Chicago Days : 150 Defining Moments in the Life of a Great City

by Chicago Tribune

• ISBN13: 9781890093044
• ISBN10: 1890093041
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-09-01
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill

Summary

Journey back through time to relive events that shaped the Chicago metropolitan area and contributed to its world-class reputation.Chicago Daysis a collection of 150 essays and 500 dramatic photographs compiled from the voluminous files of theChicago Tribune, the Chicago Historical Society, and other important collections.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Howard A. Tyner
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Stevenson Swanson
The First Edition of the Chicago Tribune	9	(1)
Tim Jones
Cyrus McCormick Moves to Chicago	10	(1)
Jon Anderson
The Chicago Board of Trade	11	(1)
Kenan Heise
The Illinois and Michigan Canal	12	(2)
David Young
The Galena & Chicago Union	14	(2)
David Young
Northwestern University	16	(2)
Peter Gorner
Joseph Medill Buys the Tribune	18	(2)
Tim Jones
Raising the Streets	20	(2)
David Young
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates	22	(1)
Charles Leroux
The 1860 Republican Convention	23	(1)
Kenan Heise
The Civil War	24	(3)
Jeff Lyon
Lincoln's Assassination	27	(1)
Bob Secter
The Stockyards Open	28	(2)
Jon Anderson
The Water Tower	30	(2)
Charles Leroux
The Village of Riverside	32	(2)
Anne Little
Marshall Field Moves to State Street	34	(2)
Barbara Brotman
The Chicago Fire	36	(4)
Teresa Wiltz
Montgomery Ward's First Catalog	40	(1)
Judy Hevrdejs
Chicago's First National League Baseball Game	41	(1)
Bob Vanderberg
The Art Institute of Chicago	42	(2)
Alan G. Artner
The Palmer Castle	44	(2)
Barbara Mahany
The Home Insurance Building	46	(2)
Blair Kamin
The Haymarket Incident	48	(2)
Patrick T. Reardon
George Streeter's District	50	(2)
Byron P. White
Adler and Sullivan's Auditorium	52	(2)
Stevenson Swanson
Frank Lloyd Wright's First House	54	(2)
Stevenson Swanson
Hull House Opens	56	(2)
Louise Kiernan
The 1890 Census	58	(4)
Melita Marie Garza
First Concert of the Chicago Orchestra	62	(2)
John von Rhein
The First Elevated Opens	64	(2)
Ron Grossman
The University of Chicago	66	(2)
Ron Grossman
The World's Columbian Exposition	68	(4)
Patrick T. Reardon
The First Heart Operation	72	(1)
Ronald Kotulak
The Pullman Strike	73	(1)
Ron Grossman
Chanute's Gliders	74	(1)
David Young
The Spanish-American War	75	(1)
Ken Armstrong
Reversing the River	76	(2)
Stevenson Swanson
The Everleigh Club	78	(1)
Louise Kierman
Sister Carrie	79	(3)
John Blades
The Iroquois Theater Fire	82	(2)
Bob Secter
Founding of the Chicago Defender	84	(1)
N. Don Wycliff
Gary, Indiana	85	(1)
Reginald Davis
The 1906 World Series	86	(2)
Ed Sherman
Essnay Studios	88	(2)
Michael Wilmington
``Injun Summer''	90	(2)
Sid Smith
The First Ward Ball	92	(2)
Rick Kogan
Plan of Chicago	94	(2)
Patrick T. Reardon
The Lakefront	96	(4)
Stevenson Swanson
Market Square in Lake Forest	100	(2)
Mike Conklin
Robert R. McCormick	102	(1)
Tim Jones
World War I Begins	103	(1)
R. Bruce Dold
The Eastland Disaster	104	(2)
David Young
``The Gumps''	106	(2)
Judy Hevrdejs
America Enters World War I	108	(3)
Alan Solomon
The 1919 Race Riots	111	(1)
Ken Armstrong
The Black Sox	112	(2)
Alan Solomon
Prohibition Begins	114	(4)
Robert Cross
The Michigan Avenue Bridge	118	(1)
Gary Washburn
Birth of the National Football League	119	(1)
Richard Rothschild
The Field Museum	120	(2)
Jon Anderson
The Chicago Theatre	122	(2)
Richard Christiansen
Tribune Tower Competition	124	(2)
Blair Kamin
Louis Armstrong Moves to Chicago	126	(2)
Howard Reich
The Leopold and Loeb Case	128	(2)
Ellen Warren
The Golden Age of Radio	130	(2)
Steve Johnson
Municipal Airport Opens	132	(1)
David Young
The Dempsey-Tunney Fight	133	(1)
Michael Hirsley
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre	134	(2)
John O'Brien
The 1929 Stock Market Crash	136	(2)
Bill Barnhart
The Shooting of Jake Lingle	138	(1)
John O'Brien
Bushman Comes to Chicago	139	(1)
Cindy Schreuder
Capone's Downfall	140	(1)
John O'Brien
FDR's Nomination	141	(1)
Thomas Hardy
The Birth of Gospel Music	142	(2)
Howard Reich
The Called Shot	144	(1)
Alan Solomon
The Shooting of Anton Cermak	145	(1)
Peter Kendall
``A Century of Progress''	146	(4)
Ellen Warren
The Museum of Science and Industry	150	(2)
LeAnn Spencer
The First All-Star Game	152	(1)
Jerome Holtzman
Repeal of Prohibition	153	(1)
Rick Kogan
John Dillinger's Death	154	(2)
Charles Leroux
The Republic Steel Strike	156	(2)
Stephen Franklin
Mies Arrives in Chicago	158	(2)
William Rice
World War II	160	(3)
Robert Cross
Birth of the Atomic Age	163	(1)
Stevenson Swanson
Pizzeria Uno Opens	164	(1)
Phil Vettel
World War II Ends	165	(1)
Bob Secter
The Planned Suburb: Park Forest	166	(2)
Sue Ellen Christian
Dewey Defeats Truman	168	(1)
Tim Jones
The Bi-level Commuter Train	169	(1)
David Young
Playboy Magazine	170	(2)
Mike Conklin
The Blues	172	(2)
Greg Kot
The Lyric Opera of Chicago	174	(2)
John von Rhein
Richard J. Daley Elected	176	(3)
Robert Davis
The First McDonald's	179	(1)
Eric Zorn
O'Hare International Airport	180	(2)
Gary Washburn
The Congress Expressway Opens	182	(2)
Gary Washburn
The Last Streetcar	184	(1)
Ron Grossman
Our Lady of the Angels Fire	185	(1)
Bob Secter
The 1959 White Sox	186	(2)
Bob Secter
The Second City's First Show	188	(2)
Richard Christiansen
The Kennedy-Nixon Debate	190	(1)
Bob Secter
McCormick Place	191	(1)
John McCarron
The 1961 Stanley Cup	192	(1)
Bob Foltman
Bozo's Circus	193	(1)
Steve Johnson
Robert Taylor Homes	194	(2)
Flynn McRoberts
Sandburg Village	196	(2)
J. Linn Allen
Kennedy's Assassination	198	(1)
Barbara Brotman
The 1963 NFL Championship	199	(1)
Larry Kart
The Beatles at the Amphitheatre	200	(1)
Greg Kot
The Richard Speck Case	201	(1)
Bob Secter
Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago	202	(2)
Frank James
The Blizzard of 1967	204	(2)
Allan Johnson
Chicago's Picasso	206	(2)
Alan G. Artner
The Closing of Riverview	208	(2)
Alan Solomon
The King Riots	210	(2)
James Coates
The 1968 Democratic Convention	212	(4)
Robert Davis
The Chicago Seven Trial	216	(2)
Robert Davis
The 1969 Cubs	218	(1)
Steve Nidetz
The Black Panther Raid	219	(1)
Ted Gregory
Sears Tower	220	(2)
John Schmeltzer
Richard Nixon Resigns	222	(1)
William Mullen
American Buffalo Premieres	223	(3)
Richard Christiansen
The Death of Mayor Daley	226	(1)
Robert Davis
The Final Chicago Daily News	227	(1)
Ellen Warren
The John Wayne Gacy Murders	228	(1)
Sid Smith
Jane Byrne Elected	229	(1)
R. Bruce Dold
The Crash of Flight 191	230	(2)
David Young
Disco Demolition	232	(1)
Phil Vettel
Pope John Paul II in Chicago	233	(1)
Robert Davis
The Closing of Wisconsin Steel	234	(2)
Terry Brown
The Election of Harold Washington	236	(2)
Robert Davis
Operation Greylord	238	(1)
Maurice Possley
Chicago Goes Cellular	239	(1)
Jon Van
The State of Illinois Center	240	(2)
Mark Caro
Deep Tunnel Opens	242	(2)
Casey Bukro
The 1986 Super Bowl	244	(2)
Don Pierson
Vietnam Veterans Parade	246	(2)
Ted Gregory
The Death of Mayor Washington	248	(1)
Robert Davis
Lights at Wrigley Field	249	(1)
Phil Vettel
Richard M. Daley Elected	250	(2)
Thomas Hardy
Transplanting Healy Road Prairie	252	(1)
Stevenson Swanson
The Last Game at Old Comiskey Park	253	(1)
Bob Vanderberg
The Harold Washington Library	254	(2)
Stevenson Swanson
The Great Chicago Flood	256	(2)
Patrick T. Reardon
The Death of Dantrell Davis	258	(2)
Joseph A. Kirby
The 1995 Heat Wave	260	(1)
Clindy Schreuder
The 1995 Northwestern Wildcats	261	(1)
Teddy Greenstein
The 1996 Chicago Bulls	262	(4)
K. C. Johnson
The Museum of Contemporary Art	266	(3)
Alan G. Artner
Photo Credits	269	(2)
Index	271