Chicago - City of Big Shoulders

Chicago - City of Broad Shoulders


This course is about Chicago, We will cover the history of the city and region, the politics, corruption, arts, plans, neighborhoods, humor, achievements and the future of the City.

Chicago Videos

Time Lapse Video
 vimeo.com/52302939



Video Chicago Toursim
youtube.com/watch?v=BHBKyFRvLSE

Da Neighborhoods
chicagovideos.com

Chicago Video
youtube.com/watch?v=4r5WSrMKGkI


Nice time lapse
huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/08/windy-city-nights-chicago_n_4064137.html

Toddlying Town
youtube.com/watch?v=3UUNE47Rkyo&feature=player_detailpage



Tourist Transit


Hop on Hop off Bus
https://www.coachusa.com/chicagotrolley/booking.asp?action=ProductDetail&productId=1063


Downtown Transit
http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/brochures/13JN_017-DTSSG.pdf


Water Taxi
http://www.chicagowatertaxi.com/SitePages/Home.aspx


Boat Tours



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    Wendella Sightseeing Boats


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    Shoreline Sightseeing


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    See our comparison of Chicago lakefront and river boat tours to find the right one for you!

Things to Do in Chicago


Video

 Lots of things to do in Chicago. Here are some of them.

Arrive at Ohare or Midway airports.  Ride the CTA train into the city - it is cheap, convenient, and interesting.  The train from O'Hare runs as a subway and as an elevated line, giving you a glimpse of the city. The train from Midway is elevated and goes around the Chicago Loop.

There are a wide variety of hotels in Chicago. Stay downtown if you can. There are cheaper alternatives in the suburbs.


Things to see that are in downtown

Millenium Park - millenniumpark.org

Art Institute    artic.edu

Navy Pier    navypier.com

Walk Michigan Ave "The Magnificent Mile"  hemagnificentmile.com

Buckingham Fountain  huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/02/buckingham-fountain-chica_n_3195884.html

Grant Park     wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago)

Architectural Tour   architecture.org/tours


Field Museum      fieldmuseum.org

Theater          theatreinchicago.com
Restaurants    opentable.com/chicago/downtown-loop-restaurants

Lake Shore Drive  Lake Shore Drive

Lincoln Park      chicagoparkdistrict.com/parks/lincoln-park

Lincoln Park Zoo   lpzoo.org



A Little Further Out

Museum of Science and Industry  msichicago.org

Chicago History chicagohistory.org





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Table of Contents

Early History

  • Introduction

  • Table of Contents

  • Glaciers and Geography

  • Location, Location, Location

  • Paleo Indians - First Chicagoans

  • Native American Trails

  • Trail Marker Trees

  • Historic Native Americans

  • The lllinois Confederation or Illini

  • Marquette and Joliet 1673

  • Illinois and French Colonists

  • The Illinois and Fox Wars 1730

  • Pontiac's War 1763-1766

  • Illini - The End Starved Rock 1769

  • The Pottawattamie 1766-1836

  • George Rogers Clark 1779

  • Jean Baptist du Sable 1788

  • Fort Dearborne Massacre of 1812

  • The Blackhawk War of 1832

  • Chicago Incorporated 1833

  • I and M Canal 1824-1848

  • The Great Chicago Fire 1871

  • Chicago History Snapshot

  • Historical Populations


Politicians

  • Clout

  • The Cost of Clout

  • Where's Mine?

  • List of Mayors

  • Hinky Dink 1897 to 1923

  • Bathhouse John 1893-1938

  • Mayor Big Bill Thompson 1915-1931

  • Mayor Anton Cermak 1931-33

  • Mayor Richard J. Daley 1955-1976

  • Mayor Jane Byrne 1979-1983

  • Mayor Harold Washington 1983-1987

  • Mayor Richard M. Daley 1989-2010

  • Mayor Rahm Emmanuel

  • President Abraham Lincoln and Chicago

  • President Barak Obama and Chicago

  • Lincoln's Statue in Grant Park

  • Greylord 1980's


Crooks

  • Chicago - Most Corrupt City

  • Our Governors Make License Plates

  • H. H. Holmes - 1893

  • FBI - Chicago

  • Al Capone

  • Frank Nitti

  • St Valentine's Day Massacre

  • Top 5 Gansters in Chicago

  • Tony Accardo

  • John Wayne Gacey

  • Operation Greylord

  • Street Gangs

  • Crime Rates

  • Murders and Gang Wars


Writers and Pundits

  • Mike Royko

  • Carl Sandburg

  • Carl Sandburg Poems

  • Saul Bellow

  • Dr. Milt Rosenburg

  • Dr. Paul Green

  • Andrew Greeley

  • Chicago Authors


Transportation

  • The Grid Plan

  • Plank Roads

  • Horse Drawn Trolleys

  • Cable Cars

  • Street Cars

  • Railroads

  • Commuter Railroads

  • The "EL" Elevated Railroads

  • Electric Interurban

  • Trails to Rails

  • Interstate System

  • Address System


Miscellaneous

  • Quotes

  • Fire South Side

  • Lakefront - Forever Free and Clear

  • Reversing the Chicago River

  • Great Lakes Megalopolis

  • The World's Fair 1893

  • Daniel Burnham

  • The Burnham Plan of 1909

  • The Deep Tunnel Plan

  • Urban Renewal

  • Historic Photos

  • Public Housing


Neighborhoods

  • Neighborhoods

  • The Gold Coast

  • Lincoln Park

  • Greek Town

  • Little Italy / University Village

  • China Town

  • Hyde Park / The University of Chicago

  • Mount Greenwood

  • Beverly / Morgan Park

  • Pullman

  • Demographic Change


Suburbs

  • University Park Governors State U

  • Tinley Park

  • Geneva

  • Riverside

  • Wilmette


Airports

  • Meig's Field - Closed in the Night

  • Midway Airport

  • O'Hare Airport

  • The New Third Airport


Museums

  • Field Museum

  • Museum of Science and Industry

  • Art Institute

  • Sculpture


Music

  • Chicago, Chicago, A Toddling Town

  • Good Morning, America, How Are You?

  • Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown, Baddest Man

  • Chicago Blues

  • List of Songs About Chicago


Movies

  • Top 40 Chicago Movies

  • The Blues Brothers



Miscellaneous

  • Historic Photos

  • Your Recommendations for Chicago

  • Sustainable Chicago


Interesting Articles

  • The Death and Life of Chicago


Bragging Rights

  • Chicago Number 6 in the World

  • Nobel Laureate U of C Number 2

  • Jane Adams Hull House


Things to Do

  • Things to Do


Class-Presentations (20 minutes,

90 Minutes of Discussion +-)


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Videos

  • Chicago Videos
  • Chicago Statistics
  • Bad Bad Leroy Brown
  • What To See In Chicago
  • Chicago Tourism
  • Cityscape Chicago on Vimeo
  • Al Capone

Class at Pierian Spring Academy

Chicago - Stormy, Husky, Brawling, City of the Big Shoulders

This course will be about Chicago. We will cover the history of the city and region, the politics, the corruption, the arts, the plans, and the achievements of the City. We will discuss current events.

Pierian Spring

In Greek mythology, the Pierian Spring of Macedonia was sacred to the Muses. As the metaphorical source of knowledge of art and science, it was popularized by a couplet in Alexander Pope's poem "An Essay on Criticism" (1709): "A little learning is a dang'rous thing;/Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."

Pierian Springs

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    The mayoral term in Chicago was one year from 1837 through 1863, when it was increased to two years. In 1907 it was again lengthened to f...
  • Location, Location, Location
    Why has Chicago  grown so rapidly?  Location, Location, Location. The map below shows water way links in the United States.  Chicago is nea...
  • The Illinois Confederation / Illini / Illiniwek
    The Illinois Native Americans owned most of Illinois when the first French explorers and fur traders moved into the area.  The Illinois wer...
  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre
    The  Saint Valentine's Day Massacre  is the name given to the 1929 murder of seven mob associates as part of a -era conflict between ...
  • Commuter Railroads
  • Deep Tunnel 1972 - 2029
    The Deep Tunnel Plan constructs a series of large tunnels underneath Chicago.  The system is designed so that when the surface is flood...
  • Fort Dearborn Massacre 1812
    August 15, 1812  From roughly 1620 to 1820 the territory of the Potawatomi extended from what is now Green Bay, Wisconsin, to Detroit,...
  • The Grid Plan
    Chicago follows the great American grid plan, with major streets following section lines every one mile. This plan was developed by the...
  • The Field Museum
    Sue, The World's Largest Tyrannasaurus Rex The Field Museum of Natural History on  Lake Shore Drive  next to  Lake Michi...
  • Illinois - Where Our Governors Make Our License Plates
    Four of our Previous seven Governors of Illinois have gone to jail Governors: Rod Blagovitch George Ryan Dan Walker Otto Ke...

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Craig Hullinger AICP


Craig Hullinger is a City Planner from Chicago. He lived and worked in the Chicago region most of his career. He is a former member the American Institute of Certified Planners and a retired Marine Colonel.

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