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Chicago has a Percent for Art program of public artworks, although it is notoriously more opaque and secretive than that of most other cities; arts activist such as Paul Klein and attorney Scott Hodes have long criticized its lack of public accountability. [123] Chicago is home to a number of large, outdoor works by well-known artists.
Chicago and its suburbs is home to 35 Fortune 500 companies and is a transportation and distribution center. Manufacturing, printing, publishing, insurance, transportation, financial trading and services, and food processing also play major roles in the city's economy.
Starting in the third century BC, the name Calabria was given to the Adriatic coast of the Salento peninsula in modern Apulia. [7] In the late first century BC this name came to extend to the entirety of the Salento, when the Roman emperor Augustus divided Italy into regions and modern Calabria was known as Regio III Lucania et Bruttii. [56]
University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-46906-9. Eckenstein, Lina (2005). A History of Sinai. Adamant Media Corporation. ISBN 0-543-95215-0. Lach, Donald Frederick (1994). Asia in the Making of Europe: The Century of Discovery. Book 1. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-46731-7. Shaw, Ian (2003). The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt. Oxford ...
The Chicago Outfit were worried Albergo, a Chicago Outfit associate and enforcer, would cooperate after being charged and arrested for loansharking. [160] [161] [162] It is believed Frank Calabrese was the killer. Robert Pronger: June 17, 1971: Associate: Pronger was a NASCAR driver and car racing champion. [163]
The Imports formed in 1979 in Chicago's South Side Hyde Park neighborhood. The band consisted of Ben Krug (vocals), Tom Krug (guitar) and Joe Strell (bass). The Imports went through a series of drummers including John Krug, Alec Dale, who accompanied the outfit through its transition from punk rock to post-punk, and finally Tom Wall.
James Colosimo (1877–1920), "crime czar in Chicago from about 1902 until his death, owner of plush brothels, saloons, and a nightclub." [16] Johnny Torrio (1882–1957), was a gangster who became a top crime boss in Chicago. Joe Masseria (17 January 1886 – 1931), "leading crime boss of New York City from the early 1920s until his murder in ...
Mayor of Chicago (Rahm Emanuel) Edwards, Averil Member 8/10/2020 6/1/2025 Governor (J. B. Pritzker) Meltzer-Cassel, Danielle Member 11/6/2019 Continuing Appointment Mayor of Chicago (Lori Lightfoot) Solis, Ivan Chair 11/6/2019 Continuing Appointment Mayor of Chicago (Lori Lightfoot) Sriraj, P.S. Vice Chair 8/10/2020 6/1/2025 Governor