Good Friday - The Living Way of the Cross - Chicago 2011

For more than 30 years, Catholics in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood have been re-enacting the Stations of the Cross as part of the tradition of Easter.

Haymarket 125 Years Ago - Origins of May Day

Haymarket 125 Years Ago - 1886 General Strike For The Eight Hour Day

Haymarket 125 Years Ago - "Attention Working Men : Mass Meeting"

Haymarket 125 Years Ago - The Mayor, The Speakers and The Chief Inspector

Haymarket 125 Years Ago - Incident At McCormick Reaper Works

Haymarket 125 Years Ago - Sensational Trial And Torturous Executions

Haymarket 125 Years Ago - Inpact And Legacy After 1886

Haymarket bomber was probably agent provocateur says ILHS pres.

llinois Labor History Society President Larry Spivak talks about his best guess on the identity of the Haymarket bomber. Reflections on the 125th commemoration of the events of May 4, 1886,

Illinois Labor History Society
http://illinoislaborhistory.com/

Illinois Labor History Society on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44064534074&v=wall

Celtic Cross headstone by Tiffany, A.C. McClurg, publisher of Tarzan, Du...

General Alexander C. McClurg (G.A.R.)
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago
Celtic Cross by Louis Comfort Tiffany

A.C. McClurg & Co. traces its origins to Chicago's oldest book and stationery store which was founded in 1844. The young Alexander C. McClurg went to work for the company, then known as S. C. Griggs, in 1859. McClurg resumed working for Griggs after returning from the Civil War with the rank of general. When the firm's premises were destroyed by fire in 1899, General McClurg decided to reorganize as a corporation with shares sold to employees. He died soon thereafter in 1901. Little publishing took place until 1914 when the firm negotiated what turned out to be its most profitable publication, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs. McClurg & Co. went on to publish 10 more Tarzan titles. Eventually Burroughs set up his own company to deal with all iterations of his famous character.

Most authors who published with McClurg are fairly unknown, but some of the better-known authors include Felix Borowski (Standard Concert Guide/Standard Opera Guide), Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, W. E. B. Du Bois, Byron A. Dunn, Oscar J. Friend, Zane Grey, Edith Ogden Harrison, Margaret Hill McCarter, and Clarence E. Mulford, author of the Hopalong Cassidy books.
http://www.newberry.org/collections/FindingAids/mcclurg/McClurg.html

Louis Farrakhan's Mosque And Home, Financed By Libya's Moammar Gadhafi

Farrakhan: Libya has lent Nation of Islam millions
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110401/ap_on_re_us/us_nation_of_islam_farrakhan
Farrakhan portrayed Gadhafi as a fellow revolutionary and longtime friend to the Nation of Islam, which used $3 million it borrowed from Libya in the 1970s to acquire its opulent headquarters on Chicago's South Side. Years later, a $5 million loan was used to pay back taxes and costs for the home of the movement's former leader Elijah Muhammad.

Elijah Muhammad / Louis Farrakahan Residence
4855 S. Woodlawn Ave., Chicago, IL 60615

Mosque Maryam
http://www.noi.org/national_center.htm
The mosque was repurchased and rededicated by Minister Louis Farrakhan in 1988 through efforts and sacrifices of the Nation of Islam and supporters worldwide. It was named Maryam after the mother of Jesus, Maryam (Mary). This is to identify it as a holy place from which men and women come forth reborn and transformed with a renewed mind in service of God to fallen humanity.

1 Victim Serious, 1 Firefighter Injured - Chicago Austin District

Still & Box, 5526 W. Lake St., Chicago
One victim in serious condition, one firefighter injured.
Transported to West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park.

2 injured in West Side building fire
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/news/local/chibrknews-1-injured-in-west-si...
A person was hospitalized in serious condition as Chicago firefighters battled a fire in a 2-story building in the Austin neighborhood, officials said.

The person was found as firefighters fought the fire on the 5500 block of West Lake Street, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman said. Firefighters were called to the fire at 9:15 a.m. and were on the scene.

Chess Records - 2120 South Michigan Avenue

Address made famous as the title of an instrumental on the Rolling Stones second US album release. The title refers to the address of the offices and recording studios of Chess Records and Checker Records in Chicago where the five songs for the EP were recorded in June 1964.

Rush UMC - The Herb Family Tower

Herb Family Acute and Critical Care Tower
http://www.rush.edu/rumc/page-1262026366082.html
The tower's butterfly-like shape allows for clear sight lines to every room from one of the nurse's stations on each floor, allowing caregivers to see and respond to patient needs more quickly. All patient rooms in the new hospital building will be private and have a family rest zone. These rooms are located along the external walls, providing patients and visitors with expansive views of Chicago's skyline and abundant natural light, a comforting environment that will relieve stress and promote recovery.

IIT Armour Institute - L.C. Tiffany Windows - Seen In "Source Code"

The Armour Institute
Illinois Institute of Technology

Wrought iron staircases and Louis Comfort Tiffany window dedicated to Philip D. Armour Jr.

http://www.harboearch.com/getProject.php?projname=iitmainbuilding
The Main Building, designed by Chicago architects Patton & Fisher, was completed in 1893. This significant City of Chicago Landmark building was designed in 1891 for the newly founded Armour Institute of Technology to house classrooms and offices. The building's Romanesque Revival style exterior consists of rough-cut sandstone base, red brick and terra cotta upper levels, large arched windows, and multi-hipped roof.

Source Code
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/
Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan and Vera Farmiga

Nelson Algren - 101st Birthday, March 28th - Landmark Apartment, Wicker ...

Nelson Algren apartment in Wicker Park, at 1958 W. Evergreen Ave.

http://kirjasto.sci.fi/nalgren.htm
"American author, who won the first National Book Award for fiction in 1950 for THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM, later made into a film, starring Frank Sinatra. More than any other city, Chicago inspired Algren, as it was the case with James T. Farrell, with whom he is often grouped. Algren depicted its drunks, pimps, prostitutes, freaks, drug addicts, prize-fighters, corrupt politicians, and hoodlums -- the whole underside of urban life. He also published poems, essays, and short stories, the best of which include 'A Bottle of Milk for Mother' and 'How the Devil Came Down Division Street'. His trans-Atlantic love affair with the French writer Simone de Beauvoir lasted with intervals for 17 years and ended in bitter accusations. "