(The Gebauer Building, just to the east of the Tower, is the last survivor from that era.) To make matters worse, the UT Medical Branch in Galveston was almost unanimous behind a single color: royal blue. (See The Choice of Orange and White) The issue had ripened to a point where ...
This does not mean, of course, that all the retail business of the city is done here; there are good stores and large stores outside “the loop.” But it does probably mean that Chicago people buy a greater proportion of their goods of the big department store than do the people of a...
“The place for your Agricultural and Mechanical College,” wrote Wheeler,” is undoubtedly at Austin in connection with the State University.” The Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association added its voice, and thought that merging A&M with UT “would be wise and prudent from every point of view.”...