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The immigration of Italians accelerated throughout the late 19th century and into the early 20th century. Chicago's foreign-born Italian population was 16,008 in 1900 and peaked at 73,960 in 1930. [6] The largest area of settlement was the Taylor Street area, but there were also 20 other significant Italian enclaves throughout the city and suburbs.
Jerome Cosentino, an ethnic Italian from Chicago, was elected Illinois State Treasurer, becoming the first to hold a statewide office in Illinois. [3] Italian Chicago native Ralph C. Capparelli was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and served for 33 years (13th and 16th District) from 1971 to 2004.
In 2022 Daprato Rigali Studios [9] completed the restoration of Grand Army of the Republic rotunda stained glass dome in the Chicago Cultural Center. [10] The 40-foot diameter Tiffany-designed stained-glass dome had become covered in grime and paint and cut off the natural light that brought out the brilliant colors of the glass.
Summer starts to end in Chicago when Mario’s Italian Lemonade says it’s closing for the season. “I like closing on a nice hot day,” said Mario “Skip” DiPaolo, 77. He co-owns the iconic ...
The Italian Court Building at 619 N. Michigan Avenue near Ontario on Chicago's Magnificent Mile was a 20th-century mixed-use building in the state of Illinois in the United States. Designed by architect Robert Seeley DeGolyer , [ 1 ] the Italian Court Building was initially two separate walk-up [ 1 ] brick residential buildings; they were ...
With head bowed, over clasped hands, Italian director Maura Delpero’s quietly breathtaking “Vermiglio” unfolds from tiny tactile details of furnishings and fabrics and the hide of a dairy ...
Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois from 1962 to 2007. The second largest housing project in the United States, it consisted of 28 virtually identical high-rises, set out in a linear plan for two miles (3 km), with the high-rises regularly configured in a horseshoe shape of three in each block.
Christopher Columbus Park, in Italian Village, was renamed to Warren Square Park in 2022, according to a lawsuit filed in Franklin County.