Chicago Picasso

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to visit Chicago? Chicago is a great place to visit and has lots to do and see. Today I will be telling you 3 descriptive things about Chicago. The first descriptive detail about Chicago is its downtown area. The second descriptive detail about Chicago is the weather. The final descriptive detail about Chicago is the pizza. Downtown Chicago is one of the most fascinating areas of the city. There are many large shopping malls, tall skyscrapers, and old buildings

In 1923, Capone and Torrio had to move their operations to the suburb of Chicago, Cicero. They were forced to move their operations because of the election of William E. Denver, who was determined to end the corruption in Chicago. This was not the end of Torrio and Capone’s political problems. Although, unlike in Chicago, Capone and Torrio did not let the mayoral election in Cicero push them out of the suburb. They ensured their candidates would be elected on March 31,1924, by causing some voters

1. Overview With one of the largest city governments in the United States, the City of Chicago touches the lives of a lot of people. The city provides residents with services ranging from basic sanitation, health and human services to major public works projects and infrastructure. In 2013, the city decided it wanted to improve the way it does business and change the way it interacts with residents. The city needed a holistic way to bring its antiquated process and communications into the digital

New York City, the city that never sleeps. One of my mom's favorite song has always been New York, New York by Frank Sinatra. Having spent most of her life in Brooklyn, New York, it's considered her second home. My brothers and sister grew up there while I was born in Colorado. I still however have lots of family there, grandparents, aunts, uncles and many many cousins, and I visit regularly. The words of Frank Sinatra still rings true, if you can make it here you can make it anywhere! Start spreading

Do you really know what the prohibition era? The prohibition era was indeed the banning of alcohol but it was also a creation to many problems. It solved men becoming violent to others but also created a way for the mafia to create a profit from the alcohol. Such as al Capone himself he inherited a bootlegging business from one of his former boss Johnny Torrio. One of the most famous murders from al Capone’s organizations was the valentine’s massacre. Production of any alcoholic beverage was illegal

swelled by nearly 50 percent. The increase was especially large in major cities; Baltimore’s homicide rate doubled, New Orleans’s and Chicago’s tripled, and Cleveland’s quadrupled. During the first half of the 1920s alone, lethal violence doubled in Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, and Rochester, New York” (Adler 36). The Road by Cormac McCarthy demonstrates the aftermath of violence and the violence that is continued in order to maintain life. The Road moves the reader through the story of a father walking

Before the influx of people moving west, due to Westward Expansion, many people were cooped up in the cities and had never truly experienced freedom. In "Neighbour Rosicky," Cather criticizes the lifestyle of those who live in the city and emphasizes the beauty and happiness one can find in adapting to the country lifestyle. Rosicky grew up in Europe and immigrated to the cities in America. The hectic lifestyle of the city left him wanting more. He craved the desirable “freedom and wide horizons”

The Iroquois Theater was one of the newest and greatest show time additions to Chicago, Illinois, after the Great Chicago Fire. The Iroquois Theater was one of the best theaters of its size in 1903, the year it was built. By examining the treacherous outcomes and the causes of The Iroquois Theater fire that happened shortly after opening, we can see that good things can end quickly. Located on 24-28 W. Randolph Street, the four story tall “L-shaped” Iroquois Theater was designed after the Opera

In 1893, The World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World and to show how America has grown and progressed since then. In conjunction with the world fair, was the Parliament of the World Religions, an event displaying non-Christian religions and where they were able to speak on behalf of their own religion. However, even though the world fair was hosted on a total of 690 acres of land, not a single one of those

On the streets of Chicago gang violence is common. 72% of people who die are murdered. Children everyday are affected by this atrocity. Schools are filled with drugs and violence. This was the everyday life of me, Jazmine Harper. My 18 year old brother Demaris was in a gang, the Reds. My mother was a construction worker and my dad left me the day I was born. My family resided in Riverdale, one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Chicago. Life there hasn’t really changed since I left. “JAZMINE