<P> In a contest sponsored by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, Pullman was one of seven sites nominated for the Illinois Seven Wonders . </P> <P> Pullman is served by two Metra Electric Line stations: Kensington (115th Street) and Pullman (111th Street). Most Metra suburban express trains passing through the area stop at the 115th Street station, and only local trains stop at the 111th Street station . </P> <P> Historic Pullman was built in the 1880s by George Pullman as workers' housing for employees of his eponymous railroad car company, the Pullman Palace Car Company . He established behavioral standards that workers had to meet to live in the area and charged them rent . Pullman's architect, Solon Spencer Beman, was said to be extremely proud that he had met all the workers' needs within the neighborhood he designed . The distinctive rowhouses were comfortable by standards of the day, and contained such amenities as indoor plumbing, gas, and sewers . </P> <P> During the depression that followed the Panic of 1893, demand for Pullman cars slackened . The Pullman company laid off hundreds of workers and switched many more to pay - per - piece work . This work, while paying more per hour, reduced total worker income . Despite these cutbacks, the Company did not reduce rents for workers who lived in the town of Pullman . Pullman, despite the depression, paid his share holders their dividends which upset workers whose wages Pullman had just cut . </P>

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