History of House Music Like it or not, house was first and foremost a direct descendent of disco. House music which has been around now for about thirty years has changed the way people dance to music. House back when it was first introduced was not just a type of music but more like a way...

Dreams in Poverty Today in the U.S.A. alone, some 29.9% of female-headed households live in poverty. In a home where chores are nothing but your everyday routine, and going to work means putting food on the table, you sometimes find little or no time to dream, or think about what it is you want to...

Frank Sinatra said it best when he said, "my kind of town, Chicago is." Chicago truly is a town of the people, with adaptive amenities for everyone to do and not to mention the representation of just about every major culture with a "town" of its sorts within. In the first chapt...

Chicago is one of our nation's greatest cities, from the Sears Tower to Lake Shore Drive, even Frank Sinatra showed enormous love for the city. It has produced some of the best art and music and has made itself well known in our country's short history. But how can you portray such a city onto the...

When we look outside, we see the world as a very visual place, with many aspects that change what we see. In our cities, the skylines are transformed by towering building touching the sky. The places we live are transformed into works of art, trying to appeal to anybody who sets their eyes upon it...

The early part of the twentieth century witnessed significant growth in the activities of organized crime. Motivated by greed and driven by ruthless behavior, various individuals organized gangs to control various markets for illegal activities such as liqueur, gambling and prostitution. The organi...

"The Autobiography of an Idea" was published 1924. Louis Sullivan wrote this autobiography as a way to let you know who he was and what he believed. He felt that his life was dedicated in forming a new style of architecture that would set the United States apart from the European countries. He wan...