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Showing posts with label Historic Buildings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Historic Buildings. Show all posts
Monday, April 29, 2024

Carl Sandburg Village, 1355 N Sandburg Terrace, Chicago, Promoted Social Changes.

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The History of  Carl Sandburg Village Carl Sandburg Village was built as an urban renewal project—intended to spur redevelopment of the dimi...
Friday, January 26, 2024

Merchandise Mart in Chicago, History and Little Known Facts.

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The Merchandise Mart, 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, a colossal monolith on the Chicago River, boasts a rich history as grand as scale and as v...
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Friday, December 29, 2023

Ford's Theatre vs. Ford’s Opera House, Washington, DC

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Ford's Athenaeum was a theatre located at 511 10th Street NW, Washington, D.C., which opened in 1861. After a fire destroyed it in 1862,...
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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

The Chicago Home Insurance Building: The Pioneer of Skyscraper Architecture in 1885.

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Standing tall and proud amidst the bustling streets of Chicago, the Home Insurance Building etched its name in the annals of architectural h...
Friday, November 3, 2023

The Newberry Library and Walter Loomis Newberry's History.

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Walter Loomis Newberry died on November 6, 1868, during a return trip from France for medical treatment. His bequest of $2.1 million ($46 mi...
Friday, September 8, 2023

Emma C. Kennett was a female architect and real estate developer in Chicago. (1885-1960)

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Between 1910 and 1920, there was an apartment building boom  in the Rogers Park Community of Chicago . Many of the spacious apartments in bu...
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Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Springfield, Illinois, Town Square Conflagration of May 15, 1855.

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From the May 16, 1855, Chicago Tribune: The sun this morning rose upon a scene in Springfield, the like of which has never before been witne...
Tuesday, June 27, 2023

The Wigwam, Chicago.

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There is a third building that should stand on the street, which led from Abraham Lincoln's Kentucky Log Cabin to the White House. Linco...
Friday, April 7, 2023

The Settlement of Chicago and How it was Incorporated.

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Until 1833, Chicago was just a settlement with only the Cook County organization for a government. In 1833 with a population of approximatel...