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The Field Museum…

…was founded in 1893 with a $1 million contribution from Marshall Field. He later contributed another million dollars and left the museum $8 million in his will.

Post Comment | Posted on March 20th, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts

The World’s Columbian Exposition…

…(May through October, 1893) attracted approximately 27 million visitors. That’s almost half the US population at that time.

Post Comment | Posted on March 16th, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts

Chicago hired its first…

…policewoman in 1893. Her name was Marie Owens.

Post Comment | Posted on January 26th, 2009 by c. in Chicago Facts

Monadnock Building (a 17 story building at…

…53 W Jackson Boulevard) was the city’s first skyscraper. It was designed and built in two stages by two different companies and using two different techniques: 1889-1891 the northern half (by Burnham & Root using the load-bearing wall technique) and 1891-1893 the southern half (by Holabird & Roche using steel frame).

Post Comment | Posted on June 13th, 2008 by c. in Chicago Facts

An idea of Mayor Richard M. Daley, the…

…Millennium Park is considered the most ambitious public architectural project for Chicago since the Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Post Comment | Posted on May 19th, 2008 by c. in Millennium Park Facts

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