Beverly Hills Chicago

Early Development Chicago

 

Chicago, one of the biggest cities in the United States developed early through it's great Site and situation factors. A situation factor is where a place is located in relative to other places that help it develop. Chicago  has had one of the best situation factors that helped lead to it's early development. Chicago is located right next to a harbor and lake. The harbor and lake enabled Chicago to be able to trade with other states and to get goods (exported on ships) that led to it's early development. Also Site factors, which are resources that are located near a place that helps it develop, are a part of Chicago's early development. Two of Chicago's greatest site factors were water and great soil. The soil enabled early settlers of Chicago to grow crops and food for them to eat. Without water you cant have crops. Lake Michigan just made chicago's Development better because there was a fresh source of water to drink and to use for growing crops.

 

 

Early Development Beverly, Chicago

 

Beverly Hills, Chicago was once a neighborhood in the Village of Washington Heights area. During the 1890's Beverly expanded to Chicago, 12 miles south of the Loop. It is often disputed whether Beverly Hills, Chicago was named after Beverly, Massachusetts, or Beverly Hills, California. Ever since Beverly's settlement in southwest Chicago many different ethnic groups have traveled to Chicago and along with them came their cultures. After the 1950's white Anglo Saxon Protestants, Irish, Roman Catholics, and African Americans started to come to Beverly Hills, Chicago. In 1960 there were about 24,791 Whites and 14 African Americans in Beverly. In 2000 the numbers jumped to 14,221 Whites and 7,036 African Americans. In Beverly today, the dominating ethnicity is Irish American. There is a parade for st. patrick's day every year and there are alot of Irish Pubs throughout the beverly community. Source: chicagohistory.com