encounter a city such as Chicago, it is practically impossible to avoid CTA and Metra trains. From short store errands to long journeys home, the CTA is there as your personal downtown car. If you do not have enough money to put into owning a car or simply do not want to put up with trying to find parking in the congested city, the CTA is there for you. Where more people to use the CTA, the amount of gas polluting the earth would significantly decrease the pollution levels in Chicago. Since there aren't
There are lots of different types of people in one city. Jury duty allows them to get together and participate in discussing the freedoms and rights of their peers or the one being tried. In the play “Twelve Angry Men,” by Reginald Rose, twelve men with different personalities try to persuade each other towards their opinion. Juror Eight is the most effective because he is able to manipulate the other jurors with his calm, respectful, open-mindedness, and rational ways. Juror Eight is calm and respectful
The Chicago World’s Fair was simply expected to exhibit American culture; however, it inspired American culture in a more important manner. The fair, also known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, occurred from late spring to early fall in 1893; it celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World (Larson 14). Not only was it a celebration of the past, the fair shaped America’s future, including its culture and exceptionalism. The multiple inventions exhibited in
Alyssa Evans Mr. David Fitzpatrick AP US History A4 17 August 2015 Reflecting on the Devil in the White City The 1893 Chicago World’s fair, also referred to as the World’s Columbian Exposition was the last and largest fair in the 19th century. It opened May 1st of 1893 and closed on October 30th of 1893. The fair had reached over twenty-six million visitors and is the birthplace for many trends that have shaped modern America. The fair took place in 1893 to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary
The Devil in the White City is a literary nonfiction novel that is centered around the World’s Fair in Chicago. The subtitle of The Devil in the White City is “Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America.” As Erik Larson describes so vividly, the fair did just that. From the way electricity is distributed through homes, to the length of our working hours or days in a week, to cultural icons, and amusement parks. There is a brief but fascinating link between the Fair and other inventions
rambling speech that these tourists care little for, preferring to see the sights rather than hear the history of Chicago. What they are missing is the important fact of how they are where they are and the reason they are waiting at the boat lock. A reason that is crucial to not only Chicago’s history, but the history of many major civil engineering projects of the future. The Chicago River today is home to a vast network of trade, tourism, and other commercial enterprises, linked in one direction
Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal." Fred Ebb explains: “So I made it [Chicago] a vaudeville based on the idea that the characters were
Background As of today, the city of Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, right behind New York and Los Angles. It is home to more 3 million people, but this was not always the case. When the city was created in 1833, it only "coveted less than half a square mile on either side of the main channel of the Chicago River and contained only 350 adventurous inhabitants, mostly male." (Abu-Lughod 49). As the years went on the city continued to grow and by 1870 its "economic base had
INTRODUCTION The Chicago Historical Society was founded in 1856 and has spent the majority of its 153 year history as an institution devoted to the diverse and evolving history of Chicago and Illinois. In 2006, the institution emerged from a remarkable 21 month physical and philosophical transformation. Not only did the museum undertake a wholesale renovation of its gallery spaces, but it also took steps to update its public persona to be more representative of the full spectrum of communities
Immigration is a movement about settlement of people into another country to which they are not natives. As of the current time, the United States has made itself a new home for immigrants in search of a better life, religious freedom and opportunities. It embraces those who come to the USA often with nothing more than their work ethic in search of the promises and opportunities of the American Dream. Over the last decade, the Indian immigration population had been skyrocketing and approximately
construction problems. “It was so easy to disappear, so easy to deny knowledge, so very easy in the smoke and din to mask that something dark had taken root. This was Chicago, on the eve of the greatest fair in history” (Larson). “Devil in the White City” has changed my perspective on people you do not know and the work of construction. Chicago wins the bid for the 1893 World's Exposition or as some call it the World Fair. Author Larson includes two different plots. One of the plot lines is about an architect
“What it’s like to live in Miami…” To any one wondering what it’s like to live in Miami, the simple answer would have to be marvelous. Needless to say, it’s impossible to describe what it’s like to live in such an eminent city with just one word. Miami is famous for its beautiful beaches and its Art Deco architecture but most importantly it considered the melting pot of the United States. Living in such a diverse and illustrious city certainly has its perks. The atmosphere is vibrant. The weather
are By the Way, Meet Vera Stark originally directed by Jo Boney, and the film Chicago directed by Rob Marshall. By the Way, Meet Vera Stark premiered Off-Broadway at the Second Stage Theatre on May 9th, 2011. The University of Washington Drama Department produced its own version of By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, directed by their School of Drama Faculty member Tim Bond and located at the Meany Studio Theatre. The film Chicago, set in the 1920’s, came out in 2002. It was streamed on TV in the evening on
The riot in Chicago on May 1, 1886 was one of the biggest turning points in the history of the United States labor movement also in the United States society. The riot ended up with numerous fatalities among police officers and civilians and resulted in the trial and death penalty of four revolutionaries that marked the severe punishment of any manifestation of terrorism in the US. On the other hand, such an outcome of the Haymarket riot in Chicago affected the development of the labor movement in
The poem “Chicago,” by Carl Sandburg, and the story, “A City Ready to Burn,” by Jim Murphy, both descried the effects of “fire” on the city of Chicago using two distinctive methods. Sandburg presents a more positive picture of Chicago by identifying its positive attributes and feelings of hope despite its flaws. Murphy on the other hand describes the details of the layout of the city that lead up to the catastrophe demise known as the “Chicago Fire.” Both approaches are used to create a certain
Robert Capa was a Hungarian war photographer, photo journalist. He was born Endre Friedmann into a Jewish family October 22, 1913 in Budapest now known as Austria Hungary. He was best known for redefining wartime photojournalism by insisting working in trenches, in the midst of combat. Capa originally wanted to be a writer but he found work as a photographer in Berlin and grew to love the art of photography. He later moved to Germany when Adolf Hitler’s rule was just beginning. He did this you keep
“Chicago Fire” is a show on NBC that portrays the life of a firefighters and paramedics. The house has the Rescue Squad, Truck 51, and Ambulance 61. In the show there are plenty of examples of interpersonal communications working within the characters. Whether it be strained relationships, power hungry co-workers, or distressed victims of a fire, “Chicago Fire” shows interpersonal communications working to help understand situations, and solve problems. Through the last couple of weeks the show
Everyone has a purpose in the economy, every decision one makes will affect the economy; whether its staying home instead of going to work, to deciding to go out to dinner. Henceforth, when a city in decline becomes a more attractive city to invest in, everything changes. Detroit has been known for decades to residing the biggest automobile industry in the US, however on top of having a big production sector in automobiles, many small and corporate companies are establishing new hubs for those companies
Intro RR10 This book starts off by taking a journey through urban bohemian neighborhoods and working its way down to the small towns. Throughout the book, the author states that he will show us readers how Americans functioned during the 21st century. Many of us follow the basic patterns and conform to the norms of the societies around us. Whether you know it or not, these patterns recur quite often. For example, “ 39 percent of 11-12 year olds say chinese food is their favorite food, while only
Saltonstall Hubbard came to Chicago by a bateau with other voyageurs. He came with Antoine Deschamps, a French Canadian who was captivated by the heroic age of the French exploration in North America, he was also the “boss” or Le Bourgeois of the Illinois outfit. Deschamps took Hubbard, his apprentice clerk who shares his passion for the history of discovery, to Marquette’s grave. They made the trip around Lake Michigan to the Chicago River in twenty days. Hubbard died in Chicago in 1886, the year Louis