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This is a bibliography of selected publications on the history of Chicago.For most topics, the easiest place to start is Janice L. Reiff, et al. eds. The Encyclopedia of Chicago (2004), which has thorough coverage by leading scholars in 1120pp of text and many illustrations.
July 10, Chicago's first legally executed criminal, John Stone was hanged for rape and murder. Population: 4,470. [4] 1843: Chicago's first cemetery, Chicago City Cemetery, was established in Lincoln Park. [5] 1844: Lake Park designated. [6] 1847: June 10, The first issue of the Chicago Tribune is published. 1848
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
The Chicago democrats could deliver the votes in every other way. In 1932, Chicago as a city was about 100 years old since it was established by Jean Baptiste Du Sable, and had developed into a massive city with a huge population of 3.4 million in 1932.
The Encyclopedia of Chicago (University Chicago Press, 2004) Haas, Shirley. 150 Years of Municipal Health Care in the City of Chicago: Board of Health, Department of Health, 1835–1985 (1985). Koehler, Gottfried. Annals of health and sanitation in Chicago (1919) online excerpts from primary sources. Koslow, Jennifer.
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Chicago will face another lost decade.”--Rahm Emanuel, 1 March 2012 $7 bn Trust Project Partners 501(c)3 non-profit status $1.0 bn already committed for public building Energy Retrofit Private & Not-for-Profit Funding Sources: unions, foundations, equity, mutual, pension, sovereign funds Pioneer Private Partners, Energy Retrofit project:
1930 Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum, Ernest A. Grunsfeld Jr. 1931 Merchandise Mart, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; 1930s-1960s Illinois Institute of Technology, including S.R. Crown Hall, Second Chicago School, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; 1934 Field Building, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; 1940 to the ...