Harvey (Illinois)
Cook County
Harvey [ hɑrvi ] is a city in Cook County in the northeast of the State of Illinois. The center of Chicago, is one of the metropolitan region of Harvey, located 30 kilometers north of the city that is completely surrounded by populated areas. Harvey had with stand 2000, about 25,000 inhabitants, about 75 % of blacks and 12 % Hispanics.
History
Harvey heard along with Riverside, Oak Park and Pullman to the "planned communities" around Chicago that were founded during the Great Exhibition of 1893 with reformist claim. 1889 organized Turlington Harvey ( 1835-1909 ), a wealthy wood magnate, a syndicate to develop the property to Harvey. The Harvey Country Association had put under Harvey's guidance aims to establish a model city would prevail in the temperance, social balance and a " Christian values ". Advertising for the new settlement was made in the religious press. Harvey, who was under the influence of the evangelical preacher Dwight Moody was able to win befriended Industrial to establish factories in the city. In contrast to Pullman as a " company town " saw the model for Harvey the property of their skilled workers in front of their homes. Therefore, it was not in the power of Harvey to set the rules for the development of the city. Accordingly, in 1895 found a slight majority for the approval of serving alcohol. 1900 Harvey had more than 5,000 inhabitants, a bank and 11 factories.
In 1948, Sinclair Oil in Harvey, a research facility with an area of 150,000 m². 1960, the city had about 29,000 inhabitants, the majority of which were working in local companies. Opened in 1966 on the western outskirts the Dixie Square Mall. Between 1960 and 1980, Harvey changed dramatically: the proportion of blacks in the population increased from 7 to 66%. In 1969 there were race riots, and almost all large companies left in a row the city. 1978 also included the Dixie Square Mall, which was demolished after years of vacancy and decay of 2012. Today Harvey stands at unemployment, crime statistics and poverty in the lowest places among the suburbs of Chicago.