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Maintained by the Chicago Public Library; includes facts about city history and politics, a timeline and guides to city resources.

An organization interested in preservation, Forgotten Chicago's goal is to "discover and document little known elements of Chicago’s infrastructure, architecture, neighborhoods and general cityscape, whether existing or historical."