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  2. History of modern Western subcultures - Wikipedia

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    Other former punks searching for a new direction around 1979 eventually developed into the nucleus of what became the goth subculture. The goths are a subculture of dark dress and gloomy romanticism. Unlike the New Romantics, goth has lasted into the 21st century. In the UK, goth reached its popular peak in the late 1980s.

  3. Neo (nightclub) - Wikipedia

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    Alley entrance. Neo was a nightclub located at 2350 N. Clark St. in the Chicago neighborhood of Lincoln Park.Established on July 25, 1979 [1] Neo was the oldest [2] or one of the oldest [3] running nightclubs in Chicago and was a hangout and venue for a variety of musicians and artists, including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, David Byrne, the Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and U2.

  4. Collegiate Gothic - Wikipedia

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    Mitchell Tower (1901–1908), University of Chicago, ... Collegiate Gothic is an architectural style subgenre of Gothic Revival architecture, popular in the late-19th ...

  5. In ‘Goth: A History,’ The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst traces ...

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    In “Goth: A History," Tolhurst says he was inspired by the writings of Joan Didion — and so he weaves in first-person accounts while exploring goth music's origins from punk's anarchy. The ...

  6. Goth subculture - Wikipedia

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    Their romance, beauty, and erotic appeal attracted many goth readers, making her works popular from the 1980s through the 1990s. [72] While Goth has embraced Vampire literature both in its 19th century form and in its later incarnations, Rice's postmodern take on the vampire mythos has had a "special resonance" in the subculture. Her vampire ...

  7. Rockefeller Chapel - Wikipedia

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    Rockefeller Chapel is a Gothic Revival chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.A monumental example of Collegiate Gothic architecture, it was meant by patron John D. Rockefeller to be the "central and dominant feature" of the campus; at 200.7 feet [1] it is by covenant the tallest building on campus and seats 1700.

  8. Tribune Tower - Wikipedia

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    The Tribune Tower is a 463-foot-tall (141 m), 36-floor neo-Gothic skyscraper located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, United States.The early 1920s international design competition for the tower became a historic event in 20th-century architecture. [1]

  9. Timeline of Chicago history - Wikipedia

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    A landmark lost to history and is considered the world's first skyscraper. Chicago Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, circa 1886. 1886 May 4, the Haymarket riot. [20] Chicago Evening Post published (until 1932). [1] 1887: Newberry Library established. 1888: Dearborn Observatory rebuilt. 1889 Hull House founded. [1] [21] Auditorium ...