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Presents the 20th century history of labor-management struggle in the meatpacking industry of Chicago. Located at 4859 S. Wabash (south exterior), the former headquarters building of District 1, United Packinghouse Workers of America, CIO. The building is now the Charles Hayes Family Investment Center operated by the Chicago Housing Authority.
The building contract for the new almshouse was awarded to S.C. Sailor of Oakwood, Illinois, but he backed out of the project in late February 1916. The contract was granted to J.W. Montgomery in March for $20,389, and the cornerstone was laid on May 17, 1916. [ 6 ]
The Central Illinois Public Service Company purchased the Muddy Power Station in 1916. It had a generating capacity of 7,500 kilowatts. After removing an original 2,500-kilowatt unit, the company added two 5,000-kilowatt turbine-generators and one 10,000 kilowatt unit, bringing the stations total capacity to 25,000 kilowatts in 1922.
Keiser, John H. Building for the Centuries: Illinois 1865–1898 (1977) Kenney, David The Political Passage: The Career of Stratton of Illinois (1990). Governor in 1950s. Kinsley, Philip. The Chicago Tribune: Its First Hundred Years (1943) Kleppner, Paul. Political Atlas of Illinois (1988) maps for 1980s. Leonard, Gerald.
April 14, 2020 was the date of the first COVID-related death in Peoria County. [47] In April 2021, the Peoria metro area had the 9th highest daily average for new COVID cases in the nation. [ 48 ] In December 2021, Peoria area hospitals were at or near capacity with a surge of the Delta variant .
The death ignited simmering tensions between Black migrants from the American south and predominately Irish immigrants on Chicago's South Side. The rioting lasted a week and resulted in the deaths of 23 blacks and 15 whites and left over 1,000 people, mostly black, homeless. 38 537 1916–21 Political, organized crime
Take a trip down memory lane with by looking at these incredible photos of Christmas window displays from the last 100 years, Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Entertainment ...
In 1892, the Masonic Temple surpassed the New York World Building, breaking its two-year reign as the tallest skyscraper, only to be surpassed itself two years later by another New York building. Since 1963, a " Second Chicago School " has emerged from the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.