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Burnham Plan
Without Bounds or Limits: Online Exhibition of the Plan of Chicago.
Before and After the Fire
Maps of Chicago before and after the Great Fire: 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s
Chicago Architects Oral History Project
Interviews and oral histories relating to Chicago buildings held at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Chicago on Fire
Interactive timeline by PBS.
Great Chicago Fire
Documents and essays published by The Chicago Historical Society et al.
Hyde Park Herald Digital Collections
Hyde Park news
World's Columbian Exposition
Interactive map of Fairgrounds.
Chicago News
DNAinfo Chicago
A self-described "hyper-local" news source focusing on Chicago neighborhood news.
Chicago Sun Times
A Chicago daily newspaper.
Chicago Tonight
A news and public affairs program that airs every Monday through Thursday.
Crain's Chicago Business
Chicago business news.
Chicago Tribune (1985-current)
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Full text coverage from today's news and historical coverage back to 1985.
Reference Websites
Curious City
Questions about all aspects of Chicago-land asked by curious citizens are researched and answered by journalists at WBEZ.
Encyclopedia of Chicago
(Print version available at Daley Reference F548.3 .E53 2004.)
Statistics
Census Data - Selected socioeconomic indicators in Chicago, 2008 – 2012
Chicago census data by neighborhood.
City of Chicago - Data Portal -
Data sets compiled by the City of Chicago about everything from potholes to crime to employee salaries.
Health and Health Resources
A report on health problems and resources within Chicago’s 77 Community Areas
United States Census Bureau – Chicago Quick Facts
A brief demographic and statistical overview of Chicago.
Chicago Neighborhood Market Profiles
Market profiles of various areas in Chicago with demographic information compiled by the City of Chicago.
Visual Resources
Chicago Public Library’s Digital Collections
Subjects include Harold Washington, Chicago's Sewers, Millennium Park, and more.
Chicago Collections
A collection of historical and current maps of Chicago, as well as information about Chicago buildings and architecture.
Ebooks
Biblioboard
A collection of ebooks by local authors or about local Chicagoland history
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