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May 27, 1970. President of Shimer College and Sun-Times editor. Born and worked in Chicago. [ 2 ] Saul Alinsky. Jan 30, 1909. Jun 12, 1972. Community organizer and writer; considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. Born in Chicago.
Simone Arianne Biles Owens[ 4] OLY ( née Biles; born March 14, 1997) [ 5] is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history, [ 6] and she is considered by many to be one of the greatest female gymnasts of all time. [ 7]
Owen Murphy. Sep 27, 2003. MLB player. Born in Chicago. Wally Pipp. Feb 17, 1893. Jan 11, 1965. First baseman for the Detroit Tigers ( 1913 ), New York Yankees ( 1915 – 1925 ), and Cincinnati Reds; World Series champion ( 1923 ); American League home run champion (1916, 1917) ( 1926 – 1928 ) Born in Chicago.
Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.
Uptown, Chicago. Coordinates: 41°58.2′N 87°39.6′W. Uptown. Community area. Community Area 03 - Uptown. The Sheridan Trust and Savings Bank Building, on the corner of Broadway and Lawrence since 1924, has Chicago Landmark status. Location within the city of Chicago. Coordinates: 41°58.2′N 87°39.6′W.
The demographics of Chicago show that it is a large, and ethnically and culturally diverse metropolis. It is the third largest city and metropolitan area in the United States by population. Chicago was home to over 2.7 million people in 2020, accounting for over 25% of the population in the Chicago metropolitan area, home to approximately 9.6 ...
The Chicago metropolitan area, also referred to as the Greater Chicago Areaand Chicagoland, is the largest metropolitan statistical areain the U.S. stateof Illinois, and the Midwest, containing the City of Chicagoalong with its surrounding suburbs and satellite cities. Encompassing 10,286 square mi (28,120 km2), the metropolitan area includes ...
Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [2] stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd.