The Bloomfields, one could argue, were the quintessential 20th century Chicago family. Patriarch Samuel Bloomfield (1887-1954), a Jewish immigrant from Russia, started a successful kitchen tool manufacturing business in the city during the roughest years of the Great Depression. His sons, Harold an...
“Among the various objects of the invention,”Jepson wrote in the patent application,“are to form the mixer in two units, a pedestal unit arranged to support the mixing bowl and a mixer unit consisting of a horizontally disposed motor and depending beaters, the motor being firmly supported o...
His leadership gave them jobs, representation by nationality, and, most important, some sense of predictability in a changing world. Perry R. Duis Cathlyn Schallhorn Renewal 1 of 3 Willis TowerThe Willis Tower, Chicago, designed by Fazlur Khan, 1973; photograph, 1982.(more) 2 of 3 John ...
Chicago, a city so full of culture and style, deserves a good Cuban coffee house and cafe. Welcome to Cafecito.Here, you can reintroduce yourself to the essence of coffee without taking away its integrity. As you sit back in our comfortable dining room,
or fear or lack of friendship among the men concerned.”To avoid such issues with Inland, he naturally applied his Four-Way Test into negotiations with the glass workers. Most employees kept their jobs after the 1951 sale, and general manager Ernest Lilja became vice president of what was now...
” his wife Anna later said [she would move to the States from Italy herself in the ‘20s]. “He came to this country and nobody would give him a job because he was too young. He couldn’t even make enough to eat. So he had to do a lot of odd jobs in order to get along....
jobs later. John Paul Rollert, an academic at the Booth Business School at the University of ...
Located inside the Block 37 mall in downtown Chicago, Verse Immersive is a ground-breaking augmented reality (AR) experience. Home to the Unreal Garden, Star Walk, Art of the Future, and other holographic worlds, immerse yourself in breathtaking landscap
them that Playskool—and its Milton Bradley overlords—were committed to Chicago. They seemed to get that comfort in 1980, when City Hall gifted Playskool with a $1 million “IRB,” or Industrial Revenue Bond—which the company could pay back simply by agreeing to create more local jobs. ...
More than a museum—WNDR is a playful journey that awakens creativity, cultivates community, and leaves you wondering what’s next.Located in West Loop, WNDR is the ultimate Chicago destination to take in over15 installations of awe-inspiring immersive art. ...