Schaumburg, Illinois
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 Zurich Towers |
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| Foundation : | 1835 / March 7, 1956 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Illinois | ||
| County : | Cook County | ||
| Coordinates : | 42 ° 2 ′ N , 88 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
74,907 (as of 2013) 9,572,572 (as of 2010) |
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| Population density : | 1,522.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 49.5 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) of which 49.2 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 242 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 60159, 60168, 60173, 60179, 60193 - 60196 | ||
| Area code : | +1 847 | ||
| FIPS : | 17-68003 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 418075 | ||
| Website : | www.ci.schaumburg.il.us | ||
| Mayor : | Al Larson | ||
Schaumburg is a community of approximately 75,000 people in Cook County and DuPage Counties , Illinois . It is located on Frankfurt Road, an American highway towards Chicago .
Statistical data
In 2000 the census found 75,386 residents in the city. In 2005 the population decreased slightly to 73,345. The records of the United States Census Bureau show a total area of 49.5 km² for Schaumburg , of which 49.2 km² is land area and 0.3 km² or 0.63% is water area. This results in a population density of 1,531.9 inhabitants / km². The city belongs to the Central Time Zone (CDT / CST), which is six hours behind world time, or five hours in summer.
economy
Motorola is headquartered in the city, as is one of two IKEA offices in Illinois. Schaumburg's development from a rural community to a city began with Alfred Campanelli's development plan in 1959, which was completed with the opening of Woodfield Mall on September 9, 1971.
The Woodfield Mall is the fifth largest shopping street in the United States in terms of area. Outside the city of Chicago, Woodfield Mall is the largest shopping mall in the US state of Illinois. Retail sales are $ 2.93 billion.
The software company Acresso Software, which sells the installation software InstallShield , is headquartered in Schaumburg and operates a data center here.
The Schaumburg Flyers baseball team plays at Alexian Field near the Elgin O'Hare Expressway in the US Northern League.
The America headquarters of the international Japanese large-scale model railway manufacturer KATO is located in the city . The railroad models on offer, manufactured in various scales, are usually created true to detail based on American models and, in addition to North America, are also exported to Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa and South America and offered for sale.
history
The city was founded on March 7, 1956, but was settled much earlier. First there were Indians from the tribes of the Sauk , Fox , Potawatomi and Kickapoo , in the middle of the 19th century the settlement began by German emigrants and former residents of the eastern states.
According to tradition, Trumball Kent from Oswego , New York State, was the first settler. Kent, documented as a Yankee , as the settlers from the New England states were called in the west, laid out his farm in the northeast of what is now the city. Another "Yankee" was Hoarace Williams, who owned a larger piece of land but lived in the small hamlet of Palatine.
German settlement from 1835
Ernst Schween settled near the old center of Schaumburg, also known as Sarah's Grove , in 1835 . Johann Sunderlage from Germany was also one of the first settlers. According to tradition, he was one of the surveyors who surveyed Cook County around 1833, but it may also be that he was one of the explorers of the Joliet Canal . He liked the area, so after the project was over he brought his family and friends from Germany and settled in the Hoffman Estate area in the Schaumburg Township around 1836 . His house is still unchanged. Sunderlage and his family occupied the land until the Federal Land Acquisition Act was passed in 1842.
Sunderlage and Kent were among the notable settlers of the first time, in 1840 56% of the households in the township (municipality) belonged to settlers from the eastern federal states, 28% were emigrants from Germany. In 1850 the ratio to 28% settlers from the eastern states and 48% emigrants from Germany had shifted.
In 1870 the town of Schaumburg was completely inhabited by German immigrants. The land register extracts show that the largest part of the municipality belonged to German immigrants and their descendants. This ratio hardly changed, as most of the settlers from the eastern states moved further west because of the promise of new, as yet undeveloped areas in the Great Plains . Their land in Schaumburg was then taken over by the German settlers.
Most of the township of Schaumburg remained in the hands of German immigrants until the great economic crisis of the 1930s. During the economic crisis, some of the German farms were foreclosed and bought by companies and non-German-speaking citizens. German influence in the region persisted, however, until the 1950s, German was the main language in most households.
In the Lutheran congregation of St Peter, services were celebrated in German until the 1970s. Today this church, like the second one in the parish, is a museum. The service was held in the Rohlwing-Fenz shop at the southwest corner of Schaumburg Road and Roselle Road until the completion of the first church building in 1847 . Pastor Francis Hoffmann had to come over from the Bensenville area for the service . He later became Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and after resigning from office moved to Wisconsin , where he ran an experimental farm and published a German-language magazine on agricultural issues. The Quindel, Winkelhake, Moeller, Fenz, Kastning, Lichthardt, Meyer, Rohlwing, Thies, Scheiderling and Freise families were also based in Schaumburg around 1840.
origin of the name
The township of Schaumburg was originally called Sarah's Grove , this name can be traced back to the wooded area in the northwest of the municipality, which is named after three young women whose families lived near this wooded area, Sarah McChesney, Sarah Frisbe and Sarah Smith. This name was never official, but it is traced back to these families in all documents. Until 1851 the official name was Township 41 , at the parish meeting in 1850 the citizens present suggested the names Lutherville and Lutherburg . A well-known German settler, Friedrich Heinrich Nerge from Reinsdorf , hit the table with his fist during the meeting and said “Schaumburg schall et heiten!” (It should be called Schaumburg ). This statement reflected the unanimous opinion about the official name to be chosen.
The name is derived from the Schaumburger Land and the eponymous castle Schaumburg , where many of the new settlers came from. The majority of the German settlers came from the areas of Hessen-Kassel and the Hanover area , but the settlers from Schaumburg-Lippe obviously had the greater influence in community matters, especially since the eastern part of the old Grafschaft Schaumburg had been part of Hessen-Kassel since 1640 had become.
The township of Schaumburg was very successful in the first few years; the main line of business was agriculture with potato cultivation, dairy farming and cattle breeding. The country had large meadows in a largely uncultivated landscape. The occurrence of wildlife such as geese, ducks, quail, prairie chickens, rabbits, pheasants and deer was significant.
In 1858, a market square was established at what is now the intersection of Schaumburg Road and Roselle Road , and the Schaumburg Center market square became the business district for the surrounding farms. There were two shops (general store), four cheese factories , a shoemaker , a tailor, a wagon maker and a farrier .
The economy did particularly well in the northeastern region of Illinois in the Fox River Valley and on major railroads. But since none of these transport routes touched Schaumburg directly, the city remained relatively isolated. There were only a few roads, and the weather made them often impassable. In order to reach the market, farmers often had to travel 27 miles in ox or horse-drawn carts to Chicago, which at the time only had about 35,000 inhabitants.
Around 1900, at a time when German national awareness had increased, a commemorative publication was published to mark the 50th anniversary of the settlement, in which the following paragraph could be read: “As an important English-language daily newspaper writes, Schaumburg has the reputation of being a model community in the To be Cook County . Schaumburg is an example to all parishes in Cook County and elsewhere. Schaumburg pays its taxes on time, it supports churches and schools, it has the best roads in the country and it has never needed a prison. It is a city not only for the settlers but also for the foreigners. "
In 1925 the founder of one of the largest factories for gaming machines in the United States, Ode D. Jennings (1874–1953) set up shop in Schaumburg. After his death, his house and the surrounding park became the property of the city, which housed its town hall in this house until 1971.
Development after the Second World War
With the development of the automobile into a means of mass transport, the isolation of the city ended. For many technicians and business people of the Pure Oil Company who were involved in the two projects
- Expansion of Chicago O'Hare International Airport into a major international airport in 1955 and
- Moved to this area after the construction of the Northwest Tollway through the agricultural area in 1956, Schaumburg proved to be an ideal residential area.
In 1956, the area now known as the Schaumburg Center became part of the parish, at that time the place had 130 residents and was 5.2 km² (2 square miles) in size.
From 1956, the city rights enabled a better influence on the development and growth of the city. The first mayors deserve the recognition that their far-sighted planning made future economic growth possible. The original development plan, adopted by the city assembly in 1961, provided for large areas for industrial areas, shopping centers and office buildings. The growth in these areas has made the city a major employer in the area and the second largest retail area in the state of Illinois.
Schaumburg's growth in the 1960s changed the character of the community significantly, it was no longer a quiet, rural community. In 1959, Alfred Campanelli began building the city's first large residential area, now known as Weathersfield . Several thousand single-family houses were built in 22 construction phases in these residential areas over two decades. Campanelli had more than 6,800 houses built, which corresponds to about 20% of the total stock. In 1967 the International Village Apartment was opened as Schaumburg's first apartment building. In the years that followed, Motorola moved its headquarters to the community, right on Northwest Tollway .
In the 1970s, the growth of the previous decade continued. In 1970 the city had 18,730 inhabitants. That year, the second expressway, Interstate 290, was also opened on the eastern parish boundary. This created another access road to Chicago and, in the opinion of many urban planners, improved the city's possibilities. The following year, the Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg opened. In the years that followed, retail, industry, residential construction and administration developed above average in the city.
In 1978 the city assembly officially approved the new Old Schaumburg Center district , so that the historical character of the area at the intersection of Schaumburg and Roselle Road can be preserved. For this reason, the Old Schaumburg Center Commission adopted in 1978 is examining plans for new buildings and restoration projects in this city district.
In 1980, Schaumburg had grown to a total area of 47.4 km² (18.3 square miles) and a population of 53,305. In the first half of the 1980s, development focused on corporate office buildings and the growing Woodfield Regional Center on Golf Road . The late 1980s saw strong growth in the smaller industrial enterprises and warehouses in the industrial and commercial areas of the northeast and southwest of the city. Large industrial companies, retailers and hotels also did well in the late 1980s. Schaumburg's Edge City district was described in Joel Garreau 's 1991 book as a district that confirms the new form of urban development with a dense concentration of workplaces outside of the previous inner-city office buildings.
1990-1999
At the beginning of the 1990s, the population in Schaumburg increased to a lesser extent because only a few unused building areas were identified. In 1990 the population had grown to 68,586 residents, 15,281 more than in 1980. Although this is an impressive rate of increase, it was obvious that Schaumburg was approaching the limits of residential development and future increases would be smaller.
The development of administrative buildings slowed down in the 1990s. The once booming market has collapsed due to the large supply of rentable office space in the northwestern districts and the limited demand from the financial services, insurance and real estate industries. In contrast, the retail sector has developed well and is increasing. Since 1990, the range of commercial space in Schaumburg, including some properties intended for retail, has increased by 185,000 m². The Schaumburg Place One , after reconstruction under the name " Streets of Woodfield " known and Woodfield Village Green were built in the early 1990s. The future also looked bright for the Woodfield Mall expansion, adding around 45,000 m² or 500,000 square feet of commercial space to accommodate the Nordstrom department store and a number of other retailers. The furniture retailer IKEA opened a department store with around 42,500 m² or 458,000 square feet of retail space in the Woodfield Regional Center in the late 1990s .
In the mid-1990s, the influence of restaurant chains also became noticeable, Pizzeria Uno , Outback Steakhouse , Chevy's , Boston Market , Champps , Chandlers , Hooters , Rainforest Cafe , Joe's Crab Shack and Maggiano's opened restaurants in Schaumburg during this period.
In the fall of 1993, the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway was opened. This expressway connects Schaumburg with the neighboring communities in the southwest and via Interstate 290 with those in the southeast. It also provides a convenient connection to the Spectrum Industrial Park and the nearby Schaumburg Regional Airport , which the city has been expanding since 1995 after the acquisition in 1994.
The city completed the purchase of the Town Square shopping center in 1995 to enable extensive redesign of the area. The approximately 110,000 m² site southwest of the intersection of Schaumburg Road and Roselle Road was divided into different development sections, in which retailers, including the Dominicks company , restaurants, the city library and a theater found new premises. With this renovation, the historic character of the old city center Old Schaumburg Center with the park and its buildings in the architecture of the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century is to be preserved as an attractive area for the population that can be reached on foot.
Since the spring of 1999, the city has had a baseball team that plays in one of the lower classes of the league. The Alexian Field stadium, designed for 7,000 spectators, was built in collaboration with the Schaumburg Park District north of the railway facilities. The Schaumburg Flyers , a team of the independent Northern League , play their home games in this stadium.
2000-2006
Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center
In 2000, the city acquired approximately 180,000 m² of land northeast of Interstate 90 ( Northwest Tollway ) and Meacham Road . This was to secure the last larger piece of land for a trade fair center, hotel or dance theater. For 15 years, Schaumburg has endeavored to establish a trade fair center in the city to create new jobs, as an attraction for visitors and to generally increase economic performance.
In July 2004 the first groundbreaking took place on this site for a hotel and the Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center . As a showpiece for Schaumburg, this new hotel and exhibition center will boost retail sales and tourism. The mixed-use complex was opened on July 29, 2006 and consists of the exhibition center with more than 30,000 m² of exhibition space and a hotel with 500 rooms. The guests can expect good personal care and amenities such as a business center, a fitness studio, swimming pool, whirlpool, a spa, high-class gastronomy and an elegant club on the 15th floor, which has been developed as a penthouse with an outdoor terrace. The interior was designed under the direction of John Portsman & Partner , who are known for their creativity, visionary design and the inclusion of the user's wishes for space, nature and light.
50 years of city rights
Schaumburg has reached the 50th anniversary of being granted city charter and continues to grow, albeit at a lower level than in previous years. With a population of 75,386 inhabitants in 2000, only a small increase in living space for single people and larger families is expected, since there is hardly any free building land. Office space in the Woodfield Regional Center has been in increasing demand since 1997 after a decade of standstill. Approximately 600,000 m² of new office space has been created in the Woodfield Regional Center in the last five years .
The industrial areas also developed steadily in the 1990s, but especially during the economic boom in 1996 and 1997. The majority of industrial settlements are expected in the Spectrum Industrial Park , the Woodfield Business Center and the Copley Center . Future restructuring should also extend around the proposed stop on the Suburban Transit Access Route (STAR Line) , which is planned south of the Walden International PUD and north of IKEA and the Windy Point office park along the Northwest Tollway .
Demographic statistics
According to the 2010 census , 74,227 residents in 31,539 households and 19,363 families lived in the city. The population density was 1481.6 / km². There were 33,610 residential units, which corresponded to a building density of 690.9 / km².
The population was divided into 70.4% White , 4.2% African American , 19.8% Asian , 0.2% Native American , 0.03% Pacific Islander, and 2.8% Other. 2.4% said they came from at least two of these groups. Regardless of race, 8.8% were Hispanic or Latino .
Children under the age of 18 lived in 28.6% of the 31,539 households, there were married couples in 48.8%, 9.3% were single mothers and 38.6% were single, of whom 9.3% were older than 65 years. The average household size was 2.34 people, the average family size 3.02 people.
20.4% of the population were children under 18 years old, 7.7% between 18 and 24 years old, 32.3% between 25 and 44 years old, 27.5% between 45 and 64 years old, and 12.3% older than 65 years. The mean age was 37.8 years. For every 100 female citizens there were 93.4 male citizens. For residents under the age of 18, the ratio was 100 women to 90.3 men.
In 2011, the average income per household was 66,553 USD , the annual family income was 84,931 USD . The average income of men was 60,414 USD , the women at 36,108 USD . The per capita income in the city was 31,586 USD . Around 5.2% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the poverty line , of which 10.1% were under 18 years old and 4.9% were over 65 years old.
architecture
There are currently 13 skyscrapers in the city with 12 or more stories. The largest buildings are the two equally large Zurich Towers, each around 82 m high. The new highlight, however, is the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel, which is located near the exhibition center. In 1968 the “Schaumburg Space Needle” (German: the Schaumburg space needle) was proposed by the architect Lee M. Romano. The building was supposed to look similar to the Aon Building in downtown Chicago at 113 stories and be taller than the Willis Tower , but it was never built.
education
Five public elementary schools and junior high schools in Schaumburg are operated by Community Consolidated School District 54 . These schools are paid from sales taxes from the many retailers in Schaumburg. Unlike Cook County, Schaumburg itself does not levy any taxes on its citizens' home ownership.
Schaumburg belongs to the Township High School District 211 , in which there are three high schools (comprehensive schools) where students from Schaumburg study, namely the Schaumburg High School , the Hoffmann Estates High School and the James B. Conant High School , the last two are located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois .
The Schaumburg Campus of the Illinois Institute of Art is also located in Schaumburg .
The Schaumburg Township District Library is the second largest library in Illinois.
Schaumburg is the seat of the American Veterinary Medical Association .
Famous sons and daughters of the city
- Trumbull Kent First documented settler locally famous (1835).
- Johann Sunderlage Settlers with local history (1836), whose house has been preserved in its original state.
- Alfred Campanelli (* July 9, 1925, † April 9, 2003) and Francis Campanelli were the developers of the first suburban housing types and from 1959 built the majority of today's so-called. "original homes" in Schaumburg. The Campanelli School is named after Francis Campanelli.
- Paul Justin (born May 19, 1968), American football player.
- Kurt Kittner (born January 23, 1980), American football player.
- Shannon Fitzhugh (born September 19, 1981), American football player.
- Jessica Lu (born April 18, 1985), American actress.
Web links
- Website of the Schaumburg Park District (English)
- The Illinois Institute of Art - Schaumburg (English)
- Schaumburger German-American Society eV
Individual evidence
- ↑ quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/17/1768003.html
- ↑ The Melaniphy & Associates report 2006 ( Memento of 11 January 2007 at the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Chicago Real Estate Daily: In brief: Italian firm in Mart | Duxiana to River North | M. Stanley disbands local unit . December 8, 2008.
- ^ Schaumburger German-American Society eV ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Village of Schaumburg: Schaumburg's History 1800 ( Memento of December 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed April 14, 2011)
- ^ List of skyscrapers in Schaumburg
- ↑ image of the Zurich Tower
- ^ Image from Schaumburg ( Memento from March 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Planning of the Space Needle from Schaumburg
