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Over half the Irish men employed by the city worked in utilities. Across all ethnic groups In New York City, municipal employment grew from 54,000 workers in 1900 to 148,000 in 1930. [258] In New York City, Albany, and Jersey City, about one third of the Irish of the first and second generation had municipal jobs in 1900. [259]
Corktown, Detroit. / 42.33056°N 83.06389°W / 42.33056; -83.06389. Corktown is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest extant neighborhood in the city. [ 2][ 3] The current boundaries of the district include I-75 to the north, the John C. Lodge Freeway (The Lodge) to the east, Bagley and Porter streets to the ...
Richard J. Daley was born in Bridgeport, a working-class neighborhood of Chicago. [3] He was the only child of Michael and Lillian (Dunne) Daley, whose families had both arrived from the Old Parish area, near Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland, during the Great Famine. [4]
Detroit PBS planning new headquarters on Piquette in Detroit, an area steeped in automotive history. Detroit Public Television returns to its roots in city with 50,000-square-foot building Skip to ...
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In 2001, PBS broadcast a 4-part documentary series, American Roots Music, that explored the historical roots of American roots music through footage and performances by the creators of the movement. The 2003 film A Mighty Wind is a tribute to (and parody of) the folk-pop musicians of the early 1960s.
Detroit’s challenges are complex and rooted in its Rust Belt history. Once the global center of the automotive industry, Detroit was the fourth-largest city in the U.S. in the 1920s. Its ...
Atkinson Avenue is an east–west street located in the geographic heart of the city of Detroit, Michigan. The historic district had 225 houses in 2010. [ 1 ] Atkinson Avenue was named in honor of William Francis Atkinson. Held prisoner by the Confederacy, Atkinson courageously escaped and rose to the rank of captain before leaving the service ...