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New City (Chicago, Ill.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Back of the Yards Community Collection

 Collection
Identifier: spe-nhrc-boy
Abstract

The collection contains materials relating to the Back of the Yards community, including news clippings, historical sketches and microfilm reels of the Back of the Yards Journal and the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council (BYNC) scrapbooks.

Dates: 1921 - 1983

Chicago Department of Urban Renewal Records

 Collection
Identifier: spe-n00096
Abstract The records in this collection were created and collected by the Department of Urban Renewal, its predecessors and other Chicago city departments with duties related to planning and development. The majority of the collection is comprised of photographs, contact sheets, negatives and slides of Chicago neighborhoods considered and targeted for improvement, including images that show buildings and neighborhoods that were subsequently razed. There are also papers related to the administration...
Dates: 1891 - 1992; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1980