History of Chicago Midterm March 16‚ 2012 Why was Chicago chosen to become the center of the 19th century growth? Experts have determined that 19th-century Chicago was the fastest-growing city in U.S. history. Census data show the population went from about 5‚000 in the early 1800s to more than 2 million by 1900. (Census) The population more than doubled every decade during the 19th century. This massive rate of growth was much faster than that seen in other large U.S. cities such as Boston
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fully‚ one must begin with the history in which it was derived from. The Art Institute of Chicago was initially located in Grant Park for more than 100 years. One will find very interesting that much if not all the land in which the museum sits upon has been man made over time. The Art Institute’s building located on Michigan Avenue was developed on land that was once turned to rubble due to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. During the 1890’s more parks were being created east of an existing railway
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understand the final impression left on the average mind...as to the inward meaning of this dream of beauty. Of course‚ I don’t understand it‚ but then I don’t understand anything...”‚ Henry Adams‚ in a letter to Lucy Baxter‚ October 18‚ 1893 The Chicago worlds fair was a bustling whirlwind that swept the country’s grittiest city in 1893. A race was run by the nation’s top architects and landscapers to beat the clock and Paris’s previous display. The streets were dirty‚ the numerous train tracks dangerous
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Parks in the 21st century Chicago Municipal parks are a key component of any metropolitan area. A park provides residents and visitors in the urban space a place to relax in the nature. Traditionally‚ parks are designed to resemble open woodlands where people find most relaxing. A typical park often consists of short grass that allows for picnics and sports activities‚ trees that provides shade and beauty as well as ponds. While traditional parks focus on passive recreation activities such as picnics
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best team in the NHL is as old as the league itself. Everyone has a favourite team‚ but just because they are your favourite team does not mean they are the best! There are lots of excellent teams in the NHL but none are superior as the Chicago Blackhawks. The Chicago Blackhawks are simply the best team in the NHL. First off they are first place in the NHL as of right now with only 4 games left (www.nhl.com) in the regular season. One of the reasons they are in first is because the kicked off the shortened
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This Ain’t Chicago is Zandria F. Robinson’s study of the relationship between location and race‚ class‚ and gender. She identifies the regional differences‚ specifically of the African-Americans living in the south and north. The study analytically separates the southern blacks from their fictive kin and whites they correlate with in order to explore the differences in regional identities. The study took place in Memphis because Zandria believes that it “sits at the physical‚ temporal‚ and epistemological
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Raven Davis Professor M. Intro to Theatre June 25‚ 2014 Chicago Response The film Chicago is largely based on the Broadway musical of 1975. The said theatrical show ran for approximately 936 performances. It was the best project of Bob Fosse who had actually choreographed and directed the original Broadway production of 1975 plus had won an Oscar in a successful manner for his excellent direction in 1972 of the film version of famous Cabaret. It is to be highly noted that he died much before
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There are numerous reason that people feel living in Chicago is better than any other place or city of United State. It is not only due to beautiful theater scene‚ lovely bars and restaurants or melodious music festivals that can easily found in every big city of the world. Resident of Chicago considers it as a better place because of the quality of life. About living in Chicago‚ different people have different type of opinion. Like: • Car is not needed. Plenty of train‚ bus and car services available
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The city of Chicago is an amazing place for many tourists to come to any time of the year. “Nearly forty million people visit Chicago annually. Along with forty million tourists‚ Chicago has nearly three million residents who inhabit the streets and sidewalks every morning” (cityofchicago.org‚ p. 1). Street performers‚ salespeople‚ and pedestrians add many distractions to the already unknown area. Also‚ the streets and mirroring shops on every block cause much confusion to a first time tourist of
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visit to the Chicago History Museum was an opportunity to discover the wonders of history of one of the biggest cities in the world. The spectacular exhibits from all over Chicago offers a remarkable insight from the era of gangsters and mobs to the era of the city’s becoming to an economic center. The museum’s abundance of artifacts‚ and information gave me exhilarated feeling towards learning more about Chicago’s history. Rather late into summer vacation‚ I was set on visiting the Chicago History museum
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