Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Central_Manufacturing_District> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 29 of
29
with 100 items per page.
- Central_Manufacturing_District abstract "The Central Manufacturing District of Chicago is a 265-acre (1.07 km2) area of the city in which private decisionmakers planned the structure of the district and its internal regulation, including the provision of vital services ordinarily considered to be outside the scope of private enterprise. In 1892, Frederick Henry Prince, a financier and railroad magnate, acquired south Chicago's Central Junction Railway, which connected the Union Stockyards with Chicago's major trunk lines to other cities. The CMD began in 1905 by developing a square mile adjacent to the Union Stockyards. Seeing that the stockyards would not provide enough business for his railway, Prince began purchasing adjacent land, ultimately erecting $20 million ($400 million in 1999 dollars) worth of streets, sewers, rail facilities, docks, and other improvements. The district had its own architectural department and its own engineers to supervise the construction that it provided for its customers. It has been described as the nation’s first planned industrial district.The private railroad police that patrolled the Chicago Junction Railway had an approximately 100 percent conviction rate; private security also patrolled the grounds on motorcycle. Fire safety was assured by spreading apart the buildings, by wire-glass windows and metal frames, and by the CMD's 250,000-gallon sprinkler tower. According to Central Manufacturing District Magazine, lots were standardized "to accommodate the most economical building units, to eliminate waste ground, and to give an ideal arrangement of improvements and facilities with easy accessibility." Concrete tunnels were dug between plants and the CMD's freight station so that electric tractors could haul goods back and forth. Only one out of the CMD's hundreds of companies failed during the Great Depression. The CMD reduced rental and interest payments, extended credit, and forgave temporary mispayments during the 1930s. Prominent businesspeople of the district joined the CMD Club, which held various social activities. The CMD bragged of good housing "built for workers at cost" that could be found near the CMD's plants.The Central Manufacturing has sold off many of its original properties, and no longer manages its remaining Chicago holdings, as it did before 1964. The CMD Company, however, still has the 350-acre (1.4 km2) Itasca industrial park, the 675-acre (2.73 km2) St. Charles Business Park, and an industrial park in Phoenix. Moreover, Centex and other companies have imitated CMD's concept of private development and central services. In Los Angeles, a large industrial tract was also promoted by the Central Manufacturing District of Chicago.".
- Central_Manufacturing_District wikiPageID "19047695".
- Central_Manufacturing_District wikiPageRevisionID "602320392".
- Central_Manufacturing_District hasPhotoCollection Central_Manufacturing_District.
- Central_Manufacturing_District subject Category:Neighborhoods_in_Chicago,_Illinois.
- Central_Manufacturing_District subject Category:Populated_places_established_in_1905.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type Area108497294.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type GeographicalArea108574314.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type Location100027167.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type NeighborhoodsInChicago,Illinois.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type Object100002684.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type PopulatedPlacesEstablishedIn1905.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type Region108630985.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type Section108648322.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type Site108651247.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type Tract108673395.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type Vicinity108641113.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type YagoGeoEntity.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type YagoLegalActorGeo.
- Central_Manufacturing_District type YagoPermanentlyLocatedEntity.
- Central_Manufacturing_District comment "The Central Manufacturing District of Chicago is a 265-acre (1.07 km2) area of the city in which private decisionmakers planned the structure of the district and its internal regulation, including the provision of vital services ordinarily considered to be outside the scope of private enterprise.".
- Central_Manufacturing_District label "Central Manufacturing District".
- Central_Manufacturing_District sameAs m.04jg7cd.
- Central_Manufacturing_District sameAs Q5061396.
- Central_Manufacturing_District sameAs Q5061396.
- Central_Manufacturing_District sameAs Central_Manufacturing_District.
- Central_Manufacturing_District wasDerivedFrom Central_Manufacturing_District?oldid=602320392.
- Central_Manufacturing_District isPrimaryTopicOf Central_Manufacturing_District.