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71-599: In 2014, 54% of undergraduates lived in college-owned housing. Gates-Blake and Goodspeed Halls opened in 1892 as the first residence halls for the University of Chicago. The buildings were designed by Henry Ives Cobb and served as dormitories for divinity school and graduate students. The buildings feature oriels along their facades and gables along the roof line that are signs of the Chicago Gothic architecture. The first women's dorm, Foster Hall, opened in 1893. It

142-654: A fullback for the Chicago Maroons who had gone on to a career as a broker, had willed the university $ 800,000. The money proved somewhat difficult to locate. Pierce had left a variety of clues that led to the discovery of buried gold coins. In 1970 the Gay Liberation Front sponsored one of the first openly announced same-sex mixers in Chicago at the dormitory. Pierce contained four residential houses: Tufts, Henderson, Thompson, and Shorey. Pierce

213-650: A common basement, while students are assigned to one of eight houses (in-dorm communities) spread amongst the buildings: Alper, Hoover, and May Houses in Max Palevsky East; Flint, Graham, and Woodward Houses in Max Palevsky Central; and Rickert and Wallace Houses in Max Palevsky West. All houses are co-ed, although Hoover maintains single-sex floors. The buildings' name recognizes alumnus Max Palevsky , who had donated $ 20 million to

284-606: A complex of parks and boulevards that would include Washington Park to the west, Jackson Park to the east on the lakeshore, and the Midway Plaisance as a system of paths and waterways connecting the two (see Encyclopedia of Chicago Map ). The firm of Olmsted, Vaux, and Co., famous for creating New York City's Central Park , was hired to design the urban oasis. Part of their plan was that the Midway would function as "a magnificent chain of lakes", allowing boaters to travel from

355-503: A computer lab, a solarium, a fireplace, and a piano. Students resided in "half-double apartments," in which each pair of single rooms contains a shared kitchenette and bathroom. The average room was sized 12 by 12.5 feet. Blackstone Hall was designed by architect Ralph D. Huszagh, and construction was completed in 1930. At the end of 1953, the university had purchased the building for use as a nurses' residence. The residents who had lived there for several years were reluctant to leave, but for

426-681: A contributing editor of Architectural Record . He won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 1999, for a body of work highlighted by a series of articles about the problems and promise of Chicago 's greatest public space, its lakefront . He has received numerous other honors, authored books, lectured widely, and served as a visiting critic at architecture schools including the Harvard University Graduate School of Design . Born in Red Bank, New Jersey , Kamin

497-645: A dining hall. The hall contains 8 houses, all of which were formerly located in Broadview, Maclean, New Grad, and Blackstone halls and renamed upon relocation to Campus North. The building is one of Studio Gang Architects many recent contracts in and around the university. In 2018, the completed project was recognized for excellence by the American Institute of Architects , Chicago chapter. The International House historically has housed undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. International House

568-413: A name. It was a description. The Midway Plaisance began as a vision in the 1850s of Paul Cornell , a land developer, to turn an undeveloped stretch of infertile land south of Chicago into an urban lakeside retreat for middle- and upper-class residents seeking to escape city life. The area was a lakefront marsh ecosystem . In 1869, Cornell and his South Park Commission were granted the right to set up

639-713: A new master plan for the Midway Plaisance done by OLIN , a landscape architecture firm, was unveiled by the University of Chicago and the Chicago Park District . The proximity of the Midway to the university gave the school's early football teams, the Maroons, a second nickname, " Monsters of the Midway ", a name later applied to the Chicago Bears when the University of Chicago dropped its football program. The program has since been reinstated, and

710-407: A paperback version of the book, "Gates of Harvard Yard." In 2020, Princeton Architectural Press published another Kamin book, "Amherst College: The Campus Guide," which presents six walking tours of the 1,000-acre New England campus. Kamin cites as his influences Paul Gapp , Paul Goldberger , Lois Wagner Green , Ada Louise Huxtable , Vincent Scully , Allan Temko , and Joel Upton . Kamin's wife

781-467: A parish retirement home, was acquired by the university and renovated in 1991. Maclean Hall featured the most common space of any house in the Housing System, including a full commercial kitchen, a large central lounge, a dining room, a solarium, a basement game room, and an assembly room with a 15-foot projector wall. It is named for Norman Maclean , a University of Chicago professor and author of

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852-474: A park setting, under the renewed plans of Frederick Law Olmsted . Over the ensuing decades, the Midway gradually came to be encompassed by the University of Chicago , which expanded in 1926 to be located on either side of it. Today the Midway sits between the original main campus to the north and the professional graduate schools the University of Chicago Law School , the Harris School of Public Policy ,

923-412: A university donor and its residents relocated to Campus North Residential Commons, but after on-campus activism by the "Save our Satellites" campus organization, it was the sole satellite to retain its original name. Broadview Hall was a residence hall located at 5540 South Hyde Park Boulevard and accommodated 200 residents. Originally built as a hotel and later used for graduate student housing, Broadview

994-406: A women-only and a men-only floor, with the suite floor being either single or mixed-sex depending on the desires of the residents. Woodlawn Residential Commons, commonly referred to as "Woodlawn" , is located at 1156 East 61st Street, south of the Midway Plaisance, and is the largest student dormitory on campus, built to accommodate approximately 1,300 students. It is notable for not being owned by

1065-838: Is a graduate of Amherst College , from which he received a Bachelor of Arts with honors in 1979, and the Yale University School of Architecture , from which he received a Master of Environmental Design in 1984. In 1999 he was a visiting fellow at the Franke Institute for the Humanities at the University of Chicago . In 2012–2013, he was a fellow at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He holds honorary degrees from Monmouth University and North Central College . At North Central, he wa an adjunct professor of art. Prior to being

1136-481: Is also featured as one of the main settings in the book The Devil in the White City written by Erik Larson. Landscaped with long vistas and avenues of trees at the start of the 20th century, the Midway in part followed the vision of its designer Frederick Law Olmsted , one of the creators of New York City 's Central Park , but without his proposed feature of a Venetian canal down the Midway's center linking

1207-498: Is both the French spelling of and a quaint obsolete spelling for "pleasance", itself an obscure word in this context meaning "a pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water". In the western area, Olmsted, (the park designer) labeled a section “Upper Plaisance.” In the eastern area, he had a “Lagoon Plaisance.” Connecting the two was a “Midway Plaisance.” In other words, Midway Plaisance wasn’t

1278-473: Is built in a collegiate Gothic style, like Snell and most of the University of Chicago 's campus, but has many Prairie School elements, such as stone corn husks instead of gargoyles and flat-roofed instead of gabled dormers. Hitchcock is built in the European "landing" style of dormitory with five stairwells linked through the front cloister and basement, though only the basement is used now to ensure that

1349-409: Is built in a collegiate-Gothic style, while Hitchcock is Prairie Style inspired Gothic. The buildings both feature limestone exteriors and fireplaces, hardwood molding and trim. Snell–Hitchcock is known for having a high level of community spirit and involvement, which is best seen at the annual University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt . Also known as Scav Hunt or simply "Scav", it marks the high point of

1420-530: Is colloquially known by students as "I-House." Facing the Midway Plaisance , it was created in 1932 as a gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. specifically to foster relationships between students from different countries. It is notable for having housed many famous artists, scientists, and scholars connected with the university, including Langston Hughes and Enrico Fermi . It hosts many cultural events including dance and musical performances from around

1491-501: Is provided in the Arley D. Cathey Dining Commons. Snell-Hitchcock Hall, often referred to as "Snitchcock" , is located at 1009 E. 57th St., on the main campus quad, and houses 156 residents in two houses. Formally Amos Jerome Snell Hall and Charles Hitchcock Hall, more commonly known as Snell–Hitchcock or Hitchcock–Snell, was built in 1892 (Snell) and 1901 (Hitchcock). They are the oldest residence halls still in use as such on campus. Snell

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1562-483: Is the author and former Tribune reporter Barbara Mahany. They have two sons, Ted and Will. Published in 1998, Kamin’s six-part series, “Reinventing the Lakefront” shed light on numerous problems along the city's shoreline, such as the disparity between lakefront parks bordered by largely white and affluent areas on Chicago's North Side and those lined by black and poor neighborhoods on the city's South Side . Following

1633-629: The Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice , and the Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies , as well as, the University of Chicago Press to the south. Later designers and artists, including Lorado Taft , and Eero Saarinen added or sought to add their vision to the Midway. A statue of the father of modern taxonomy , Carl Linnaeus , and an equestrian statue by sculptor Albin Polasek of

1704-648: The Smithsonian Institution . In the years after the Exposition closed, " midway " came to be used in the United States to signify the area for amusements at a county or state fair , circus , or amusement park . The Midway Plaisance led visitors from the Midway Plaisance to the Women's Building and then to the White City. Following the Exposition, the Midway Plaisance was returned to

1775-599: The South Side of Chicago, Illinois . It is one mile long by 220 yards wide and extends along 59th and 60th streets, joining Washington Park at its west end and Jackson Park at its east end. It divides the Hyde Park community area to the north from the Woodlawn community area to the south. Near Lake Michigan , the Midway is about 6 miles (10 km) south of the downtown " Loop ". The University of Chicago

1846-521: The 2010–2011 school year it was only available to upperclassmen students, but presumably due to the record size of the 2010-2011 incoming class, Stony Island accepted First-Year students from the classes of 2014 and 2015. There was only one college house in Stony Island Hall, Stony Island House. Being relatively isolated from the rest of campus, residents of Stony were known to be very close with each other.. The hall closed for student housing at

1917-550: The 2015–2016 academic year, New Grad closed and the three houses occupying it were retired. The building was renovated and turned into the Keller Center at the Harris School of Public Policy. Pierce Tower was located at 5514 S. University Ave. and accommodated 250 residents. It stood 10 stories high. All of its houses were co-ed (although Henderson had been male only). More formally known as Stanley R. Pierce Hall, it

1988-566: The East community of Woodlawn, while Chenn, Eka, Han, Liew, and Markovitz Houses are located in the West community. Blackstone Hall, located at 5748 S. Blackstone Avenue, accommodated 79 residents. There was only one college house in Blackstone Hall, called Blackstone House. The main campus quadrangles were approximately a ten-minute walk away. The six-story building contained several lounges,

2059-512: The Knight of Blanik, a legendary Czech savior who emerges from Blaník mountain in his nation's hour of need, grace the Midway. It has remained essentially a green area, a public resource subject to much speculation, and various periodic plans of redevelopment. The sunken panels, home now to soccer players and ice skating and sports facility, the cross-street "bridges", and the east–west lines of trees, pay homage to Olmsted's vision. In 1999,

2130-608: The Maroons play at Stagg Field on 55th street, half a mile north of the midway. The Midway, Lorado Taft's Boulevard of Broken Dreams, O'Connor, Jerome, Chicago Tribune, October 25, 1965. Blair Kamin Blair Kamin was the architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune , for 28 years from 1992 to 2021. Kamin has held other jobs at the Tribune and previously worked for The Des Moines Register . He also serves as

2201-641: The administration finally reversed its decision and allowed the International House to remain open. The International House subsequently embarked on a $ 30 million renovation project. Until autumn 2013, undergraduates lived in two houses located in the East Tower of International House, Booth and Phoenix. In autumn 2013, Thompson House and Shorey House moved to the West Tower of International House, due to Pierce Tower's closing. In early 2016,

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2272-584: The annual meeting of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy , the Ravinia Festival and Steppenwolf Theatre . He has discussed architecture on programs ranging from ABC's Nightline , History Channel , National Public Radio to WTTW -Ch. 11's Chicago Tonight . In 2014, he briefly appeared on The Daily Show , when the show's then-host, Jon Stewart, made light of a large and controversial sign that

2343-466: The architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune , Kamin served as its culture and suburban reporter from 1987 to 1992. He was a reporter and architecture writer for The Des Moines Register from 1984 to 1987. He had once worked as an office clerk for a San Francisco interior design and architecture firm. He has lectured in forums such as American Institute of Architects ' National Convention,

2414-519: The building is more secure. The three interior "sections" (Sections II-IV) are each built around a single staircase. Each interior Section consists of two floors of four double-rooms with a fourth floor that has two suites (doubles with a large living room and separate bedroom). Most of the rooms have non-working fireplaces. The first floor houses the apartment for the Resident Masters, a live-in faculty couple. Traditionally, each section has had

2485-416: The building was transformed into a dormitory only for single undergraduate women. In 1966, university officials proposed renovations to reverse the "shabbiness" and deterioration seen in older buildings such as Blackstone. Repairs were needed for broken panes of glass, leaking windows, and cracked paint and plaster. Fundamental renovations were also needed for the electrical and heating systems. Damage caused by

2556-470: The commentaries for "Tribune Tower: American Landmark," a guide to the newspaper's neo-Gothic Tribune Tower skyscraper published in 2000. During his Nieman Fellowship, Kamin co-wrote and edited an ebook, "The Gates of Harvard Yard: The Complete Story, in Words and Pictures, of a Great University's Iconic Portals." The ebook was published by the Nieman Foundation. In 2016, Princeton Architectural Press published

2627-576: The criticism jurors described the dilemma "He seems to do some investigative reporting and some advocacy editorializing, and some members of the panel didn't quite know what to make of it. So we did the cowardly thing and sent it to another panel." But the Pulitzer Prize Board, which has the ultimate authority, reversed the decision and moved Kamin's entry back to criticism. Kamin's Pulitzer Prize citation praised "his lucid coverage of city architecture, including an influential series supporting

2698-692: The development of Chicago's lakefront area.” Kamin is the recipient of 45 awards. Among his other honors are the George Polk Award for Criticism (1996), the American Institute of Architects ' Institute Honor for Collaborative Achievement (1999) and the AIA's Presidential Citation, conferred in 2004. In 2013, the Society of Architectural Historians recognized him with an award for excellence in architectural criticism. From 1993 to 2019, he won or shared 16 Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism from

2769-461: The eastern edge of Washington Park on Cottage Grove Avenue to the western edge of Jackson Park on Stony Island Avenue , was turned over to the theatrical entrepreneur Sol Bloom , a protégé of Chicago mayor Carter Harrison, Sr. It became a grand mix of fakes, hokum , and the genuinely educational and introduced the "hootchy-cootchy" version of the belly dance in the "Street in Cairo" amusement; it

2840-447: The electrical repairs and plastering required complete redecorating of almost the entire building. Blackstone Hall was one of five "satellite" dorms that was closed after the 2015–2016 academic year upon the opening of Campus North Residential Commons. It was subsequently sold to be turned into apartments. Breckinridge Hall is located at 1442 East 59th Street. It accommodated approximately 95 residents plus two RAs and an RH family. There

2911-417: The end of the 2020 school year with the opening of Woodlawn Residential Commons. However, it was reused by the university the following fall as isolation housing for students who tested positive for COVID-19 . Woodward Court was a residential hall on the campus of the University of Chicago . It consisted of six houses—Upper and Lower Flint, Rickert, and Wallace. Designed by architect Eero Saarinen , Woodward

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2982-424: The first on-campus residence of eminent astronomer Carl Sagan , who lived in room 141 (See "Carl Sagan, A Life"). Burton-Judson contains six houses: Linn-Mathews, Salisbury, Chamberlin, Vincent, Coulter and Dodd-Mead. Campus North, often known simply as "North" , occupies the previous location of Pierce Tower, and was built from 2013 to 2016. With 15 floors, it has room to accommodate about 800 students and includes

3053-465: The housing office to fill the rooms with students, there were still vacancies for 25 student couples or 50 single women. The Housing Bureau made the rooms available for immediate occupancy at $ 70–75 per month ($ 591–634 per month in 2012 dollars), including all utilities except phone service. Laundry machines were provided in the building's utility room. The rooms were advertised first to married students without children, and no pets were allowed. In 1962,

3124-515: The lagoon systems of Jackson and Washington parks. Instead, the Midway is landscaped with a fosse , lawn covered depression, where the canal would have been, although in the winter parts of the grounds are turned over for ice skating . The Midway Plaisance has a variety of different elements for visitors to explore, including lakes, trails, bridges, and fields. Today, the park hosts many different programs, including: concerts, ice skating lessons, movie nights, and many other events. The word "plaisance"

3195-521: The last graduate students had resided, and did not have its name changed. The Max Palevsky Residential Commons, often known as "Max P" or simply "Max" is located at 1101 E. 56th St. and accommodates 712 people. The buildings were designed by Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta , and opened in 2001. Dining is provided in the Bartlett Commons. Three buildings constitute the Commons, sharing

3266-753: The main quad of campus, is located in Woodlawn , south of the Midway Plaisance at 6031 S. Ellis Ave. and accommodates 811 residents. Named South Campus Residence Hall when opened in 2009, the dorm was rededicated as the Renee Granville-Grossman Residential Commons in February 2015 after a $ 44 million donation to the university. It is split into two sections, East and West, defined by a courtyard for each. The dorm contains eight college houses . RGGRC West contains houses Keller, Halperin, Kenwood, and DelGiorno, while RGGRC East contains Jannotta, Cathey, Crown, and Wendt. Dining

3337-561: The novel A River Runs Through It . With the opening of Campus North Residential Commons, Maclean Hall closed after the 2015–2016 academic year and was subsequently sold to be turned into apartments. New Graduate Residence Hall, commonly called New Grad, was a residence hall located at 1307 East 60th Street. It accommodated 200 undergraduates in three houses, Midway House, Henderson House, and Tufts House. Both Henderson and Tufts Houses originally occupied Pierce Hall, but with its closure and demolition in 2013, they migrated to New Grad. After

3408-696: The ponds in Washington Park through the lagoons in Jackson Park and into Lake Michigan. The South Park Commission office, where all the detailed plans were stored, was burned in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The expense of rebuilding the city eliminated the funds to cover expenditures that the plans would have entailed, and the South Park area remained largely in its natural swampy state. The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893

3479-511: The publication of the deeply reported essays, Mayor Richard M. Daley and the Chicago Park District authorized comprehensive plans for four of Chicago’s seven lakefront parks, an area of nearly 2,000 acres and more than 10 miles of shoreline. In addition, the city altered its plan for a former U.S. Steel site on the far south lakefront, bringing the total area affected by the series to almost 2,500 acres and 12 miles of shoreline. Kamin's 1999 Pulitzer entry in criticism consisted of four parts of

3550-518: The real estate developer Donald Trump placed on his Chicago skyscraper. The University of Chicago Press has published three collections of Kamin's Chicago Tribune columns: "Why Architecture Matters: Lessons from Chicago" (2001); "Terror and Wonder: Architecture In a Tumultuous Age" (2010); and "Who Is the City For? Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago" (2022). Kamin also wrote

3621-570: The six-part lakefront series, plus six other works of criticism on subjects ranging from the renovation of the North Michigan Avenue Marriott Hotel to an addition to Chicago's Adler Planetarium . After the first round of the two-round Pulitzer judging, his entry was moved from the criticism category to the beat reporting category. The Chicago Reader described the situation as one in which "every jury that read his stories wanted someone else to judge them". One of

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3692-531: The tenants had left. The rooms were initially constructed as hotel rooms, so the university formed apartments by connecting pairs of rooms with shared baths and kitchens. Despite the apparent urgency in Blackstone's transformation into nursing accommodations, by the end of 1954 the university continued to have difficulties with filling vacancies in the building. Blackstone was abandoned as a nurses' residence, since very few nurses had lived there. Despite efforts by

3763-538: The university "to enhance the quality of residential life on campus." Blair Kamin , a Chicago Tribune architectural critic, wrote after their 2002 opening that the buildings "...just [don't] come off." Subsequent architectural criticism has been more favorable, finding that the buildings' layout meets the needs of the modern student body and that their colors and windows echo those of their neighbors. The Renee Granville-Grossman Residential Commons, often referred to as "Renee" or "South" due to its relative location from

3834-472: The university a more pressing matter left them with no alternative. A shortage of nurses had led to a "most critical situation" in the university's expanding medical system, and the university could not acquire the badly needed nurses without additional housing. The university issued termination notices to all Blackstone residents in March 1954. Remodeling of the entire interior of the building began shortly after

3905-402: The university announced that it would reserve International House's rooms entirely for undergraduate residents, and that it would no longer house international exchange students or graduate students for an indeterminate amount of time. Breckinridge House, which had previously been planned to be moved to North Campus and given a different name, was relocated to the areas of International House where

3976-551: The university itself, instead being financed by Capstone Development Partners and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and constructed by Turner Construction, though the day-to-day management of the facility is managed by the University Housing and Residence Life staff. The dormitory was designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects . The dormitory is 15 stories tall, and includes 11 houses and a dining hall. Baker, Casner, Fama, Gallo, Rustandy, and Yovovich Houses are located in

4047-597: The world. Some 40,000 people have lived there since it first opened its doors. I-House Chicago is a member of International Houses Worldwide. An attempt in early 2000 by the University of Chicago administration to close the International House and convert it into a dormitory for the Business School resulted in large student protests and a class-action lawsuit against the university by International House residents. After months of negative media attention and intense public criticism by faculty, alumni, and local activists,

4118-591: The year for many of the inhabitants of the two dorms; as of 2012, the Snell–Hitchcock team had won 13 of the 26 hunts to date. The dorm is on the northwest corner of the university's Main Quadrangles at the corner of 57th St. and Ellis Avenue. It is connected via emergency exits to Searle Chemistry Laboratory. Hitchcock was built in 1901, and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places . It

4189-520: Was a residence hall located at 5445 S. Ingleside Avenue and accommodated 98 residents (94 in singles, 4 in two doubles), in one house called Maclean House. Although it was part of the university campus, it was located in a different ZIP code (60615) from the rest of campus and was not featured on most campus maps despite being only one block North of the Gerald Ratner Athletics Center . The four-story building, originally built as

4260-464: Was constructed between 1957 and 1958. The dorm was demolished in 2001, replaced by the Charles M. Harper Center of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business . It was on E. 58th St. between S. Kimbark and S. Woodlawn Avenues, affording residents views of Robie House and Rockefeller Chapel . Midway Plaisance The Midway Plaisance , known locally as the Midway , is a public park on

4331-424: Was constructed during the 1950s and completed in 1960 at a cost of $ 2,400,000. Its architect was Harry Weese of Harry Weese & Associates. The journal Architectural Record described it as a "major breakthrough on the anti-slab front"; built while Hyde Park was undergoing urban renewal , it was also described as a fortress. It was designed to connect to a twin building, which was never built. Stanley R. Pierce,

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4402-463: Was converted to offices in 1961–62. Burton–Judson Courts, often known as "BJ", is located at 1005 E. 60th St. and accommodates 320 students. Located south of the Midway Plaisance , Burton-Judson is a castle-like edifice built in a neo-Gothic style similar to that of the university's main quadrangles. It was designed by the Philadelphia firm of Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary. Burton-Judson was

4473-533: Was dismantled during the second half of 2013. Tufts and Henderson Houses were moved to New Graduate Residence Hall while Thompson and Shorey were moved to International House. Campus North Residential Commons now occupies the site of Pierce Tower. The Shoreland is a former hotel that was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It was a residence hall of the University of Chicago as Shoreland Hall but

4544-563: Was founded just north of the park, and university buildings now front the Midway to the south, as well. Intended as part of the Chicago boulevard system , the park came to prominence when the Midway was laid-out to host popular amusements at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, which hosted the world's first Ferris Wheel, later lending its name, " midway ", to areas at county and state fairs and amusement parks with sideshows . The park

4615-456: Was held in the underdeveloped parts of the South Park. The worldwide celebration of Columbus ' transfer of "the torch of civilization to the New World" in 1492 was one of the most successful and influential of world's fairs . It covered over 600 acres (2.4 km ) and attracted exhibitors and visitors from all over the world. For the Exposition, the mile-long Midway Plaisance, running from

4686-582: Was only one college house in Breckinridge Hall, called Breckinridge House. As one of the smaller dormitories on campus, but one of the largest houses, it was home to undergraduates in its final years, though it had served graduate students in the past. Approximately two-thirds of the rooms are single residence rooms. In 1898, Ina Law Robertson , an Oregon schoolteacher studying at the University of Chicago, founded "Eleanor Club" to offer affordable housing for employed, single women. The Eleanor Club

4757-432: Was organized into three houses: Wick (the 2nd and 3rd floors), Talbot (the 4th and 5th floors), and Palmer (the 6th and 7th floors). Most rooms were single with private baths. Broadview was about a 20-minute walk from the main campus. With the opening of Campus North Residential Commons, Broadview Hall closed after the 2015–2016 academic year and was subsequently sold to be turned into apartments. Maclean ("muh-klayn") Hall

4828-411: Was retired after the 2008–2009 school year. Shoreland Hall consisted of the following residential houses: Fallers (floors 1,2,3), Bishop, Dewey, Michelson, Fishbein, Compton, Hale, Filbey, Bradbury and Dudley. Stony Island Hall, known simply as "Stony" , is located at 5700 Stony Island Ave. and housed 77 residents, with four residents to an apartment. It was built in 1988 and has four stories. Prior to

4899-558: Was the Dean of the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy, the University of Chicago's first graduate school of social work. Breckinridge was also the first woman to graduate from the law school of the University of Chicago. After the 2015–2016 academic year, Breckinridge House was moved to International House while Breckinridge Hall was closed to residents. Breckinridge House was originally slated to have its name changed to that of

4970-529: Was the most popular, with 2.25 million admissions. George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. 's original Ferris Wheel carried over 1.5 million passengers. The Midway's money-making concessions and sideshows made over $ 4 million in 1893 dollars, and it was the more memorable portion of the Exposition for many visitors. The Midway also featured more scholarly exhibits which were overseen by Frederic Ward Putnam , head of Harvard University ’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology , and ethnologist Otis Tufton Mason of

5041-422: Was very similar to YWCAs. Robertson eventually built six residences, with this one being designed by Schmidt, Garden and Martin and opened in 1916. The building was purchased by the University of Chicago in 1968. The proceeds of the sale created an endowment that funds grants for Chicago women and girls in need of financial assistance. The university then named the building after Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge , who

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