The Quiz: Which neighborhood began as a railroad company town?
Bronzeville
Pullman
Fernwood
Grand Crossing
Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood began as the first industrial planned community in the United States. In 1880, businessman George Pullman built the community to house the employees of Pullman Palace Car Company, which built railroad cars. However, in 1894, there was a major employee strike that required military intervention. A few years later, the Illinois Supreme Court required the company to sell the town to Chicago, where it became the neighborhood it is today.
The correct answer to this quiz is Pullman.