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- ↑ "Photo: Chicago State and Adams 1960". Chuckman's Chicago Nostalgia. April 22, 2015. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ "Mall in Good Time". Oak Park.com. December 20, 2005. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ Jenkins, Gregory H. (May 21, 2010). "Frederick P. Dinkelberg: O'Connor and Goldberg". Chicago Architecture in The Loop. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
- ↑ Friedman, Milton; Friedman, Rose D. (June 8, 1998). Two Lucky People: Memoirs . University of Chicago Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-0226264141.
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