Travel and Transitions Explores Chicago’s Pullman Neighbourhood
November 5, 2005 (Press Release) --
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During a recent trip to Chicago, Travel and Transitions publisher Susanne Pacher visited the Pullman Historic District, a manifestation of an unusual social experiment. It was built between 1880 and 1884 as a planned model industrial town by George M. Pullman for the Pullman Palace Car Company. George Pullman (1831 to 1897) arrived on the scene with a design for the Pullman sleeping carriage which he originally developed to carry the dead body of Abraham Lincoln to his funeral. As a result the Pullman Sleeping Car Company was established and a whole town was built around the business and named after its creator.
Although some parts of the original complex have been demolished or are in poor repair, the neighbourhood is an interesting collection of late 19th century architecture and includes the Hotel Florence, the Pullman Administrative Buildings with their recently restored clock tower, remnants of the partially demolished Market Hall, the Greenstone Church and several hundred row houses built in the 1880s with advanced features at a time when most workers were still living in squalid tenements. For complete coverage on this interesting experience please visit www.travelandtransitions.com/stories_photos/hello_chicago_5.htm .
For more travel information, real life travel stories, interviews with travel experts, and information about Travel and Transition’s first travel story contest (grand prize: an adventure expedition cruise through the Amazon) visit www.travelandtransitions.com.
Contact information:
www.travelandtransitions.com
Tel. (416) 422-5010
sq@travelandtransitions.com
During a recent trip to Chicago, Travel and Transitions publisher Susanne Pacher visited the Pullman Historic District, a manifestation of an unusual social experiment. It was built between 1880 and 1884 as a planned model industrial town by George M. Pullman for the Pullman Palace Car Company. George Pullman (1831 to 1897) arrived on the scene with a design for the Pullman sleeping carriage which he originally developed to carry the dead body of Abraham Lincoln to his funeral. As a result the Pullman Sleeping Car Company was established and a whole town was built around the business and named after its creator.
Although some parts of the original complex have been demolished or are in poor repair, the neighbourhood is an interesting collection of late 19th century architecture and includes the Hotel Florence, the Pullman Administrative Buildings with their recently restored clock tower, remnants of the partially demolished Market Hall, the Greenstone Church and several hundred row houses built in the 1880s with advanced features at a time when most workers were still living in squalid tenements. For complete coverage on this interesting experience please visit www.travelandtransitions.com/stories_photos/hello_chicago_5.htm .
For more travel information, real life travel stories, interviews with travel experts, and information about Travel and Transition’s first travel story contest (grand prize: an adventure expedition cruise through the Amazon) visit www.travelandtransitions.com.
Contact information:
www.travelandtransitions.com
Tel. (416) 422-5010
sq@travelandtransitions.com
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