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Wrigley Company
The partially-demolished complex at the corner of 35th and...
Central Manufacturing District
The factory building at 3636 S. Iron Street was once the h...
Salvadoran Underground Railroad
The Wellington Avenue Church of Christ was part of the San...
Frango Candies
Frango candies originated with the Frederick and Nelso dep...
Marshall Field's
Marshall Field pioneered the department store model during...
Oscar Mayer Magnet School
Oscar Mayer Magnet School was dedicated in 1956 in honor o...
Stephen Douglas Tomb
Known as the "Little Giant," Stephen Douglas was one of th...
Fannie May
H. Teller Archibald opened Fannie May at 11 N. LaSalle Str...
Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park began to take form in the early 1860s, when t...
Mary Richardson Jones Park
In 2005, the Chicago Park District renamed this park to ho...
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Wrigley Company
The partially-demolished complex at the corner of 35th and Ashland was once the home to the Wrigley Company, one of the world's largest chewing gum manufacturers. The Wrigley Company has been an important member of Chicago's candy industry since the ...
Central Manufacturing District
The factory building at 3636 S. Iron Street was once the home to S. A. Maxwell and Company, a manufacturer of window shades and other treatments. S. A. Maxwell’s business is one of hundreds of companies that once occupied space ...
Salvadoran Underground Railroad
The Wellington Avenue Church of Christ was part of the Sanctuary Movement, an effort by religious institutions to help Salvadoran refugees who entered the U.S. illegally between the 1970s and early 1990s to escape Civil War.
Salvadorans ...
Frango Candies
Frango candies originated with the Frederick and Nelso department store in Seattle, but are widely associated (at least with mid-westerners) with Marshall Field and Company, which acquired rights to Frango candy production when it bought Frederick and Nelso in 1929. ...
Marshall Field's
Marshall Field pioneered the department store model during a time of rising consumer optimism. He began his retail career in 1865 when he opened a dry-goods business with well-known Chicago giants Levi Leiter and Potter Palmer. Palmer sold his part ...
Oscar Mayer Magnet School
Oscar Mayer Magnet School was dedicated in 1956 in honor of Oscar F. Mayer, founder of the company by the same name, who had died the year before. Mayer’s company factory was located nearby at 1241 N. Sedgwick, and Mayer ...
Stephen Douglas Tomb
Known as the "Little Giant," Stephen Douglas was one of the most important figures in the Democratic Party in the mid-nineteenth century. Born in 1813 in Vermont, Douglas had amassed an impressive political resume by the time he moved to ...
Fannie May
H. Teller Archibald opened Fannie May at 11 N. LaSalle Street in 1920. Over the next several decades, close to one hundred candy companies would open in Chicago, making the Windy City a major center for candy manufacturing.
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Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park began to take form in the early 1860s, when the city decided to turn what was then City Cemetery into Lake Park to provide green space for residents moving to Chicago's near north side. As the city grew, ...
Mary Richardson Jones Park
In 2005, the Chicago Park District renamed this park to honor Mary Richardson Jones, a prominent abolitionist and women's rights advocate who lived with her husband John in Chicago during the second half of the nineteenth century.
