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Anton Joseph Cermak (May 9, 1873 – March 6, 1933) was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from April 7, 1931, until his death in 1933. [1] He was killed by Giuseppe Zangara, whose likely target was President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, but Cermak was shot instead after a bystander hit the perpetrator with a purse.
Jon Hamm gave fans a night to remember when he took to the stage at a popular Chicago karaoke event on New Year's Day. On Wednesday, Jan. 1, patrons of Bub City were treated to a New Year's ...
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 ...
The Velvet Lounge was a nightclub in the South Loop of Chicago. [1] It started as a jazz club and was called the "dusty epicenter of the Midwest's free form jazz scene." [2] It was located at 2128 1/2 S. Indiana Avenue before moving to 67 E. Cermak when the original building was scheduled for demolition. It closed permanently in 2019.
54th/Cermak (CTA station), a Chicago Transit Authority Pink Line station; Cermak–Chinatown (CTA station), a Chicago Transit Authority Red Line station; Cermak–McCormick Place (CTA station), a Chicago Transit Authority Green Line station
The Anton Cermak House, located at 2348 S. Millard Avenue in Chicago's South Lawndale neighborhood, was the home of former Chicago mayor Anton Cermak. Frank A. Randak designed the American Foursquare house, which was built in 1902. Cermak moved to the house in 1923 and accomplished much of his political legacy while living there.
The Near South Side is a community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, just south of the downtown central business district, the Loop.The Near South Side's boundaries [3] are as follows: North—Roosevelt Road (1200 S); South—26th Street; West—Chicago River between Roosevelt and 18th Street, Clark Street between 18th Street and Cermak Road, Federal between Cermak Road and the ...
Duncan worked as deputy of the Cook County Department of Corrections for 20 years and was recently assigned to Cermak ... 2025,” the department said. “Shamone was a proud native of Chicago ...