ADA
The Senior Vice President of Operations and Employment & Community Support Services
Eric Edquist
Often attributed to breezes off Lake Michigan or 19th-century long-winded politicians, this famous nickname belongs to the Midwestern city of Chicago
The windy City
This NBA superstar teamed up with Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes gang to defeat the Monstars in the 1996 hit Space Jam
Michael Jordan
Rapper that grew up on South Shore Drive
Kanye West
ADA's mission Statement
The mission of Ada S. McKinley Community Services, Inc. is to empower, educate, and employ people to change lives and strengthen communities.
4 Chicago sport team
Bears, Bulls, Sky, White Soxs, Cubs, Chicago Fire, Blackhawks
In this 1939 classic, Dorothy follows the Yellow Brick Road to meet the Wizard in the Emerald City
The wizard of Oz
This 1999 hit single by Destiny's Child asks, "Can you pay my telephone bills? Can you pay my automo-bills?
Bills, Bills, Bills
The three departments of ECSS
Community day services, community living, environmental services
officially named "Cloud Gate" is universally known by Chicagoans as this
The Bean
2000 romantic drama stars Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps as childhood friends pursuing their athletic dreams from high school to the pros.
Love & Basketball
This Chicago R&B singer, was sentenced to over 30 years in federal prison
R Kelly
The agency was founded
1919
To prevent industrial sewage from polluting Lake Michigan, Chicago completed a monumental civil engineering feat in 1900 by permanently reversing the flow of this body of water
The Chicago River
1997 epic romance starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet won 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
The titanic
This trio advised listeners to "stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to" in their 1995 Billboard #1 hit "Waterfalls
TLC
The three services ADA S Mckinley offer
Behavioral Health and Clinical services, Child development and youth services, Employment and community support services
A Haitian fur trader who established a trading post along the Chicago River in the 1770s, he is widely recognized as the first permanent, non-indigenous settler of Chicago
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
Directed by Christopher Nolan, this 2008 blockbuster utilized Chicago's Wacker Drive and LaSalle Street to portray Gotham City, featuring a famous semi-truck flip downtown
The Dark Knight also accepting Batman
Pioneered by DJs like Frankie Knuckles at clubs like The Warehouse in the late 1970s and 80s, this electronic dance music genre takes its name from that iconic South Side venue
House music