175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events
that shaped Chicago 1956: Abraham Lincoln statue erected in
Lincoln Square. 1957: Old Town School of Folk Music founded.
1958: Our Lady of the Angels school fire kills 95. 1959: The
Second City improv group opens its Wells Street theater. 1960:
Northwest Expressway opens (renamed Kennedy Expressway in 1963).
1960: Summerdale police scandal — cops linked to burglary ring.
1961: Dan Ryan Expressway opens. 1961: DuSable Museum of African
American History founded. 1962: Robert Taylor Homes public
housing development opens. 1963: Northwest Expressway renamed
for slain President John Kennedy. 1964: Completion of Southwest
Expressway (soon renamed Stevenson Expressway). 1965: University
of Illinois' Chicago Circle Campus opens. 1966: Martin Luther
King Jr. and family move temporarily into West Side apartment.
1966: Richard Speck murders eight student nurses on Far South
Side. 1967: Fire destroys McCormick Place convention center.
1967: Chicago's bigges