Author: Juvenile Protective Association of ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Chicago's Popular Recreation, the Tavern
Author: Juvenile Protective Association of ChicagoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Of Clubbable Nature
Author: Bruce L. FelknorPublisher:
ISBN: 9781413483437
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Deep in the Prohibition era The idea of a private retreat for the clubbable (with liquor lockers) struck a group of bright Chicago professionals-who then set out to make it happen. The pioneers surveyed 100 potential members on the need for such a club and 99 signed up. Several of the originators were architects, others journalists, scholars, painters, musicians, a lawyer or two, several prominent merchants, many of them members of a well loved club, the Cliff Dwellers, that was taking Prohibition seriously. A couple of the architects were completing a new skyscraper with a panoramic view of Chicago from the floor at the base of its tower. This became the home of the new club, which they would name for the convivial inns of yore: The Tavern. When the plaster was dry great artists in the group set to work on the walls, one producing amusing whimsy, the other a famous mural. Committees were forming, creating charter and bylaws, engaging a decorator, buying kitchen equipment and furniture, signing up members. While this is going on, the book keeps us in touch with the site of the action: bustling Chicago, city of skyscraper builders and bootleggers, vibrant theater and music scene, speakeasys and bordellos, cops and politicians. Then in quick succession come the Great Depression and the World's Fair of 1933-34 (much of it built by club architects). After sensational super-parties, an entertainment style develops: 'Fireside Chats" with visiting celebrities, breakfasts with visiting theater stars and sometimes whole casts. World War II impacts the club heavily as hosts of members go off to war or off to Washington, and clubbable army and navy officers assigned to Chicago make it a haven.Several future members are shot down over Germany, three of them meeting in one POW camp. The vibrant postwar era brought changing patterns of working, commuting, and entertainment sending fault lines across the foundations of downtown clubs, which The Tavern Club managed to navigate, in part by new emphasis on hosting catered events. The club's art works, major murals in two large rooms and a rotating collection of paintings and sculpture by its artists over the years-plus a monthly art show always up on one long gallery wall--make it a comfortable resort for its members and an attractive venue for meetings of members or outsiders. New skyscrapers in the 1950s and later gradually encroached on three of The Tavern Club's fabulous views but the Chicago River and the Michigan Avenue Bridge preserve its striking north view along the 'Miracle Mile" all the way to the Oak Street Beach on Lake Michigan. But all has not been amity and smooth sailing. As one new skyscraper obscured The Tavern's southern vista it offered the club space on its top floor. This divided pros and cons into rival camps. An advisory vote went by a whisker to move but the board decided to stay, and the wounds gradually healed. A dissident faction arose a couple of decades later over issues of club management, but after a few years of diligent bridge building the club began (as the title of the last chapter reveals, 'pulling together again." An Epilogue reflects on the leaders of club and city over 75 years and their role in creating a unique social institution with a rich entertainment tradition, and deep ties to the history of the city and its cultural jewels.
The Chicago Recreation Survey, 1937
Author: Chicago Recreation CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
A Sociological Analysis of the Role and Functions of the Tavern in the Community
Author: Boyd Ellsworth MacroryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bars (Drinking establishments)
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Chicago
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9789812340818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Introduction to Recreation and Leisure
Author: Tyler TappsPublisher: Human Kinetics
ISBN: 1718212380
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
Introduction to Recreation and Leisure, Fourth Edition, presents a comprehensive view of the multifaceted field of recreation and leisure. It delves into foundational concepts, delivery systems, and programming services. Over 40 leading experts from around the globe offer their diverse perspectives
The Survey
Author: Society, Culture, and Drinking Patterns
Author: David Joshua PittmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
International Journal of Religious Education
Author: Sports in Chicago
Author: Elliott J. GornPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252075234
Category : Sports
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
Chicago has garnered national recognition by winning the World Series, the Super Bowl, and a string of titles in the National Basketball Association. But amateur sports also play a large role in the city's athletic traditions, especially in schools and youth leagues. In fourteen chapters, experts focus on multiple aspects of Chicago sports, including long looks at amateur boxing, the impact of gender and ethnicity in sports, the politics of horse racing and stadium building, the lasting scandal of the Black Sox, and the perpetual heartbreak of the Cubs. Well illustrated with forty photographs, this volume will help historians and sports fans alike appreciate the longstanding importance of sports in Chicago. Contributors are Peter Alter, Robin F. Bachin, Larry Bennett, Linda J. Borish, Gerald Gems, Elliott J. Gorn, Richard Kimball, Gabe Logan, Daniel A. Nathan, Timothy Neary, Steven A. Riess, John Russick, Timothy Spears, Costas Spirou, and Loic Wacquant.