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  2. Japanese in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    In 1893 the first known Japanese individual in Chicago, Kamenosuke Nishi, moved to Chicago from San Francisco. He opened a gift store, and Masako Osako, author of "Japanese Americans: Melting into the All-American Melting Pot," wrote that he was "said to have amassed $700,000 from the successful management" of his 27th Street and Cottage Grove ...

  3. Japantown - Wikipedia

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    Japantown (日本人街) is a common name for Japanese communities in cities and towns outside Japan. Alternatively, a Japantown may be called J-town , Little Tokyo or Nihonmachi ( 日本町 ) , the first two being common names for Japantown, San Francisco , Japantown, San Jose and Little Tokyo, Los Angeles .

  4. History of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago History Archived January 11, 2012, at the Wayback Machine and other overlooked elements at Forgotten Chicago; Chicago Foreign Language Press Survey English translations of 120,000 pages of news articles from the foreign language press from 1855 to 1938. Digital Research Library of Illinois History "Chicago History". Chicago Public Library.

  5. J-Town - Wikipedia

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    J-Town is a nickname for: . Japantown, enclaves of ethnic Japanese outside Japan . Japantown, San Francisco, California, U.S.; Japantown, San Jose, California, U.S ...

  6. Category:Japantowns in the United States - Wikipedia

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  7. Dignity taking - Wikipedia

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    Legal scholar Thomas Joo has argued that the demolition of Sacramento's Japantown as part of the city's urban renewal program constituted a dignity taking. [15] Urban renewal was a public program created in the 1940s and 50s that used eminent domain to transfer ownership of homes and businesses in blighted areas to private developers for ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. West Argyle Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Soo campaigned to get the Chicago Transit Authority to give the Argyle 'L' station a $250,000 face-lift, then in 1981 he started the "Taste of Argyle," an annual food festival. He also secured funds from Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne to fix the sidewalks, and later from Mayor Harold Washington to repair building facades. Because of his tireless work ...