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Clayton Mark, along with his four sons Clarence Mark, Clayton Mark, Cyrus Mark, and Griffith Mark held various positions in the firm and made it a driver of Evanston's economy. [3] It was the single largest employer in the city, with overall sales exceeding $10,000,000 a year. [ 3 ]
Before censorship by the university administration, Chicago Review was an early and leading promoter of the Beat Movement in American literature. [5] In the autumn of 1958, it published an excerpt from Burroughs' Naked Lunch, which was judged obscene by the Chicago Daily News and sparked public outcry; [6] this episode led to the censorship of the following issue, to which the editors ...
Clayton Mark (June 30, 1858 – July 7, 1936), one of the pioneer makers of steel pipe in the United States, was an industrialist in the Chicago area who founded the Mark Manufacturing Company in 1888, a firm for the fabrication and sale of water-well supplies and Clayton Mark and Company in 1900.
Chicago Review Press, or CRP, is a U.S. book publisher and an independent company founded in 1973. Chicago Review Press publishes approximately 60 new titles yearly under eight imprints: Chicago Review Press, Lawrence Hill Books, Academy Chicago , Ball Publishing, Council Oak Books, Zephyr Press, Parenting Press, and Amberjack Publishing.
The community of Marktown was founded by Clayton Mark, a pioneer maker of steel in the United States.The renowned architect hired to design the community, Howard Van Doren Shaw, created a unique design in which the streets serve as walkways and the cars are parked on the sidewalks, as noted in Ripley's Believe It or Not!. [4]
The district includes the Cermak Road Bridge, which carries Cermak Road across the Chicago River, and four buildings clustered around the bridge. The bridge opened in 1906 and is a rare surviving example of a Scherzer rolling lift bridge in Chicago. The four buildings, all originally factories or warehouses, represent the growth of industry ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Eileen O’Neill Burke, a former appellate judge, has won the Democratic primary for Cook County state’s attorney over Clayton Harris III, an attorney with party backing.
Originally intended for retailers and services targeting Park Tower residents, including Jonathan Livingston Seafood, Edgewater Market Ltd. , The Bike Stop, Brass Bed Emporium, and a pharmacy, [3] the only remaining retailer is family-owned Chicago-area supermarket chain Go Grocer. [4]