issues: supported street cleaning and paving projects, smoke abatement and sanitation schemes, and the development of city parks and playgrounds. They also endorsed the creation of the Cook County Forest Preserve district.

They also maintained a consciousness of social reform issues like juvenile delinquency, race relations, and old-age pensions.

The club traces its origins back to the 17 founding members of the Commercial Club in 1877. The current

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