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2. Union Stock Yards - Wikipedia

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   The jobs paid far more than anything in Eastern Europe, and new employees brought over their relatives. [44] Historian Dominic A. Pacyga in Slaughterhouse: Chicago's Union Stock Yard and the World It Made (University of Chicago Press, 2019) explores several key themes in urban economic history. He argues that the Chicago Stockyards played a ...

3. History of Chicago - Wikipedia

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   The first settler in Chicago was Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a Frenchman of European and African descent, [11] who built a farm at the mouth of the Chicago River in 1788 to 1790 [a]. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [ 13 ] He left Chicago in 1800.

4. Altgeld Gardens Homes - Wikipedia

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   Altgeld Gardens Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the border of Chicago and Riverdale, Illinois. The residents are 97% African-American according to the 2000 United States Census . [ 1 ]

5. Carbide & Carbon Building - Wikipedia

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   The building was designed by the Burnham Brothers (the firm launched by Daniel Burnham's sons Hubert Burnham and Daniel Burnham Jr.) as the regional office of Union Carbide and Carbon Co., and built by Paschen Brothers (a prominent Chicago construction family). [4] It was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 9, 1996.

6. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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   The Works Progress Administration (WPA; from 1935 to 1939, then known as the Work Projects Administration from 1939 to 1943) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

7. Old Chicago Main Post Office - Wikipedia

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   The Old Chicago Main Post Office is a nine-story-tall office building in downtown Chicago.The building was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and built in 1921. The structure of the building was expanded greatly in 1932 in order to serve Chicago's great volume of postal business, increased significantly by the mail-order businesses of Montgomery Ward (the largest retailer in the ...

8. McCormick Place - Wikipedia

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   McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago.It is the largest convention center in North America. [2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 1.0 mi (1.6 km) south of the Chicago Loop.

9. John Hancock Center - Wikipedia

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   The John Hancock Center is a 100-story, 1,128-foot [7] supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018.