{"id":14435,"date":"2012-05-14T05:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T05:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/173.230.141.246\/dcc\/wpdemo\/?p=14435"},"modified":"2024-08-28T17:14:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:14:33","slug":"chicago-defined-space-and-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/?p=14435","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Defined: Space and Place, Homes and Journeys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs\" data-active-tab=\"0\"><ul class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-links\"><\/ul>\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Essay<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the city of Chicago was an increasingly complex urban environment. From 1880 to 1900, the population doubled from 500,000 inhabitants to over one million. Railway lines radiated out from Chicago to deliver a wide array of goods to people throughout the Midwest and beyond. As witnesses to these trends, writers in Chicago often experienced these changes in contradictory ways. On the one hand, there was a prevalent sense that the city was ruled by the spirit of commerce and gain, making it inhospitable to art. To these writers, the city seemed violent and chaotic, in a state of perpetual decline. On the other hand, the city was a place of opportunity and innovation. Many Chicago writers, like Ben Hecht, got their start in the city before moving on to prosperous careers in Hollywood or New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Essential Questions:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What are the different ways that each document describes and depicts the city? How do these different representations of the city compare to one another?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Which elements of urban life seem to be the most threatening or dangerous? Is the city always portrayed as being violent and chaotic? What are alternatives to these depictions?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Land Ordinance Map<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_157756\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Colored printed early map of Chicago showing the city split into many rectangular plots. The run between the lakeshore and the Chicago River and to the west of both branches of the river.\" class=\"wp-image-13054\" style=\"width:295px;height:435px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-300x443.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-600x886.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431.jpg 1247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_157756\">Joshua Hathaway, <em>Chicago with the School Section, Wabansia, and Kinzie&#8217;s Addition<\/em> (1834)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Congressional Land Ordinance of 1785 stipulated that land sold in western territories had to be laid out or plated in square parcels to provide an orderly system for purchasing, selling, and taxing property. This led to the \u201cgrid system\u201d of streets so common in Chicago and the Midwest. This map was created during a real estate boom in the early 1830s, during which the value of the land rose from $1.60 per acre to $60 per acre in a three-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Questions to Consider:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>How does this map represent the new city of Chicago to make it appealing to potential buyers? Why would this map help in the sale of real estate?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Given that this map was created to sell real estate, what does the map say about the early origins of the city and the intentions of people who moved here? How does this map relate to Nelson Algren\u2019s vision of the city in <em>Chicago: City on the Make<\/em>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compare this view of the city to other perspectives you might find in the works of writers like Hecht, Algren, or Brooks. Which perspective provides a more accurate view?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sensational Literature<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_113508\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-642x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Single page of printed text with two columns.\" class=\"wp-image-13056\" style=\"width:281px;height:447px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-300x478.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-600x957.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_113508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shang Andrews, <em>Cranky Ann, the Street-Walker: A Story of Chicago in Chunks <\/em>(1882)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sensational literature was a popular genre of fiction in the nineteenth century often focusing on crime, violence, and the darker side of urban life. This excerpt comes from a short novel in which a retired merchant, Mr.&nbsp;Baldwin, hopes to use his wealth and leisure time to help those in need. A former employee, Harry Harper, leads him through the seedy parts of Chicago to expose him to what life in late nineteenth- century Chicago is really like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Questions to Consider:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Harry Harper explains that there are two types of dangerous places in Chicago. What are these two types? Why is one more dangerous than the other?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How are men and women portrayed in this excerpt? Compare the depiction of women, particularly the old hag in the beginning of the excerpt, to that of the city of Chicago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Based on this excerpt, would you say that this text is more interested in instructing the reader, or in exciting his or her curiosity about vice and crime in Chicago? Explain the difference between these two responses.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ben Hecht on Chicago<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Hecht divorced his first wife, Marie, in 1925 and married Rose Caylor, a writer living in New York. Hecht and Caylor met several years before the divorce and communicated frequently with letters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ben Hecht to Rose Caylor, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_259563\">Letter 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_259563-2\">Letter 2<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Single page of typewriter-printed text\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13055\" data-id=\"13055\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-755x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-scaled-300x407.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-scaled-600x814.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-1132x1536.jpg 1132w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-1510x2048.jpg 1510w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-scaled.jpg 1887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Letter 1: Ben Hecht to Rose Caylor (1920)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Half page of printed typewriter text followed by a paragraph of handwritten text in cursive.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13058\" data-id=\"13058\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-745x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-scaled-300x412.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-scaled-600x825.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-1490x2048.jpg 1490w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-scaled.jpg 1862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Letter 2: Ben Hecht to Rose Caylor, 1 (1920)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Half page of handwritten cursive text.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18150\" data-id=\"18150\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-746x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-scaled-300x412.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-scaled-600x823.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-1119x1536.jpg 1119w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-1493x2048.jpg 1493w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-scaled.jpg 1866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Letter 2, Ben Hecht to Rose Caylor, 2 (1920)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle has-icon-left\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle__row\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle__header-wrapper\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle__header\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle__header-title\"><strong>Transcription of letter 2<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle__icon is-active\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle__icon is-passive\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle__content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-toggle__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have found a pencil Listen sweet, you mustn\u2019t do what you ve [sic] been doing. Let me be older than you and caution you. I don\u2019t mind your suffering usually. Usually it elates me with a suffering of my own.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But at times a vivid image of you hits me\u2014and all your agonies are written across it and I must close my eyes. I love you so. I would prefer not to love you \u201ctenderly\u201d \u2014but that too comes\u2014a tenderness foreign to me\u2014not a pity\u2014that (over)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2) is an emotion I have for none\u2014it is the worst emotion in the world\u2014when it comes. But a tender-ness is pleasant\u2014except that you are not here\u2014&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love you love you&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I adore you\u2014you are mine and I hold you in my heart with my lips to your memory\u2014&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My own\u2014&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Transcribed by Elizabeth Laurie&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Questions to Consider:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In both letters, how does Hecht describe the environment of Chicago? Which features seem to capture his attention and imagination?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How would you characterize Hecht\u2019s relationship to the city, particularly in his role as narrator or writer about the city? How does this relationship compare to that of the stories in 1001 Afternoons in Chicago?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Two Views of Michigan Avenue<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad commissioned photographers Esther Bubley and Russell Lee to document the influence of the railroad on the Midwest. Not only did they take pictures of railroad stations, cars, and workers, but they also photographed the cities and towns that the railroad helped to build and supply, including Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.carli.illinois.edu\/digital\/collection\/nby_rrlife\/id\/526\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-975x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a nighttime city street scene. A wide street runs diagonally from the lower left to the middle of the image and intersects with another street in the lower left. Both streets are covered with lines of light (car headlights in a long exposure). Many eight and nine story buildings line the streets, with a few taller skyscrapers in the distance. Many windows in the buildings are light up, and some carry neon signs advertising foodstuffs and other things.\" class=\"wp-image-13057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-975x1024.jpg 975w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-300x315.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-600x630.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-1462x1536.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave.jpg 1671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.carli.illinois.edu\/digital\/collection\/nby_rrlife\/id\/526\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Esther Bubley, <em>Michigan Avenue at Night <\/em>(June, 1948)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.carli.illinois.edu\/digital\/collection\/nby_rrlife\/id\/572\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-703x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a parade running down a wide road between eight- and nine-story buildings. Buildings on the right-hand side of the street carry advertisements. People line the street three or four deep on both sides, while people in uniforms march three and four abreast down the middle of the street. Some carry flags and others carry instruments.\" class=\"wp-image-13053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-300x437.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-600x874.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-768x1119.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-1054x1536.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-1406x2048.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.carli.illinois.edu\/digital\/collection\/nby_rrlife\/id\/572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russell Lee, <em>Memorial Day Parade, N. Michigan Avenue<\/em> (1948)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Questions to Consider:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>These pictures both document a specific section of Michigan Avenue from slightly different perspectives and angles. What are some of the features of the city that you notice in these pictures?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Imagine seeing the two images in isolation. How would you describe the city being pictured in both images? How similar or different do these two portrayals seem from each other?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why would Bubley and Lee, who were hired by a railroad company, take these pictures? What do the pictures say about Chicago in the late 1940s?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gwendolyn Brooks on Being a Writer in Chicago<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"clearfix wp-block-paragraph\">In the 1960s, the Illinois Bell Telephone Company created a series of promotional pamphlets to \u201cpresent expert testimony on the many resources and opportunities for progress in Illinois.\u201d This particular pamphlet contains an interview with Gwendolyn Brooks conducted by Paul Angle, a well-known Lincoln scholar and former director of the Chicago Historical Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_200619\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gwendolyn Brooks Interviewed by Paul Angle (1965)<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Two-page spread of printed text. On the right-hand page is a half-page black-and-white photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks (a Black woman with short hair) and a white man in a suit and tie. They sit on a covered bench in a room near a window.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-13059\" data-id=\"13059\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-914x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-914x1024.jpg 914w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-scaled-300x336.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-scaled-600x672.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-768x860.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-1371x1536.jpg 1371w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-1828x2048.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paul M. Angle, &#8220;We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks About the Creative Environment in Illinois,&#8221; 2-3 (1965)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Two-page spread of printed text. On the left-hand page is a small photo of Gwendolyn Brooks (a Black woman with short hair) frowning at the camera. To the right of her in the image sits a white man in profile. The sit in the corner of a room with a window and a radiator.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18151\" data-id=\"18151\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-921x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-921x1024.jpg 921w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-scaled-300x334.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-scaled-600x667.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-768x854.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-1381x1536.jpg 1381w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-1842x2048.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paul M. Angle, &#8220;We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks About the Creative Environment in Illinois,&#8221; 4-5 (1965)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Two-page spread of printed text. In the upper left of the left-hand page is an image of Gwendolyn Brooks (a Black woman with short hair) smiling and looking down. A window and a pile of books are behind her.\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-18152\" data-id=\"18152\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-911x1024.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-911x1024.jpg 911w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-scaled-300x337.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-scaled-600x675.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-768x864.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-1366x1536.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-1821x2048.jpg 1821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paul M. Angle, &#8220;We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks About the Creative Environment in Illinois,&#8221; 6-7 (1965)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Questions to Consider:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explain the tension between \u201cprivacy\u201d and \u201cenvironment,\u201d or noise, in the first part of the interview. How does Brooks talk about these two elements and their affect on her creativity?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>According to Brooks, what has living in Chicago meant for her poetry? What has been beneficial or detrimental about living in Chicago? How does living in the city compare to her idea of living in the country?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This interview was conducted for a series promoting Illinois. How would you describe Brooks\u2019 characterization of Chicago? Does she \u201csell\u201d the idea of Chicago? Why do you think she states at the end that she has no desire to leave Chicago?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Sources<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Early Depictions of Chicago<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_157756\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Colored printed early map of Chicago showing the city split into many rectangular plots. The run between the lakeshore and the Chicago River and to the west of both branches of the river.\" class=\"wp-image-13054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-300x443.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-600x886.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431-1040x1536.jpg 1040w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Chicago_with_School_Section_map-scaled-e1601924229431.jpg 1247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_157756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joshua Hathaway, <em>Chicago with the School Section, Wabansia, and Kinzie&#8217;s Addition<\/em> (1834)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_113508\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-642x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Single page of printed text with two columns.\" class=\"wp-image-13056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-300x478.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-600x957.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Cranky_Ann_p31.jpg 691w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_113508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shang Andrews, <em>Cranky Ann, the Street-Walker: A Story of Chicago in Chunks<\/em> (1882)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ben Hecht to Rose Caylor<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_259563\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"755\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-755x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Single page of typewriter-printed text\" class=\"wp-image-13055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-755x1024.jpg 755w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-scaled-300x407.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-scaled-600x814.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-768x1042.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-1132x1536.jpg 1132w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-1510x2048.jpg 1510w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor1_modified-scaled.jpg 1887w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_259563\">Letter 1: Ben Hecht to Rose Caylor (1920)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_259563-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-745x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Half page of printed typewriter text followed by a paragraph of handwritten text in cursive.\" class=\"wp-image-13058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-scaled-300x412.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-scaled-600x825.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-1490x2048.jpg 1490w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p1-scaled.jpg 1862w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_259563-2\">Letter 2: Ben Hecht to Rose Caylor, 1 (1920)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_259563-2\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-746x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Half page of handwritten cursive text.\" class=\"wp-image-18150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-746x1024.jpg 746w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-scaled-300x412.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-scaled-600x823.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-768x1054.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-1119x1536.jpg 1119w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-1493x2048.jpg 1493w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2-scaled.jpg 1866w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_259563-2\/Hecht_Letter_to_Rose_Caylor2_p2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Letter 2, Ben Hecht to Rose Caylor, 2 (1920)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Views of Michigan Avenue (1948)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.carli.illinois.edu\/digital\/collection\/nby_rrlife\/id\/526\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"975\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-975x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a nighttime city street scene. A wide street runs diagonally from the lower left to the middle of the image and intersects with another street in the lower left. Both streets are covered with lines of light (car headlights in a long exposure). Many eight and nine story buildings line the streets, with a few taller skyscrapers in the distance. Many windows in the buildings are light up, and some carry neon signs advertising foodstuffs and other things.\" class=\"wp-image-13057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-975x1024.jpg 975w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-300x315.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-600x630.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-768x807.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave-1462x1536.jpg 1462w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Night_View_Michigan_Ave.jpg 1671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 975px) 100vw, 975px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.carli.illinois.edu\/digital\/collection\/nby_rrlife\/id\/526\">Esther Bubley, <em>Michigan Avenue at Night<\/em> (June, 1948)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.carli.illinois.edu\/digital\/collection\/nby_rrlife\/id\/572\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-703x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Black and white photograph of a parade running down a wide road between eight- and nine-story buildings. Buildings on the right-hand side of the street carry advertisements. People line the street three or four deep on both sides, while people in uniforms march three and four abreast down the middle of the street. Some carry flags and others carry instruments.\" class=\"wp-image-13053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-300x437.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-600x874.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-768x1119.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-1054x1536.jpg 1054w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave-1406x2048.jpg 1406w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Memorial_Day_Parade_Michigan_Ave.jpg 1416w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/collections.carli.illinois.edu\/digital\/collection\/nby_rrlife\/id\/572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Russell Lee, <em>Memorial Day Parade, N. Michigan Avenue <\/em>(1948)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gwendolyn Brooks Interviewed by Paul Angle (1965)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-995f960e wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_200619\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-914x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two-page spread of printed text. On the right-hand page is a half-page black-and-white photograph of Gwendolyn Brooks (a Black woman with short hair) and a white man in a suit and tie. They sit on a covered bench in a room near a window.\" class=\"wp-image-13059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-914x1024.jpg 914w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-scaled-300x336.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-scaled-600x672.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-768x860.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-1371x1536.jpg 1371w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3-1828x2048.jpg 1828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_200619\/Brooks_Interview1_pp2_3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul M. Angle, &#8220;We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks About the Creative Environment in Illinois,&#8221; 2-3 (1965)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_200619\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-921x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two-page spread of printed text. On the left-hand page is a small photo of Gwendolyn Brooks (a Black woman with short hair) frowning at the camera. To the right of her in the image sits a white man in profile. The sit in the corner of a room with a window and a radiator.\" class=\"wp-image-18151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-921x1024.jpg 921w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-scaled-300x334.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-scaled-600x667.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-768x854.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-1381x1536.jpg 1381w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5-1842x2048.jpg 1842w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_200619\/Brooks_Interview2_pp4_5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul M. Angle, &#8220;We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks About the Creative Environment in Illinois,&#8221; 4-5 (1965)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_200619\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"911\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-911x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Two-page spread of printed text. In the upper left of the left-hand page is an image of Gwendolyn Brooks (a Black woman with short hair) smiling and looking down. A window and a pile of books are behind her.\" class=\"wp-image-18152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-911x1024.jpg 911w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-scaled-300x337.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-scaled-600x675.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-768x864.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-1366x1536.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/dcc.newberry.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7-1821x2048.jpg 1821w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 911px) 100vw, 911px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/nby_200619\/Brooks_Interview3_pp6_7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul M. Angle, &#8220;We Asked Gwendolyn Brooks About the Creative Environment in Illinois,&#8221; 6-7 (1965)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__nav-link\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title-wrapper\"><a href=\"#\"><span class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__title\">Further Reading<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-tabs__tab-content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Further Reading<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mike Royoko. <em>Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago<\/em>, 1971.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carl Sandburg. \u201cChicago,\u201d \u201cChild of the Romans,\u201d and \u201cHappiness.\u201d In <em>Chicago Poems<\/em>, 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gwendolyn Brooks. \u201cThe Vacant Lot,\u201d \u201cKitchenette Building,\u201d \u201cof De Witt Williams on his way to Lincoln Cemetery.\u201d In <em>A Street in Bronzeville<\/em>, 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tony Fitzpatrick. <em>Bum Town<\/em>, 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ben Hecht. <em>A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago<\/em>, 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nelson Algren. <em>Chicago: City on the Make<\/em>, 2001.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How have writers and artists portrayed the city of Chicago? 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