{"id":7144,"date":"2015-02-19T00:09:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T06:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=7144"},"modified":"2015-02-19T07:20:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T13:20:23","slug":"video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Adriana Cargill<\/p>\n<p>President Obama will arrive this Thursday in the Pullman Historic District to officially designate the neighborhood as the first national monument in Chicago. Pullman will join the ranks of the Statue of Liberty \u00a0in telling the nation\u2019s story.<\/p>\n<div id=\"related\">\n<h1>Related Stories<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5dTAg-1QZ\" target=\"_blank\">President to dedicate Pullman Park as Chicago\u2019s first national monument<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>George Pullman is a controversial 19<sup>th<\/sup> century railroad industrialist who created an experimental town to house his workforce. Most of the original buildings are still standing today. Pullman\u2019s company town played an important role in labor history and early African American civil rights history.<\/p>\n<p>Many neighborhood residents are elated about the designation but others\u00a0remain skeptical.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Obama designates Pullman as First National Monument in Chicago\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/120004630?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"featurecaption\">Photo at top: The Hotel Florence was built by George Pullman and opened in 1881. (Adriana Cargill\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adriana Cargill President Obama will arrive this Thursday in the Pullman Historic District to officially designate the neighborhood as the first national monument in Chicago. Pullman will join the ranks of the Statue of Liberty \u00a0in telling the nation\u2019s story. Related Stories President to dedicate Pullman Park as Chicago\u2019s first national monument George Pullman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":7158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,30,243],"tags":[192],"class_list":["post-7144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-public-affairs","category-winter-2015","tag-promo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Adriana Cargill President Obama will arrive this Thursday in the Pullman Historic District to officially designate the neighborhood as the first national monument in Chicago. Pullman will join the ranks of the Statue of Liberty \u00a0in telling the nation\u2019s story. Related Stories President to dedicate Pullman Park as Chicago\u2019s first national monument George Pullman [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-02-19T06:09:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-02-19T13:20:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/final-image.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"614\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"adrianacargill\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"adrianacargill\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/\",\"name\":\"VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago - Medill Reports Chicago\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/final-image.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-02-19T06:09:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-02-19T13:20:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/eb71e59428f81dfffc1aefe6bc696891\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/final-image.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/final-image.jpg\",\"width\":1100,\"height\":614,\"caption\":\"The Hotel Florence was built by George Pullman and opened in 1881. (Adriana Cargill\/Medill)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/\",\"name\":\"Medill Reports Chicago\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/eb71e59428f81dfffc1aefe6bc696891\",\"name\":\"adrianacargill\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4d24400c7e39fd542ccf2b619bb31afd565948fdda16a0920951da3c7ac0056?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4d24400c7e39fd542ccf2b619bb31afd565948fdda16a0920951da3c7ac0056?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"adrianacargill\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/adrianacargill\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago - Medill Reports Chicago","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago - Medill Reports Chicago","og_description":"By Adriana Cargill President Obama will arrive this Thursday in the Pullman Historic District to officially designate the neighborhood as the first national monument in Chicago. Pullman will join the ranks of the Statue of Liberty \u00a0in telling the nation\u2019s story. Related Stories President to dedicate Pullman Park as Chicago\u2019s first national monument George Pullman [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/","og_site_name":"Medill Reports Chicago","article_published_time":"2015-02-19T06:09:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-02-19T13:20:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1100,"height":614,"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/final-image.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"adrianacargill","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"adrianacargill","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/","name":"VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago - Medill Reports Chicago","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/final-image.jpg","datePublished":"2015-02-19T06:09:50+00:00","dateModified":"2015-02-19T13:20:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/eb71e59428f81dfffc1aefe6bc696891"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/final-image.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/medill.wordpress.offload\/WP%20Media%20Folder%20-%20medill-reports-chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/02\/final-image.jpg","width":1100,"height":614,"caption":"The Hotel Florence was built by George Pullman and opened in 1881. (Adriana Cargill\/Medill)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/video-obama-designates-pullman-as-first-national-monument-in-chicago\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"VIDEO: Obama to designate Pullman as first national monument in Chicago"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#website","url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/","name":"Medill Reports Chicago","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/eb71e59428f81dfffc1aefe6bc696891","name":"adrianacargill","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4d24400c7e39fd542ccf2b619bb31afd565948fdda16a0920951da3c7ac0056?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d4d24400c7e39fd542ccf2b619bb31afd565948fdda16a0920951da3c7ac0056?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"adrianacargill"},"url":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/author\/adrianacargill\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}