Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/To Do

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The Wikipedia:WikiProject Chicago/COTW/To Do page will be used to summarize tasks that would improve current and past CHICOTW pages. It is a good way to remember what we would like to see accomplished on pages that we have looked closely at in prior weeks and to guide the current week's work. Please feel free to make changes to this page as you see fit.

Contents 1 Mar 28 - The Second City 2 Mar 21 - Beaches in Chicago 3 Mar 14 - Burnham Park (Chicago) 4 Mar 7 - Union Stock Yards 5 Feb 28 - Chicago Theatre 6 Feb 21 - Chicago Board of Trade Building 7 Feb 14 - Timothy Blackstone 8 Feb 7 - Little Italy, Chicago 9 Jan 31 - Rich Melman 10 Jan 24 - Merle Reskin Theatre (formerly Blackstone Theatre) 11 Jan 17 - Cities and Villages Act of 1872 12 Jan 10 - Near South Side, Chicago 13 Jan 3 - Hull House 14 Dec 27 - Washington Park, Chicago 15 Dec 20 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 16 Dec 13 - Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea

[edit] Mar 28 - The Second City

• Add linear history of SC by decade incorporating long Alumni list into article
• Add "Pre Second City" section to history about Player's Workshop and Compass Players
• Find better Second City Logo or Public Domain photos
• Lengthen opening paragraph
• Include actual location (and previous location)
• Add a section on the Second City style of revue

[edit] Mar 21 - Beaches in Chicago

• Discuss in introduction natural movement of sand from north to south in Lake
• Give dates when beaches are guarded, May 15? to Sept 15?
• List beaches from north to south
• So far there are only 24 beaches listed. Which ones are we missing?
• Add coordinates for each beach (added block information).
• State which park each beach is a part of
• Add details for each major beach
• Photos (North Ave beachhouse, new Oak St restaurant, Volleyball courts, dog beach, etc.)

[edit] Mar 14 - Burnham Park (Chicago)

• add current photos
• seek public domain/old photos
• history
• What is the name of the marina to the west of Northerly Island? Is it part of the park? Can members of the public dock their boats there?
• Is the Museum Campus in Burnham Park or Grant Park? Websites conflict, and the Park District site doesn't say. The southern boundary is 56th Street for certain.

[edit] Mar 7 - Union Stock Yards

• add references as needed.
• general cleanup.
• There were other stock yard companies, right? What percent of the meat packing biz did Union have?
• Did they discharge offal into what became Bubbly Creek?

[edit] Feb 28 - Chicago Theatre

• Discuss architecture
• Discuss marquee
• Discuss restoration
• Describe relevance in popular culture

[edit] Feb 21 - Chicago Board of Trade Building

• Additional graphics depicting statues or art-deco features.
• Additional details of interior design or function for any of the buildings or locations, e.g. quantitative facts of floor space, offices, technology upgrades, employees served, etc.

[edit] Feb 14 - Timothy Blackstone

• Mention Blackstone Library
• Mention Blackstone Hotel
• Mention Blackstone Theatre
• Mention Blackstone Avenue
• Mention Blackstone Library (CT)
• Mention Chicago and Alton Railroad
• Mention Union Stock Yards
• Mention The Drakes

[edit] Feb 7 - Little Italy, Chicago

• Get some photos
• What were/are approximate boundaries before and after Circle Campus (later called UIC) was built on top of eastern half of Little Italy?
• Ida B Wells housing projects--are they still there?
• Borders Greektown on the north, Maxwell St to the south, I don't know name of area(s) to the west, south.
• Where was Hull House before they moved it? Where is it now?
• Mention Italian Ice vendors.
• Mention St Ignatius College Prep with time of founding, Our Lady of Pompeii Church, Our Lady of Norte Dame Church, Holy Guardian Angel.
• Mention legend of Father Damen building the huge Holy Family Church, then praying for it to be spared during the Great Chicago Fire, the wind shifting and the Fire heading north and destroying the rest of Chicago instead.
• Any famous residents? Did Mother Cabrini live/work in Little Italy?

[edit] Jan 31 - Rich Melman

• Get a good photo
• Add biographical data
  • birth date
  • family information
  • history as a restaurateur
• Business history
• Importance of his ideas
• Section about Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises
  • Separate page of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) and some of their restaurants
  • Discuss the issues with Maggianos (used to be a part of the LEYE empire, isn't anymore as of the early 2000s)

[edit] Jan 24 - Merle Reskin Theatre (formerly Blackstone Theatre)

• Get a good current photo.
• See if we can find any archive photos. (possibly get consent from Depaul University site)
  • Request made 1/27/07
• Convert references to inline citations. (see notice at top of code hidden in article)
• Refer to Drake family.

[edit] Jan 17 - Cities and Villages Act of 1872

• Find text of law for WikiCommons, if possible
• Discussion of the passage of the Act
• The move to adopt the Act in Chicago instead of the pre-existing Constitution
• Results of the Act's adoption in Chicago, including the disputed election of 1876.
• Changes made to the act over the years

[edit] Jan 10 - Near South Side, Chicago

Since this is our second community area active CHICOTW members should voice an opinion on the merger discussions for Community areas of Chicago & Neighborhoods of Chicago at Talk:Community areas of Chicago

• Add Photos
• Refer to the following
  • Museum Campus
  • Soldier Field
  • McCormick Place
  • Northerly Island
  • Prairie Avenue
  • old Central Station
  • Create modern Central Station (Chicago neighborhood) page separate from Central Station (Chicago) (E.g., One Museum Park)
  • Lake Shore Drive
• Clarify boundaries as per AKeen's comments accompanying his vote: "Moreover, its boundaries need to be clarified, since it says Printer's Row is one of the area's Neighborhoods, while "The Loop" article claims the same thing."
  • Done However there seems to be some confusion in some important discrepancies. TonyTheTiger 15:53, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Jan 3 - Hull House

• Properly source all info on page.
• Get Photos

I should have a photo later today. Shsilver 13:53, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

• Reorganize with short intro.
• Explain difference between new celebrated 1030 W. Van Buren address (see 2nd external link) and infobox 800 S. Halsted Chicago, Illinois address.

[edit] Dec 27 - Washington Park, Chicago

• Categorize Washington Park, Chicago (subdivision).
• Properly modify Hatnote templates for all pages on Washington Park, Chicago, especially Washington Park, Chicago (neighborhood)
• Get Photos of Washington Park, Chicago (park) (especially DuSable Museum of African American History), Washington Park, Chicago (neighborhood) & Washington Park, Chicago (subdivision) (especially 6120 South Rhodes and any signage with the words Washington Park Subdivision or Washington Park)
• Get public domain photos of park (photos over 75 years old, i.e., published 1932 or earlier).

[edit] Dec 20 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago

• I think it would be good if all pages at Museum of Contemporary Art had the proper Hatnote templates.

[edit] Dec 13 - Intelligentsia Coffee & Tea

• Find usable links to replace all links that were commented out.