Unforgettable Chicago
Scene from: John Hancock Center, Chicago
Project: Taking Measures Across Chicago
Application: Photoshop / QuarkXPress / Acrobat
*1848 Illinois & Michigan Canal Completed
*1848 Galena & Chicago Union Railroad
*1848 First City Hall in State Street
*1855 Street Level Change
*1855 Police Department Created
*1860 First National Political Convention--Abraham Lincoln Nominated
*1861-65 The Civil War
*1865 Chicago Union Stock Yard Completed
*1867 The First Tunnel Under the Lake
*1869 Chicago Water Tower
*1869 First Traffic Tunnels Under the River
*1871 The Great Fire
*1872 Montgomery Ward--First Mail-Order House
*1873 Chicago Public Library (CPL) Opened
*1885 First Skyscraper
*1886 The Haymarket Riot
*1889 Jane Addams--Hull House
*1893 World's Columbian Exposition
*1900 Flow of Chicago River Reversed
*1900 Chicago in 1900: A Millenium Bibliography
*1901 Chicago Freight Tunnels
*1903 Iroquois Theater Fire
*1907 First American Nobel Prize Winner in Science From University of Chicago
*1908 Street Numbering Change
*1909 Chicago Plan Published--First Comprehensive Outline Offered To An American City
*1911 Dedication of Present City Hall
*1915 Eastland Disaster
*1927 Municipal Airport of Chicago (Midway) Opened
*1928 Straightening of the Chicago River
*1933-34 A Century of Progress
*1942 December 2--First Controlled Atomic Reaction
*1943 Chicago's First Subway Opened
*1947 Chicago Transit Authority Created
*1955 Mayor Richard J. Daley Elected
*1956 Congress Expressway Opened--Renamed Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway January 10, 1964
*1958 Our Lady of the Angels School Fire
*1959 International Trade Fair Celebrates Opening of St. Lawrence Seaway--Queen Elizabeth's Visit
*1960 Northwest Expressway Completed--November 29, 1963 Renamed the John F. Kennedy Expressway
*1962 Dan Ryan Expressway Opened
*1964 Southwest Expressway Opened September 1, 1965--Renamed Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway
*1966 Civic Center Dedicated--December 27, 1976 Renamed the Richard J. Daley Center
*1967 January 16--The McCormick Place Fire
*1967 August 15--Picasso Statue Unveiled In Civic Center Plaza
*1972: Shakman Agreement is Signed
*1973 Sears Tower Completed--World's Tallest Building Until 1996--Regains Tallest Title in 1997
*1976 Mayor Richard J. Daley Dies at 74
*1979 Jane Byrne is Elected Mayor
*1979 State Street Mall Opens
*1983 Harold Washington is Elected Mayor
*1984 Rapid Transit Line is Extended to O'Hare
*1985 State of Illinois Center Opens
*1986 The Chicago Theater Reopens
*1986 Lake Shore Drive S-Curve is Straightened Out
*1996 State Street Revitalization
*1996 Lake Shore Drive Moves West
*1996 McCormick Place South
*1997 Sears Tower Regains Tallest Title
* 2001 Wacker Drive project started
* 2004 Millennium Park Opens
* 2006 CTA Pink Line Begins Service
• 2008 President-elect Barack Obama gives acceptance speech in Chicago's Grant Park
Unforgettable Chicago
Scene from: John Hancock Center, Chicago
Project: Taking Measures Across Chicago
Application: Photoshop / QuarkXPress / Acrobat
*1848 Illinois & Michigan Canal Completed
*1848 Galena & Chicago Union Railroad
*1848 First City Hall in State Street
*1855 Street Level Change
*1855 Police Department Created
*1860 First National Political Convention--Abraham Lincoln Nominated
*1861-65 The Civil War
*1865 Chicago Union Stock Yard Completed
*1867 The First Tunnel Under the Lake
*1869 Chicago Water Tower
*1869 First Traffic Tunnels Under the River
*1871 The Great Fire
*1872 Montgomery Ward--First Mail-Order House
*1873 Chicago Public Library (CPL) Opened
*1885 First Skyscraper
*1886 The Haymarket Riot
*1889 Jane Addams--Hull House
*1893 World's Columbian Exposition
*1900 Flow of Chicago River Reversed
*1900 Chicago in 1900: A Millenium Bibliography
*1901 Chicago Freight Tunnels
*1903 Iroquois Theater Fire
*1907 First American Nobel Prize Winner in Science From University of Chicago
*1908 Street Numbering Change
*1909 Chicago Plan Published--First Comprehensive Outline Offered To An American City
*1911 Dedication of Present City Hall
*1915 Eastland Disaster
*1927 Municipal Airport of Chicago (Midway) Opened
*1928 Straightening of the Chicago River
*1933-34 A Century of Progress
*1942 December 2--First Controlled Atomic Reaction
*1943 Chicago's First Subway Opened
*1947 Chicago Transit Authority Created
*1955 Mayor Richard J. Daley Elected
*1956 Congress Expressway Opened--Renamed Dwight D. Eisenhower Expressway January 10, 1964
*1958 Our Lady of the Angels School Fire
*1959 International Trade Fair Celebrates Opening of St. Lawrence Seaway--Queen Elizabeth's Visit
*1960 Northwest Expressway Completed--November 29, 1963 Renamed the John F. Kennedy Expressway
*1962 Dan Ryan Expressway Opened
*1964 Southwest Expressway Opened September 1, 1965--Renamed Adlai E. Stevenson Expressway
*1966 Civic Center Dedicated--December 27, 1976 Renamed the Richard J. Daley Center
*1967 January 16--The McCormick Place Fire
*1967 August 15--Picasso Statue Unveiled In Civic Center Plaza
*1972: Shakman Agreement is Signed
*1973 Sears Tower Completed--World's Tallest Building Until 1996--Regains Tallest Title in 1997
*1976 Mayor Richard J. Daley Dies at 74
*1979 Jane Byrne is Elected Mayor
*1979 State Street Mall Opens
*1983 Harold Washington is Elected Mayor
*1984 Rapid Transit Line is Extended to O'Hare
*1985 State of Illinois Center Opens
*1986 The Chicago Theater Reopens
*1986 Lake Shore Drive S-Curve is Straightened Out
*1996 State Street Revitalization
*1996 Lake Shore Drive Moves West
*1996 McCormick Place South
*1997 Sears Tower Regains Tallest Title
* 2001 Wacker Drive project started
* 2004 Millennium Park Opens
* 2006 CTA Pink Line Begins Service
• 2008 President-elect Barack Obama gives acceptance speech in Chicago's Grant Park