Реферат: Chicago Essay Research Paper ChicagoWritten byTim Schoch

construction, but the city did host the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Major

construction resumed with the election of Mayor Richard J. Daley. Although Daley was

influential as the head of one of the last old-time city political machines and stressed urban

renewal, downtown Chicago deteriorated as city dwellers moved to the suburbs.

The city made history in 1979, when Jane Byrne became Chicago’s first woman mayor.

Following her defeat in 1983 mayoral primaries, Harold Washington was elected the city’s

first black mayor. He was reelected in 1987 but died later in the year. In 1989, Daley’s

son, Richard M. Daley, was elected mayor.