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The 1960 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 12, 1960, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1960 presidential election. The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". [ 9 ]
The city and county jointly sponsored an architectural competition that Holabird & Roche won by unanimous vote. [12] Construction of the county building (east wing) began in 1905, and by 1907 some county offices were already beginning to move in. [12] Construction of city hall (the west wing) was delayed until 1909 because the city had to wait for the State to increase its borrowing authority ...
The Tadeusz Kościuszko Monument, also known as the Tadeusz Kościuszko Memorial and the Thaddeus Kosciuszko Memorial, [1] [2] is an outdoor sculpture by artist Kazimierz Chodziński depicting Tadeusz Kościuszko, installed in the median of East Solidarity Drive, near Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, in the U.S. state of Illinois.
Kroch's and Brentano's, once the largest privately owned bookstore chain in the US, closes. 1996 Chicago hosts the 1996 Democratic National Convention, sparking protests such as the one whereby Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn and 10 others were arrested by the Federal Protective Service. [64] City website online (approximate date ...
The Chicago Park District's Jefferson Park, with a view of the field house designed by Clarence Hatzfeld. Jefferson Park is a 7-acre (28,000 m 2) park operated by the Chicago Park District. The park, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places is located on the site of the Esdohr Farm.
Upper facade. Commercial real estate in Chicago, Illinois boomed in the late 1870s due to the recovery from the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 and the Depression of 1873–79.In 1880, William Ellery Hale purchased a small lot in the Loop community area containing the four-story First National Bank Building, one of the few offices in downtown Chicago to partially survive the Great Fire. [3]
The Chicago Record-Herald was a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois from 1901 until 1914. It was the successor to the Chicago Morning Herald , the Chicago Times Herald and the Chicago Record .
La Raza was also recognized in 2015 as one of '10 Newspapers That Do It Right' by Editor & Publisher magazine [2] and has received grants in support of its journalism awarded by the Field Foundation of Illinois, the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, the Chicago Community Trust, the Facebook Journalism Project/Lenfest Institute, the Facebook ...