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Loc Blocs was a plastic block construction toy set. [1] They were marketed in the 1970s and 1980s by Entex Industries and manufactured in Japan as Dia Block by Kawada Co. which still produces sets to this day.
Parkway Gardens Apartment Homes, built from 1950 to 1955, was the last of Henry K. Holsman's many housing development designs in Chicago. Holsman began designing low-income housing in Chicago in the 1910s when an urban housing shortage developed after World War I.
Altgeld Gardens Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, on the border of Chicago and Riverdale, Illinois. The residents are 97% African-American according to the 2000 United States Census . [ 1 ]
Beverly is the 72nd of Chicago's 77 community areas.Located 12 miles (19 km) from the Loop, it is on the city's far south side.Beverly is considered part of the Blue Island Ridge, along with the nearby community areas of Morgan Park and Mount Greenwood, and Washington Heights, and the City of Blue Island.
Maine Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 140,600 at the 2020 census. [1] The township was founded in 1850. Maine Township is located in Cook County, directly north and east of O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.
She resided near East 74th Street and South South Shore Drive for much of her life. [55] Harry Mark Petrakis (1923–2021), novelist known for depictions of Greek-American life. He resided at 7603 South Ridgeland Avenue for a time. [56] [57] Dean Richards (born 1954), film critic and entertainment reporter for WGN-TV. He was raised in South ...
Placement of homes was carefully controlled to protect the character of the community. In 1962, Inverness was incorporated as a village to be governed by a president and board of trustees. The first meeting of the village board was July 5, 1962, and was held at the Field House, which was then at the western edge of the village.
Industry in Harvey and the railroads provided a strong employment base for Phoenix residents. The African American population steadily increased during the 1920s. By 1930, the village was home to 3,033 people. The demographic makeup of the community was 84.2% White, 15.1% Black, and 0.7% other. [3] Growth continued through the 1940s and 1950s.