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In January 1858, the first masonry building in Chicago to be thus raised—a four-story, 70-foot-long (21 m), 750-ton (680 metric tons) brick structure situated at the north-east corner of Randolph Street and Dearborn Street—was lifted on two hundred jackscrews to its new grade, which was 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) higher than the old one, “without the slightest injury to the building.” [9 ...
The project of reversing the river was completed after Chesbrough's death by the Sanitary District of Chicago (now The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District), created in 1889, which undertook the construction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Chesbrough died in Chicago on August 18, 1886, and was buried at Graceland Cemetery. [5]
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]
STORY: Chicago teens have created a Guinness world record-breaking 'cereal mosaic'[Michael Kotcher, Chicago Children United for Ukraine]“We wanted to raise awareness for Ukraine. So, we decided ...
“Raising taxes does the exact opposite of that.” The budget for the city’s new fiscal year must be resolved by the end of the month. Chicago faces a billion dollar deficit.
While the Blackhawks, Bulls and the rest of the programming on the new Chicago Sports Network remains blacked out on Comcast, the cable giant is raising the monthly fee it charges subscribers to ...
A sidewalk vault in Chicago, daylit through vault lights, 1880. The raising of Chicago started in 1855 [2] as a response to the muddy conditions of the streets [3] and because of epidemics of cholera. [4] The raised streets needed new, raised sidewalks to match them.
Ramirez-Rosa has advocated for the raising of Chicago's minimum wage to a living wage, and other measures in support of workers' rights. He was a sponsor of the successful Fair Workweek ordinance to provide hourly-workers with stability in their work schedules. [77] He also sponsored the ordinance to raise Chicago's minimum wage to $15. [78]