Auburn Gresham, South Shore, South Chicago, and Pullman

This chapter tackles the neighborhood of Auburn Gresham, South Shore, South Chicago, and Pullman. St. Philip Neri Church is one of Chicago's strongest statements in stone, so it became the crowning geological gem of its South Shore neighborhood. Late nineteenth-century Chicago was the geologic equivalent of the astronomer's black hole: it exerted an immense pull on stone producers, which resulted in the Greenstone United Methodist Church being built in different rocks for its exterior and interior. The chapter acknowledges the geologic features of Pullman Stables and Pullman Market Square. It elaborates on the Drake Fountain controversy, citing how the statue provoked unrest or vandalism.