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Author : Karl Edward Debus
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (633 download)
Download or read book Chicago Heights and Park Forest written by Karl Edward Debus and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dominic Candeloro
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738524702
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book Chicago Heights written by Dominic Candeloro and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of Chicago Heights mirrors the growth and struggles of the entire nation. From determined settlers to visionary industrialists, from the power of rail to the vast intercontinental highway system, this Illinois city of hard workers and dynamic ethnic groups persevered through overwhelming obstacles to claim its place at the center of the Industrial Revolution.
Author : Chicago Heights Plan Commission
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Comprehensive City Plan for Chicago Heights written by Chicago Heights Plan Commission and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stanton and Rockwell, Chicago
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Comprehensive Plan Report for the Central Business District, Chicago Heights, Illinois written by Stanton and Rockwell, Chicago and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dominic Candeloro
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738501291
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Chicago Heights Revisited written by Dominic Candeloro and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the long-awaited second volume on Chicago Heights in the Images of America series. Chicago Heights Revisited expands on the popular first volume, as the authors cover the period from 1930-1970 in greater detail. What emerges from this wonderful collection of images is a multi-layered portrait of a lively city striving as one to assist in a World War II Allied victory, even while supporting a large spectrum of differing religious, social, and ethnic institutions. When residents remember Chicago Heights, they remember downtown. Images of the Liberty Restaurant, Nick Guzzino's Barbershop, and Rau's Toyland will evoke fond memories for past and present Chicago Heights residents. The various industries of the city are captured in historic photographs, reminding us all of the hard working residents that created the thriving community of Chicago Heights. Images of the World War II era capture the contributions that the people of Chicago Heights made for their nation and community.
Author : Gregory C. Randall
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book America's Original GI Town written by Gregory C. Randall and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the close of World War II, Americans became increasingly concerned about the problem of housing for returning veterans, relocated defense workers, and their families. Designs such as the garden city that dated from the turn of the twentieth century or earlier were prominent once again, as planners saw a renewed need for ready-made communities. One such community--among the first and, perhaps, most representative -- was Park Forest, Illinois, a privately built and publicly managed town twenty-six miles south of Chicago. In this book, Gregory Randall presents the history of the planning, design, construction, and growth of Park Forest. He shows how planners -- who dubbed the new community a "GI town" -- drew on lessons learned from English garden cities and New Deal greenbelt towns to cope with America's emerging peacetime housing crisis. He also shows how this new town changed community planning throughout the United States, including its effects on community development up to the present.
Author : Charles Hager
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 0809336731
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (93 download)
Download or read book Chicago Heights written by Charles Hager and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2018-07-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, ISHS Best of Illinois History Award, 2019 In this riveting true story of coming of age in the Chicago Mob, Charles “Charley” Hager is plucked from his rural West Virginia home by an uncle in the 1960s and thrown into an underworld of money, cars, crime, and murder on the streets of Chicago Heights. Street-smart and good with his hands, Hager is accepted into the working life of a chauffeur and “street tax” collector, earning the moniker “Little Joe College” by notorious mob boss Albert Tocco. But when his childhood friend is gunned down by a hit man, Hager finds himself a bit player in the events surrounding the mysterious, and yet unsolved, murder of mafia chief Sam Giancana. Chicago Heights is part rags-to-riches story, part murder mystery, and part redemption tale. Hager, with author David T. Miller, juxtaposes his early years in West Virginia with his life in crime, intricately weaving his own experiences into the fabric of mob life, its many characters, and the murder of Giancana. Fueled by vivid recollections of turf wars and chop shops, of fix-ridden harness racing and the turbulent politics of the 1960s, Chicago Heights reveals similarities between high-level organized crime in the city and the corrupt lawlessness of Appalachia. Hager candidly reveals how he got caught up in a criminal life, what it cost him, and how he rebuilt his life back in West Virginia with a prison record. Based on interviews with Hager and supplemented by additional interviews and extensive research by Miller, the book also adds Hager’s unique voice to the volumes of speculation about Giancana’s murder, offering a plausible theory of what happened on that June night in 1975.
Author : Elizabeth Warren
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Subsidized Housing in the Chicago Suburbs written by Elizabeth Warren and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Chicago-Chicago Heights Industrial Economic Blueprint written by Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.W/5 ( download)
Download or read book Jennings V. Murphy written by and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Illinois. Board of Pharmacy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (954 download)
Download or read book Report written by Illinois. Board of Pharmacy and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cynthia L. Ogorek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738551975
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)
Download or read book The Lincoln Highway Around Chicago written by Cynthia L. Ogorek and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once known as the "Main Street of America," The Lincoln Highway through western Indiana and eastern Illinois became the first urban bypass on the first hard-surfaced transcontinental highway in the nation. Some 200 vintage photographs visit sites that early-day tourists saw, and documents the people who made the highway what is was.
Author : Jerry Shnay
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738519500
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Park Forest written by Jerry Shnay and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Less than 60 years ago, Park Forest, Illinois, began as a vision of this country's post-World War II future. Located some 40 miles south of Chicago's Loop, Park Forest was the first privately financed, completely planned community ever built in the United States. It was hailed as a "G.I. Town"-a place where veterans could find affordable housing and put down roots. From the date Park Forest was incorporated as a Village in 1949, the community has created a distinguished history for itself, and to this day many of the original residents still take an active part in Village life. Park Forest: Dreams and Challenges brings to life the accomplishments of this inspiring community, which possesses two All-America City awards for its volunteer efforts in building for the future. Featured in the book are historic images of the first regional shopping center built in the nation after the War and the largest publicly-owned swimming complex in the state. Park Forest is also home to both the highly rated Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and the Illinois Theatre Center, a nationally known repertory company.
Author : Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book A Social Geography of Metropolitan Chicago written by Northeastern Illinois Metropolitan Area Planning Commission and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dominic Candelord
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531617943
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Chicago Heights (Revised) written by Dominic Candelord and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago Heights is a multicultural tableau, depicting the story of nineteenth-century pioneers and twentiethcentury workers who built one of the most vibrant of the small, industrial cities of the Midwest. The exciting collection featured here is a result of an intensive city-wide campaign to identify the very best photographs of old Chicago Heights. About half came from the extensive collections of the Public Library and the Historical Society, while the rest were borrowed from local residents. This fascinating compilation features various past and present residents of Chicago Heights, a look at its diverse ethnic groups and religious denominations, and glimpses of old downtown buildings that no longer exist. The city's church groups, ethnic clubs, businesses, factories, and transportation facilities are all pictured here. Along with detailed captions, Chicago Heights offers the rare chance to experience the history of old Chicago Heights, bringing its exciting past alive again.
Author : United States. Soil Conservation Service
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Our Community and Flooding written by United States. Soil Conservation Service and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Louis Corsino
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252038716
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (387 download)
Download or read book The Neighborhood Outfit written by Louis Corsino and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the slot machine trust of the early 1900s to the prolific Prohibition era bootleggers allied with Al Capone, and for decades beyond, organized crime in Chicago Heights, Illinois, represented a vital component of the Chicago Outfit. Louis Corsino taps interviews, archives, government documents, and his own family's history to tell the story of the Chicago Heights "boys" and their place in the city's Italian American community in the twentieth century. Debunking the popular idea of organized crime as a uniquely Italian enterprise, Corsino delves into the social and cultural forces that contributed to illicit activities. As he shows, discrimination blocked opportunities for Italians' social mobility and the close-knit Italian communities that arose in response to such limits produced a rich supply of social capital Italians used to pursue alternative routes to success that ranged from Italian grocery stores to union organizing to, on occasion, crime.
