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Chicago Department of Urban Renewal Records
The records in this collection were created and collected by the Department of Urban Renewal, its predecessors and other Chicago city departments with duties related to planning and development. The majority of the collection is comprised of photographs, contact sheets, negatives and slides of Chicago neighborhoods considered and targeted for improvement, including images that show buildings and neighborhoods that were
Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture Project video archives
Items collected as part of the ""Neighborhoods, Keepers of Culture Project"" of the Chicago Historical Society, which focused on the following community areas: Near West Side, East Garfield Park, Lower West Side (Pilsen), South Lawndale (Little Village), Rogers Park, West Ridge, and Douglas and Grand Boulevard on the South Side. Items in this collection include video footage used in an
Oral History Interviews with Staff and Residents of Stateway Gardens
Oral history interviews of staff and residents of Stateway Gardens, one of the Chicago Housing Authority's facilities in Chicago (Ill.). Topics include family, children, and daily life in public housing.
Photographs at Stateway Gardens
Informal portrait photographs of staff and residents of Stateway Gardens, one of the Chicago Housing Authority's facilities in Chicago (Ill.). Topics include family, children, and daily life in public housing.
Sigmund J. Osty visual materials
Black-and-white photographic prints depicting the built environment, predominantly in Chicago, but also Evanston, Skokie, and Galena, Illinois. All the images depict exterior views, the majority of which are street intersections, though the collection also documents streetscapes, residences, and individual businesses, particularly churches, department stores, and burlesque and pornographic film establishments. Osty most frequently documented the River North, Near North Side,
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- Public housing--Illinois--Chicago (3)
- City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago (1)
- Exterior views (1)
- Public Housing -- Illinois -- Chicago (1)
- Chicago (Ill.)--Race relations (1)
- Photographic prints--black and white (1)
- Streets--Illinois--Chicago--1960-1979 (1)
- African Americans--Illinois--Chicago (1)
- Office buildings--Illinois--Chicago--1960-1979 (1)
- Dwellings--Illinois--Chicago--1960-1979 (1)
- Race relations (1)
People
- Evans, Patricia (Patricia Burdick), 1943- (1)
- Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976 (1)
- Sigmund J. Osty (1)
- Byrne, Jane, 1933-2014 (1)
- Mead, Mildred, 1910-2001 (1)
- Osty, Sigmund J.--Archives (1)
- Hill, Lewis W. (1)
- Bilandic, Michael A. (Michael Anthony), 1923-2002 (1)
- Hollander, Elizabeth L., 1939- (1)
- Alshaibi, Usama, 1969- (1)
- Black, Timuel D. (1)
Organizations
- Chicago Housing Authority (2)
- Stateway Gardens (Chicago, Ill.) (2)
- Maxwell Street Market (Chicago, Ill.) (1)
- Chicago Historical Society. Chicagoland in Pictures Project (1)
- Chicago Plan Commission (1)
- Illinois Institute of Technology (1)
- Street Level Youth Media (1)
- John Hancock Center (Chicago, Ill.) (1)
- Chicago (Ill.) Department of Urban Renewal (1)
- Community Conservation Board of Chicago (1)
- Chicago Video Project (1)
Places
- Douglas (Chicago, Ill.) (5)
- Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.) (3)
- East Garfield Park (Chicago, Ill.) (2)
- Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.) (2)
- New City (Chicago, Ill.) (2)
- Loop (Chicago, Ill.) (2)
- Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.) (2)
- Englewood (Chicago, Ill.) (2)
- Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.) (2)
- West Town (Chicago, Ill.) (1)
- Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.) (1)
- Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.) (1)