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On October 24, 1920, the Decatur Staleys (renamed the Chicago Bears in 1922) played a game against the Tigers at Cubs Park and billed it as "the season's most professional game" that would also determine the "pro title". Many Decatur games, at the time, were billed as championships in an attempt to lure crowds. The Staleys defeated the Tigers ...
Beginning on March 22, 1876 (when the city decreased the number of wards to 18) the district's boundaries were defined at its north by 16th street as well as the South Branch of the Chicago river (including a portion of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal); at its east by the city limits (the lakeshore), at its south by Pulaski Road/40th Avenue ...
During the 19th century wards were used by the Census Bureau for data at the level below cities. [1] This was problematic as wards were political subdivisions and thus changed after each census, limiting their utility for comparisons over time. [1] Census tracts were first used in Chicago in the 1910 Census. [1]
The township was founded in 1850. [3] In the 1850s, Chicago was still a walkable urban area well contained within a 2-mile (3.2 km) radius of the center. [4] After the City of Chicago incorporated in 1837, the surrounding townships followed suit through 1870. [2]
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
Chicago, with its two MLB teams, is the only one of these with five teams playing within city limits. (All are named for the city.) In the Twin Cities area, three of the teams play in Minneapolis and one plays in St. Paul, although all four teams are named for the state of Minnesota, not their cities.
Mount Greenwood is one of the 77 community areas in Chicago.The 74th numbered area, it is about 14 miles (23 km) southwest of the Loop.It is surrounded by the neighborhoods of Beverly and Morgan Park to the east, the suburb of Evergreen Park to the north, the suburb of Oak Lawn to the west, and the suburbs of Merrionette Park and Alsip to the south.
There is some debate as to the South Side's boundaries. Originally the sides were taken from the banks of the Chicago River. The city's address numbering system uses a grid demarcating Madison Street as the east–west axis and State Street as the north–south axis. Madison is in the middle of the Loop. [14]