Comments on: 225 - Chicago’s 91 Hoods http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/ collecting cartographic curiosa Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:28:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: James http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-73776 James Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:59:55 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-73776 I believe that the Native American word that became "Chicago" actually means "place of the wild onion." I believe that the Native American word that became “Chicago” actually means “place of the wild onion.”

]]> By: Kevin http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-72534 Kevin Mon, 12 May 2008 22:02:26 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-72534 I beg to cheerfully differ with the comment, "it sprawls out in all directions save that of Lake Michigan." Actually, it has sprawled in that direction too -- Grant Park, Millennium Park, much of Lincoln Park, Streeterville and the Gold Coast -- these were all built on landfill that used to be lake. I beg to cheerfully differ with the comment, “it sprawls out in all directions save that of Lake Michigan.” Actually, it has sprawled in that direction too — Grant Park, Millennium Park, much of Lincoln Park, Streeterville and the Gold Coast — these were all built on landfill that used to be lake.

]]> By: aaron garner http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-71606 aaron garner Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:14:11 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-71606 where is wrightwood? ford city? ect,ect.love the southside.lets not forget anybody where is wrightwood? ford city? ect,ect.love the southside.lets not forget anybody

]]> By: Mike http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-71224 Mike Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:52:12 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-71224 As a lifelong Southside Chicagoan, I notice there are a number of "neighborhoods" missing from the Southside...as a poster earlier had mentioned, East Side...there are other areas too not there like my part of the city called "Slag Valley" (now more commonly called Vets Park, the aforementioned East Side, and The Bush (where one set of Steel Mills used to be). As a lifelong Southside Chicagoan, I notice there are a number of “neighborhoods” missing from the Southside…as a poster earlier had mentioned, East Side…there are other areas too not there like my part of the city called “Slag Valley” (now more commonly called Vets Park, the aforementioned East Side, and The Bush (where one set of Steel Mills used to be).

]]> By: Anon E Mous http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-70353 Anon E Mous Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:06:25 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-70353 The "Windy City" name came from a Shawneetown newspaper, back before the Civil War when Shawneetown was the biggest city in the state and Chicago was the second biggest. The “Windy City” name came from a Shawneetown newspaper, back before the Civil War when Shawneetown was the biggest city in the state and Chicago was the second biggest.

]]> By: JoAnne http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-69761 JoAnne Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:17:33 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-69761 There is ALSO an EAST side albeit southeast of Chicago. We called it the East side though. It's around the South Chicago neighborhood. In addition, think of all those nice alphabet streets (M, N, O). There is ALSO an EAST side albeit southeast of Chicago. We called it the East side though. It’s around the South Chicago neighborhood. In addition, think of all those nice alphabet streets (M, N, O).

]]> By: Mr Downtown http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-69604 Mr Downtown Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:39:58 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-69604 The traditional tour-guide story has been that the quote comes from the fight for the privilege of hosting the Columbian Exposition: “Don’t pay any attention,” wrote Charles A. Dana day in and day out in his New York Sun, “to the nonsensical claims of that windy city. Its people could not build a World’s Fair even if they won it." Problem is, this quote first appeared in the Chicago Tribune in a 1933 feature story, and no evidence of Dana’s actually writing this in the Sun has ever turned up. On the other hand, we know that “Windy City” to refer to Chicago was in common use in Detroit, Louisville, and particularly Cincinnati newspapers as early as 1880. The traditional tour-guide story has been that the quote comes from the fight for the privilege of hosting the Columbian Exposition: “Don’t pay any attention,” wrote Charles A. Dana day in and day out in his New York Sun, “to the nonsensical claims of that windy city. Its people could not build a World’s Fair even if they won it.” Problem is, this quote first appeared in the Chicago Tribune in a 1933 feature story, and no evidence of Dana’s actually writing this in the Sun has ever turned up. On the other hand, we know that “Windy City” to refer to Chicago was in common use in Detroit, Louisville, and particularly Cincinnati newspapers as early as 1880.

]]> By: daniel http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-69133 daniel Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:57:56 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-69133 As a couple other posters have said, yes the entry is wrong in several different ways. First, Chicago got its name from the wild onion; I have never in my life heard the skunk suggestion. Second, growing up I always heard the Windy City moniker as explained by long-winded politicians. However, I've grown to learn that the column by Horace Greeley to be the origin of the term. And last, the Second City is not deference to NY, but to the rapid and quite extreme growth of the city after the 1871 Fire. As a couple other posters have said, yes the entry is wrong in several different ways.

First, Chicago got its name from the wild onion; I have never in my life heard the skunk suggestion.

Second, growing up I always heard the Windy City moniker as explained by long-winded politicians. However, I’ve grown to learn that the column by Horace Greeley to be the origin of the term.

And last, the Second City is not deference to NY, but to the rapid and quite extreme growth of the city after the 1871 Fire.

]]> By: 91 Hoods — One Candidate to Rule Them All? « Nefarious Thoughts for Hilarious Times http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-67663 91 Hoods — One Candidate to Rule Them All? « Nefarious Thoughts for Hilarious Times Fri, 11 Jan 2008 16:22:35 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-67663 [...] contest appearing to narrow down to Sens. Clinton and Obama, perhaps it’s worthwhile to take a gander at the city where Clinton spent her youth and where Obama cut his political [...] [...] contest appearing to narrow down to Sens. Clinton and Obama, perhaps it’s worthwhile to take a gander at the city where Clinton spent her youth and where Obama cut his political [...]

]]> By: jonk http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-64185 jonk Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:48:30 +0000 http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/225-chicagos-91-hoods/#comment-64185 elrider, which spot had the alphabetical map you mentioned? elrider, which spot had the alphabetical map you mentioned?

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