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Tuley/Northwest Division High School - closed in 1974 to make way for the new Roberto Clemente Community Academy; Waller/North Division High School - renamed Lincoln Park High School in 1979; Washburne Trade School - closed in 1993; reopened in 1994 as part of the City Colleges of Chicago [20] [21] before closing again in 1996. [21]
The city of Chicago has been known by many nicknames, but it is most widely recognized as the "Windy City". The earliest known reference to the "Windy City" was actually to Green Bay in 1856. [1] The first known repeated effort to label Chicago with this nickname is from 1876 and involves Chicago's rivalry with Cincinnati. The popularity of the ...
Canton – Plow City [citation needed] Champaign–Urbana. Chambana [12] Twin Cities; Charleston – Chucktown [13] Chester – The Home of Popeye [14] Chicago (A to Z) Chi-Town [15] Chiraq [16] City in a Garden (literal translation of city motto, Urbs in horto) [17] The City of the Big Shoulders [18] (from Chicago, a Carl Sandburg poem)
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Luther High School South, Chicago (closed 2014) Maine North High School, Des Plaines (1970–1981) Maria High School (Chicago, Illinois) (1911–2013) McKinley High School (Chicago) (1875–1954) Mendel Catholic High School, Chicago (1951–1988) Mount Assisi Academy, Lemont (1951-2014) Near North Career Metropolitan High School, Chicago (1977 ...
Many city nicknames roll off the tongue like it's second nature. New York City is, of course, "the Big Apple." Paris is the "City of Love." Los Angeles is the "City of Angels." They're a given at this
St. Joseph School (Chicago Heights) Closed in 1989: [15] Mother of Sorrows Boarding School (Blue Island) (operated as private) Closed in 1990: [15] Mount Carmel School (Chicago Heights) Seven Holy Founders (Calumet Park) St. Rosalie School (Harwood Heights) Closed in 1992: [15] St. Anthony School (Cicero) St. Charles Borromeo School (Melrose Park)