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This is the page for the '''Chicago Collaboration of the Week'''. Every week, a [[Chicago]] related article that is in great need of improvement will be chosen by the community to be the focus of the combined improvement efforts of the editors of WikiProject Chicago and others who are interested in improving the coverage of the [[Chicago]] area on Wikipedia. Please nominate any articles that you feel are in need of drastic improvement. A list of potential candidates can be found in the open tasks section of the [[WP:WPChi|WikiProject Chicago Project Page]]. Please add any comments regarding the logistics and operation of this project on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Chicago/COTW|Talk Page]].
{{COTWs}}

==Objective==
The objective of this page is to convert pages that are underdeveloped relative to the amount of public information available (with particular attention to redlinked and [[WP:STUB|stub]] articles) into presentable pages that can not be significantly improved (on a content basis) with a reasonable amount of effort.  It is unlikely that in one week any article will rise to the standards of a [[WP:FA|featured article]]. However, it should not be uncommon for an article to rise to the standard of [[WP:GA|good article]] after getting the attention of our membership.  

==Related Pages==
The following pages are related to this project:
#[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/History|Improvement History]]
#[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/To Do|CHICOTW To do list]]
#[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/Current|Current Collaboration]]
#[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/Good Articles|Good Articles]]
#[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/Pictures needed|Pictures needed]]
#[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/Rules and Objectives|Rules and objectives]]

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*...that '''[[Jerrold Wexler]]''' helped save a transaction to purchase the [[Denver Nuggets]], helped save [[Goldblatt's]] from bankruptcy and led the [[Drake Hotel (Chicago)|Drake Hotel]] to a [[National Register of Historic Places]] listing? <small>20:54, 12 November 2007 - 03:03, 13 November 2007</small>

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*...that businessman '''[[Peter Bynoe]]''' oversaw the development of [[New Comiskey Park]], keeping the [[Chicago White Sox]] from leaving the city? <small>12:33, 5 November 2007 - 19:42, 5 November 2007 (edited to ''which was instrumental in'' keeping at 13:41, 5 November 2007)</small> 

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*...that the '''[[Heller House]]''' marked a turning point in [[Frank Lloyd Wright]]'s shift to [[Prairie School]] architecture? <small>01:21, 29 October 2007 - 07:24, 29 October 2007 </small>

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*...that [[Chicago City Council]] [[alderman]] '''[[Vi Daley]]''' has proposed legislation that [[bank]]s be forbidden to open within {{convert|600|ft}} of each other? <small>22:31, 21 October 2007 - 04:35, 22 October 2007 </small>

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*...that [[Chicago City Council]] [[alderman]] '''[[Toni Preckwinkle]]''' has dissented against [[Chicago Mayor]] [[Richard M. Daley]] more often than any other alderman in council votes? <small>12:09, 15 October 2007 - 18:15, 15 October 2007</small>

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*...that [[Chicago Police Department]] Police Commander '''[[Jon Burge]]''' was absolved of responsibility for [[police brutality]] and [[torture]] by [[statute of limitations]] after a [[U.S. Dollar|$]]17 million [[special prosecutor|investigation]] of 148 cases? <small>15:16, 9 October 2007 - 22:08, 9 October 2007</small>

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*...that some of [[Frank Sinatra]]'s [[Sound recording and reproduction|recordings]] of the 1964 song "'''[[My Kind of Town]]'''" change the original [[lyrics]] to omit reference to the [[Union Stock Yard]] which closed in 1971? <small>17:10, 1 October 2007 - 01:03, 2 October 2007</small>

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*...that the '''[[Jay Pritzker Pavilion]]''', an outdoor [[bandshell]] and great lawn, uses an innovative [[sound reinforcement system|sound system]] that recreates an indoor [[concert hall]] sound experience? <small>14:26, 24 September 2007 - 00:41, 25 September 2007</small>

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*...that '''[[Rush Street (Chicago)|Rush Street]]''', now known for its [[nightlife]], has had four [[bridge]]s over the [[Chicago River]] connecting the [[Chicago Loop|Loop]] to the [[Near North Side, Chicago|Near North Side]] and once handled 50% of [[Chicago]]'s north-south [[traffic]]? <small>21:05, 17 September 2007 - 05:00, 18 September 2007</small>

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*...that the merged '''[[Rainbow/PUSH]]''' is an outgrowth of [[Jesse Jackson]]'s 1984 [[U.S. President|Presidential]] campaign and a factional split in [[Operation Breadbasket]], an affiliate of the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]]? <small>22:44, 10 September 2007 - 06:55, 11 September 2007</small>

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*...that '''[[Patrick Nash]]''' helped change the city charter, which called for a special election in the case of death of the [[Chicago Mayor]], so that the [[Chicago City Council]] could appoint [[Edward Joseph Kelly]]? <small>14:04, 4 September 2007 - 21:08, 4 September 2007</small>

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*...that the '''[[Chicago Race Riot of 1919]]''', which resulted in 38 deaths, 537 injuries and approximately 1,000 displaced, was the worst riot of the [[Red Summer of 1919]]? <small>23:10, 27 August 2007 - 06:03, 28 August 2007</small>

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*...that the [[Chicago]] based '''[[Lincoln Towing Service]]''' uses [[satellite]] tracking to provide [[towing]] services for [[landlord]]s with tenant [[parking]] problems? <small>22:31, 20 August 2007 - 06:03, 21 August 2007</small>

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*...the '''[[South side (Chicago)|South side]]''' of [[Chicago]] hosted a Black Renaissance that paralleled the [[Harlem Renaissance]]? <small>02:30, 14 August 2007-08:31, 14 August 2007</small>

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*...that all four deaths in the thirty annual '''[[Chicago Marathon]]s''' have occurred in the last ten years? <small>23:25, 30 July 2007-11:33, 31 July 2007</small>

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*...that after the [[Great Chicago Fire]] of 1871, the population of the neighboring '''[[Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois|Hyde Park Township]]''' exceeded that of the devastated city of [[Chicago]]? <small>06:12, 23 July 2007-13:20, 23 July 2007 ("city of" removed at 6:21)</small>

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*...that '''[[William W. Powers State Recreation Area]]'s''' [[Wolf Lake (Indiana/Illinois)|Wolf Lake]] co-hosted a [[BioBlitz]] by over 150 [[scientist]]s who unofficially counted 1,815 [[species]] in a day? <small>05:33, 17 July 2007–13:26, 17 July 2007</small>

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*...that the '''[[Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic]]''' is the largest [[African American]] [[parade]] in the [[United States]]? <small>15:39, 9 July 2007–22:15, 9 July 2007</small>

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*...that the '''[[Arts Club of Chicago]]''' arose from the success of the [[Art Institute of Chicago]]'s handling of the Chicago showing of the [[Armory Show]]? <small>06:35, 3 July 2007–17:08, 3 July 2007</small>

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*...the '''[[Art Institute of Chicago Building]]''' was co-financed by the financiers of the [[World's Columbian Exposition]], which occupied the building for its first six months? <small>21:29, 25 June 2007– 03:22, 26 June 2007</small>

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*...that [[Chicago]]'s '''[[Crown Fountain]]''' (''pictured'') displays [[Light-emitting diode|LED]] images of faces, which typically create the illusion of puckered lips spouting water? <small>15:36, 18 June 2007–00:12, 19 June 2007</small>

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*...that [[2006 Winter Olympics]] [[speedskating]] champion, [[Shani Davis]]', welcome-home celebration was held at the '''[[Harold Washington Cultural Center]]'''? <small>17:21, 10 June 2007–12:08, 11 June 2007</small>

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*...that the '''[[Historic Michigan Boulevard District]]''' came to be one of the most famous one-sided streets as a result of the legal persistence of [[Aaron Montgomery Ward]]? <small>00:08, 5 June 2007–06:26, 5 June 2007</small>

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*...that the preservation movement that resulted in the '''[[Chicago Landmark]]''' designation began with the 1957 adoption of the [[Frank Lloyd Wright]] [[Robie House]]? <small>23:34, 15 April 2007–06:14, 16 April 2007</small>

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*...the '''[[AT&T Corporate Center]]''' is the tallest building built in [[Chicago]] in the last quarter of the 20th century? <small>23:49, 9 April 2007–05:56, 10 April 2007</small>


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*...that [[Meigs Field]] in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], sits on the site of '''[[Burnham Park (Chicago)|Burnham Park]]''' ''(pictured)'', which was a serious contender to host the [[United Nations Headquarters]]? <small>10:59, 19 March 2007–17:10, 19 March 2007</small>

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*...that [[Ronald Reagan]] announced his engagement to his first wife, [[Jane Wyman]], at the '''[[Chicago Theatre]]''' ''(pictured)''? <small>04:40, 5 March 2007–17:29, 5 March 2007</small>

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*...that 141 West Jackson Boulevard, [[Chicago, Illinois]], the address of the '''[[Chicago Board of Trade Building]]''', has been the address of two different buildings that at one point was the tallest building in Chicago? <small>21:48, 28 February 2007–05:06, 1 March 2007 (modified at 05:02)</small>

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