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The first C4 conference was a two-day event held at the University Center in downtown Chicago. It was held on October 20 and October 21, 2006, with an optional trip to Adler Planetarium's TimeSpace show for attendees on October 22. [2]
The Chicago Cultural Plan is a series of documents intended to identify the City's needs in the cultural sphere, and make proposals for organised development. The 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan will be the centerpiece to continue to elevate Chicago as a global destination for creativity, innovation and excellence in the arts.
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Chicago made noted contributions to urban planning and architecture, such as the Chicago School, the development of the City Beautiful movement, and the steel-framed skyscraper. [13] [14] Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation.
Bennett was born in Bristol, England on May 12, 1874, [1] and later moved to San Francisco with his family. [2] While an employee of Robert White, he was encouraged by famous architect Bernard Maybeck to pursue his education in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts, [2] [3] which he attended from 1895 to 1902 thanks to the generosity of Phoebe Apperson Hearst.
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On June 9, 1940, service in Indiana was converted to buses and removed. That same day, it was rerouted in Illinois, replacing the streetcar portion of Route 32, and the route was renamed 30 South Chicago-Ewing. Route was converted to buses on June 30, 1947, and 30 South Chicago-Ewing merged with 25 Hegewisch to form the 30 South Chicago in 1952.
Chicago has made many significant pop-cultural contributions in the field of music: Chicago blues, Chicago soul, jazz, gospel, indie rock, hip hop, industrial music, punk rock, and acid house. With the advent of the Chicago house in the 1980s, the city is also the birthplace of the house style of music, which helped lead to the development of ...