent ...