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Chicago Lawyers' Committee For Civil Rights Under Law v. Craigslist, 519 F.3d 666 (7th Cir. 2008), [1] is a Seventh Circuit decision affirming a lower court ruling that Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) provides immunity to Internet service providers that "publish" classified ads that violate the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the National Park Service: the settlement house Hull House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick C. Robie House, the Lorado Taft Midway Studios, and the site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction. The NPS first ...
Tenement houses in Chicago by the early 1900s mainly comprised either complexes or single houses. Within these houses or complexes, single rooms would be rented out to individuals or families. [ 5 ] These rooms were very overcrowded with people, allotting only about 2 square yards per-person on average in some houses. [ 2 ]
The limestone house was constructed along the Chicago–Ottawa stagecoach road, which later became Illinois Route 53. [2] Fitzpatrick's heirs donated portions of the farmstead to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, which was used for Lewis University. The last descendant of the Fitzpatrick family died in 1950.
Despite being one of the wealthier planters of the region, Fitzgerald made few architectural changes to Rural Home prior to the war. In the 1850s, many other local plantation houses were being remodeled with Neoclassical features. Fitzgerald did replace the simple portico at the front of the house, adding a full-width porch, columns, and ...
Pages in category "Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago" The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Wingert House is a nineteenth-century farmhouse located at 6231 North Canfield Avenue in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. One of the oldest surviving farmhouses within Chicago's city limits, the building received Chicago Landmark status on July 31, 1990.
The Austin Historic District is a residential historic district in central Austin, Chicago, Illinois. The district, which includes 336 buildings, has a large number of Victorian homes, with many examples of the Queen Anne, Stick, and Shingle styles. Henry Austin, for whom Austin is named, began development in the district in the late 1860s.