Abbott, Edith, 200

Addams, Jane, 17, 207, 327n208

American League for Civic Improvement, 49

Anderson, William, 192–194

Anti-Saloon League, 13, 120, 173–176, 179–181, 184–185, 192–198, 318n86, 321n114, 326n198

Arbor Day, 29, 150, 157–159, 165, 168

Austin, Henry, 62, 143, 148, 279n40

Austin Improvement Association, 108

Austin Real Estate Board, 78

“back-to-nature” movement, 74

Belmont Cragin, 59

Bennett, Frank, 1–2, 9, 59, 152, 181, 202

Binga, Jesse, 216, 245, 249

Board of Local Improvements, 86, 107, 115

Breckinridge, Sophonisba, 200, 230, 240, 243

Brintnall, William, 176, 184, 192, 207

Brown Jr., Sam, 61–63, 79

Bryan, William Jennings, 41

Burnham, Daniel, 3

Busse, Fred, 162

Central Park, 131, 138

Chatham Fields, 59, 68

Chicago Anti-Smoke League, 124, 175

Chicago City Council, 1, 44, 124, 146, 159–160, 162, 167, 169, 181, 339n167

Chicago Civil Service Reform League, 178, 204

Chicago Law and Order League, 175, 179, 196–198

Chicago Neighborhood Improvement and Protective Association, 231

Chicago Plan Commission, 127, 131

Chicago Commission on Race Relations, 219, 226–228, 231, 234, 236–237, 239, 246, 277n25, 332n36

Chicago Real Estate and Renting Agents Association, 55

Chicago Real Estate Board, 53, 55–56, 60, 63, 77–79, 82–83, 104, 144, 203, 205, 222, 225, 239, 241–242, 244–247, 274n1, 275n6, 277n27, 279n40, 331n29, 338n154, 339n167

Chicago River, 18, 86, 238

Chicago Tree-Planting Society, 132, 134, 152, 159–160

Chicago Vice Commission, 82, 196, 238

Chicago Woman's Club, 26, 94, 101–102, 118, 124, 127, 160, 164–165, 257

Chicago Woman's Outdoor Art League, 164–166