104-749: [REDACTED] Look up MKM Stadium in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. MKM Stadium may refer to: {{TOC right} Structures [ edit ] The hull of an armored fighting vehicle, housing the chassis Fuselage , of an aircraft Hull (botany) , the outer covering of seeds Hull (watercraft) , the body or frame of a sea-going craft Submarine hull Mathematics [ edit ] Affine hull , in affine geometry Conical hull , in convex geometry Convex hull , in convex geometry Carathéodory's theorem (convex hull) Holomorphically convex hull , in complex analysis Injective hull , of
208-410: A friendly match to mark the occasion. Steve Melton scored the only goal of the game, consequently the first at the new stadium. Furthermore, the clubs contested for the 'Raich Carter Trophy' in honour of the late Raich Carter , who played for both of the clubs during his playing career, eventually also managing Hull between 1948 and 1951. Twenty years later, almost to the day, on 17 December 2022,
312-414: A baby needed, far better than my Ann Arbor professors did." The ancillary literature between, among and about members of Hull House's inner sanctum of sociologists and philanthropists is littered with such comments, reinforcing the relationship that existed between Taylor Street's Little Italy and Hull House. A review of the ethnic composition of those who registered for and utilized the services provided by
416-719: A center for social reform. She described Toynbee Hall as "a community of university men" who, while living there, held their recreational clubs and social gatherings at the settlement house among the poor people and in the same style they would in their own circle. Addams and Starr established Hull House as a settlement house on September 18, 1889. In the 19th century a women's movement began to promote education and autonomy, and to break into traditionally male-dominated occupations for women. Organizations led by women, bonded by sisterhood, were formed for social reform, including settlement houses such as Hull House, situated in working class and poor neighborhoods. To develop "new roles for women,
520-465: A children's bureau, unemployment compensation , workers' compensation , and other elements of the Progressive agenda during the first two decades of the twentieth century. Jane Addams and many other Hull House residents such as Florence Kelley and Julia Lathrop inspired and stimulated social reforms. Hull House residents generated action. What is less well known, is that Hull House also generated
624-471: A familiar dichotomy emerged, resonating with contemporary readers. Male members of the University of Chicago Sociology Department tended to maintain a distance from their subjects. They operated from their offices within the university, using coordination for their studies. Women sociologists were often viewed by their male counterparts as mere data collectors. Conversely, women sociologists perceived sociology as
728-782: A few million dollars in any given year, accounting for less than 10 percent of the agency's funding in most of the last decade, according to financial statements filed with the IRS and the Illinois attorney general's office. On January 19, 2012, it was announced that Jane Addams Hull House Association would close in the spring of 2012 and file for bankruptcy due to financial difficulties, after almost 122 years. On Friday, January 27, 2012, Hull House closed unexpectedly and all employees received their final paychecks. Employees learned at time of closing that they would not receive severance pay or earned vacation pay or healthcare coverage. Union officials said that
832-627: A form of experimentation. Fortunately, it was replicable. By 1900, nearly 100 settlement houses akin to Hull-House had emerged across the United States. Moreover, Jane spurred a shift in the objectives of existing groups. Women's clubs, initially established by affluent women for cultural enrichment, joined forces to establish the Federation of Women's Clubs, directing their efforts towards civic endeavors such as eradicating child labor, establishing public libraries, and reforming tenements. During that era,
936-534: A fourth-placed finish in 2005. However in the latter year they won the Challenge Cup , beating Leeds Rhinos 25–24 in a thrilling final. They came agonisingly close to victory again the following season, reaching the Super League Grand Final but ultimately losing 26–4 to St Helens . Aside from back-to-back Challenge Cup wins in 2016 and 2017 , more recent years have been much less successful for
1040-647: A health & fitness suite, a cyber cafe , and a library . The stadium has received several honours. It was named the chief new development in Yorkshire at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Pro-Yorkshire Awards. It was also on the shortlist for the Prime Minister's Award for Better Public Building and received a high commendation in the British Construction Industry Awards in
1144-528: A man claimed that he would rather have the Devil in his house than a picture of The Virgin Mary , his child was born with pointed ears, horns, scale-covered skin, and a tail. The mother was said to have taken the baby to Hull House, where Addams was said to have attempted to have it baptized and wound up locking it in the attic. While initially annoyed about the story, which had no basis in fact, Addams became fascinated by
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#17328375450151248-536: A module Linear hull , another name for the linear span Skolem hull , of mathematical logic Places [ edit ] United Kingdom [ edit ] England [ edit ] Hull, the common name of Kingston upon Hull , a city in the East Riding of Yorkshire Hull City A.F.C. , a football team Hull FC , rugby league club formed in 1865, based in the west of the city Hull Kingston Rovers (Hull KR), rugby league club formed in 1882, based in
1352-572: A name for corporate sponsorship purposes. On 4 July 2011, Hull City revealed that the stadium's West Stand would be sponsored by the local Cranswick plc under a two-year agreement, which was extended on 26 July 2013. On 10 July 2013 it was announced the East Stand would be sponsored by Ideal Standard and become known as the Ideal Standard Community East Stand. Ahead of the home fixture against West Bromwich Albion on 5 March 2022,
1456-528: A noble ancestry" and plea for the respect of the audience. Indeed, they did gain this respect because it was said that not even trained college students could give the same play with as much zeal and patriotism. America's improvisational theatre scene has its roots in Hull House, as Viola Spolin , noted improvisational techniques instructor, taught classes and developed her techniques at Hull House. In 1963, when road tours of Broadway productions became common,
1560-525: A short lecture on a topic of interest. Some of the themed evenings were Italian, Greek, German, Polish, etc. Ellen Gates Starr described one Italian evening as having the room packed full with people. One of the ladies who attended "recited a patriotic poem with great spirit" and everyone was moved by it. Throughout the first two decades, along with thousands of immigrants from the surrounding area, Hull House attracted many female residents who later became prominent and influential reformers at various levels. At
1664-401: A similar significance as the University of Chicago did for their male counterparts, serving as a central institution for research and social discourse. Alongside disseminating their discoveries, the insights derived from these inquiries played a crucial role in advocating for legislative reforms aimed at improving the conditions of immigrants and the impoverished. Jane didn't intend to become
1768-537: A sociologist. Faderman describes Jane as "probably the first to take the work of female social scientists seriously." She was one of the founding members of the American Sociological Association, established in 1905. Additionally, she lectured on sociology at both the University of Chicago Extension and the Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy. Jane's perspective aside, Hull-House represented
1872-441: A sociologist. In the preface of Hull-House Maps and Papers, she mentioned that the residents of the settlement house typically didn't engage in sociological inquiries, which she distinguished from investigations into labor abuses or factory conditions. She expressed her opposition to viewing the neighborhood as a laboratory, emphasizing that Hull-House aimed to assist the neighbors rather than study them. However, she ended up becoming
1976-568: A stop on many of the "ghosts in Chicago" tours. Charles Hull's wife had died in the house in 1860 and is sometimes thought to haunt it. Other candidates for resident ghosts include the many people who died there of natural causes in the 1870s when it was used as a home for the aged by the Little Sisters of the Poor. In 1913, another Hull House ghost story began circulating. According to this legend, after
2080-550: A system to identify ships Hull House , a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States USS Hull , any of four U.S. Navy ships Hull note , the final U.S. proposal delivered to the Empire of Japan before the attack on Pearl Harbor See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Hull All pages with titles containing Hull Hul (disambiguation) Hulk (ship) Hull–White model of interest rates, in economics Topics referred to by
2184-466: A tool. While men regarded the data they gathered and the insights they derived as the ultimate goal, women viewed them as indicators of issues needing resolution. Their envisioned role was that of problem solvers. Post-World War II, there arose a trend to quantify and "scientify" all aspects of what are now recognized as the social sciences. Consequently, sociology was embraced by business and science, with male faculty assuming predominant roles. By 1920, at
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#17328375450152288-616: A top photographer with Life . The twenty Hull House Kids were erroneously described as young boys, of Irish ancestry, posing in the Dante School yard on Forquer Street (now Arthington Street). It circulated the world as a "poster child" of sorts for the Hull House social experiment. On April 5, 1987, over a half century later, the Chicago Sun-Times refuted the contention that the Hull House Boys were of Irish ancestry. In doing so,
2392-457: A unique philosophy often described as feminist pragmatism. Philosophy is generally associated with academia. Plato , is known for establishing the academy (387 BCE), which was a forerunner of universities. Men dominated this world of thought --philosophy. Hull House offered an alternative location where women could debate, reflect, ponder and make sense of urban life through the prism of feminine experience. According to Maurice Hamington Hull House
2496-528: A venue for concerts by musical artists. Previous performances at the stadium include Elton John and The Who . The idea of a new stadium for Kingston upon Hull , whose professional football club Hull City had played at Boothferry Park since 1946, was first mooted in 1997. However, funds to finance such a project only became available when the city council sold a portion of its holdings in Kingston Communications . The council provided most of
2600-647: Is 25,586. Plans have previously been prepared for the potential extension of the stadium following Hull City's promotion to the Premier League. A further 4,500 seats could be added to create a second tier to the East Stand, whilst there is also a possibility of adding extensions to both the North Stand and the South Stand of around 2,000 seats each. This would make the stadium a completed two-tier bowl with an overall capacity of approximately 34,000 seats. Each stand has
2704-570: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages MKM Stadium The MKM Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kingston upon Hull , England. It has a current capacity of 25,586. The stadium is home to both association football club Hull City A.F.C. of the EFL Championship and rugby league club Hull F.C. of the Super League . It
2808-724: Is part of the College of Architecture and the Arts at the University of Illinois Chicago and serves as a memorial to Addams and other resident social reformers, whose work influenced the lives of their immigrant neighbors, as well as national and international public policy. The museum and its programs connect the work of Hull House residents to important contemporary social issues. The Museum's collection includes over 1,100 artifacts related to Hull House history and over 100 oral interviews conducted with people who have shared their stories about Hull House and
2912-503: The 2003 Super League season. On 9 February 2003, they played their first match at the then-KC Stadium, a 24–16 fourth round Challenge Cup victory over Halifax in front of 15,310 spectators. In the Black and Whites' first four seasons after they left the Boulevard , they maintained good results. In 2003, the team narrowly missed out on the play-offs, before a third-placed finish in 2004 and
3016-518: The 2009–10 season against Liverpool , which ended 0–0. This marginally beat the previous record of 25,023, set just under two months earlier on 13 March 2010 in the 2–1 defeat to Arsenal . While playing in the Championship, the record stands at 24,605, set on 9 March 2024 when Leicester City drew 2–2 with the Tigers. Hull F.C. moved into the stadium two months after the football club did, ahead of
3120-616: The 2021 Men's Rugby League World Cup and one at the 2021 Women's Rugby League World Cup . The MKM Stadium has become an occasional host venue for international rugby league games, including Great Britain matches in both the Tri-Nations and the Ashes competitions. The stadium hosted the 2004 Tri-Nations match in which New Zealand lost by a score of 26–24. The stadium also hosted the Tri-Nations game between Great Britain and Australia in 2005;
3224-552: The Bowen Country Club summer camp was added to complete the Hull House complex. The facility remained at the original location until it was purchased in 1963 by what was then called the University of Illinois-Circle Campus . The development of University of Illinois-Circle Campus required the demolition of most of the Hull House buildings and the 1967 restoration to the original building by Frazier, Raftery, Orr and Fairbank removed Addams's third floor addition. In addition to
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3328-532: The Hull Fair would not be impacted by any upgrades, as it occupies an area of land that could be used for potential development. However, in September 2024, the fair's organisers deemed the early plans to upgrade the area as "unacceptable" and that they were even willing to begin a boycott in retaliation, if action was not taken to change the plans. Hull City moved into the stadium upon its opening and it soon became
3432-519: The Sun-Times article listed the names of each of the young boys. All twenty boys were first-generation Italian-Americans, all with vowels at the end of their names. "They grew up to be lawyers and mechanics, sewer workers and dump truck drivers, a candy shop owner, a boxer and a mob boss." Because of the immigrants' loneliness for their homeland, Addams started hosting ethnic evenings at Hull House. This would include ethnic food, dancing, music, and maybe
3536-607: The Best Value category. In a 2005 poll that was carried out by Drivers Jonas and decided by football fans from across the country, the KC Stadium was rated highest in comfort, services and view among all grounds in the Football League and was also rated the most-improved venue. In 2011, the then-Hull City owner Assem Allam announced that he wanted to buy the stadium freehold so he could develop, as he stated, "a sports park" on
3640-503: The Black and Whites, only managing to reach the league play-offs three times since 2014, winning on none of those occasions. The average attendance of rugby league games at the MKM Stadium are often significantly lower than the football games played there. This is largely explained by the fact that Kingston upon Hull as a city is home to two separate professional rugby league sides, the other being Hull Kingston Rovers . Therefore, half of
3744-459: The Chicago School." Settlement houses were established on the principles of Christian Socialism and the Social Gospel, which held the belief that the application of social sciences could address the challenges faced by urban residents in industrialized societies. Jane strongly asserted that the primary beneficiaries of the efforts at the settlement house were the residents themselves, rather than
3848-590: The Christian churches. According to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, "Some social settlements were linked to religious institutions. Others, like Hull-House [co-founded by Addams], were secular." In 1895, the Hull-House Association released "Hull-House Maps and Papers." This publication consisted of essays authored by Hull-House residents and collaborators, overseen by Jane Addams. Alongside
3952-579: The Hull House Theater in the Jane Addams Center at 3212 North Broadway fostered the development of Chicago Theater companies for the rest of the century. Founder Robert Sickinger created an environment to nourish young talent with professionalism. Addams was head resident until her death in 1935. Hull House continued to serve the community surrounding the Halsted location until it was displaced by
4056-413: The Hull House complex was completed with the addition of a summer camp, the Bowen Country Club . With its innovative social, educational, and artistic programs, Hull House became the standard bearer for the movement; by 1920, it grew to approximately 500 settlement houses nationally. The Hull mansion and several subsequent acquisitions were continuously renovated to accommodate the changing demands of
4160-537: The Hull House complex, during its 74 years as a tenant of the near-west side, suggests an ethnic bias. Of the 257 known WWII veterans who were alumni of the Bowen Country Club, "virtually all had a vowel at the end of their names...denoting their Italian heritage." A historic picture, "Meet the Hull House Kids," was taken on a summer day in 1924 by Wallace K. Kirkland Sr. , Hull House Director. He later became
4264-604: The Hull House receptions that she insisted they had come from Italy. She had never seen anything as beautiful in America despite the fact that she lived within ten blocks of a florist shop. Her limited view of America came from the untidy street she lived on and the long struggle to adapt to American ways. The settlement was also gradually drawn into advocating for legislative reforms at the municipal, state and federal levels, addressing issues such as child labor , women's suffrage , healthcare reform and immigration policy . Some claim that
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4368-447: The Hull House residents to confront the establishment, eventually partnering with them in the design and implementation of programs intended to enhance and improve the opportunities for success by the largely immigrant population. According to Christie and Gauvreau (2001), while the Christian settlement houses sought to Christianize, Jane Addams, "had come to epitomize the force of secular humanism." Her image was, however, "reinvented" by
4472-465: The North Stand and the South Stand. In the Ideal Standard Community East Stand, the seats form an image of a coronet , a symbol of the city that also appears in the club crest for Hull F.C. and in the coat of arms of the city council. Black, white, and amber were chosen to remain neutral toward the colours of its two tenants: black and white for Hull F.C. and black and amber for Hull City A.F.C. The blue and gold of owner Hull City Council appear in
4576-451: The Smith & Nephew North Stand to replace the old electronic scoreboard. The screen has an area of approximately 40 m (430 ft. ) and displays such content as live home game feeds, match highlights, interviews, and action replays. The stadium's seats are mostly black, with a band of white and amber seats around the circumference. White and amber seats form the word Hull in both
4680-453: The United States, and their work influenced urban planning and the transition to a branch library system. At the state level Hull House influenced legislation on child labor laws, occupational safety and health provisions, compulsory education , immigrant rights, and pension laws. These experiences translated to success at the federal level, working with the settlement house network to champion national child labor laws, women's suffrage,
4784-527: The University of Chicago, all female professors were transferred from the Sociology Department to the Department of Social Services. One of the first newspaper articles ever written about Hull House quotes the following invitation sent to the residents of the Hull House neighborhood. It begins with: " Mio Carissimo Amico "...and is signed, Le Signorine , Jane Addams and Ellen Starr. That invitation to
4888-494: The association. In the mid-1960s, most of the Hull House buildings were demolished for the construction of the University of Illinois Chicago . The original building and one additional building (which has been moved 200 yards (182.9 m)) survive today. On June 23, 1965, it was designated as a U.S. National Historic Landmark . On October 15, 1966, the day that the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
4992-521: The average attendance for Third Division sides that season, and was only matched or exceeded by clubs in the Premier League and the First Division . The stadium hosted Premier League football for the first time in the 2008–09 season, with all 20,500 available season tickets selling out shortly after Hull City's play-off victory at Wembley Stadium . Attendances for Hull City's league games at
5096-476: The backdrop for the club's rapid climb through the Football League . It first hosted the Tigers' home games during the second half of the 2002–03 season, with the first competitive match against Hartlepool United , a game that City won 2–0. The Tigers attracted an average attendance of almost 17,000 in their first full season at the then-KC Stadium, the 2003–04 season. This figure was more than three times
5200-418: The beginning, Addams and Starr volunteered as on-call doctors when the real doctors either didn't show up or weren't available. They acted as midwives, saved babies from neglect, prepared the dead for burial, nursed the sick, and sheltered domestic violence victims. For example, one Italian bride had lost her wedding ring and in turn was beaten by her husband for a week. She sought shelter at the settlement and it
5304-422: The celebration that day. Addams had studied child behavior and painfully concluded that "children robbed of childhood were likely to become dull, sullen men and women working mindless jobs, or criminals for whom the adventure of crime became the only way to break out of the bleakness of their lives" Addams' thinking regarding the importance of childhood play opportunities contributed to a national conversation about
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#17328375450155408-502: The children of European immigrants produced Shakespeare" as well as others. Early one December, the Greeks performed Odysseus in Chicago . The auditorium was filled with a multi-ethnic crowd and packed too close for comfort. The audience was very eager and gave the performers "rapt attention." They watched neighbors and co-workers execute this primitive play, but it was very powerful, plausible, and personal. The actors seemed to pay "tribute to
5512-534: The city's rugby league fanbase does not follow the Black and Whites, unlike in the football where there is only one professional side. However, the stadium does in turn see a rise in attendance when the Hull derby is contested. It is therefore unsurprising that the highest attendance for a Hull F.C. game at the MKM Stadium was on 2 September 2007, when Hull K.R. thrashed the home side 42–6 in front of 23,004 spectators. In April 2024, Hull F.C. chairman Adam Pearson discussed
5616-500: The club were exploring the plans that had been made during the stadium's construction to upgrade the area surrounding the ground. These plans included "community pitches" and "multi-dimensional sports facilities", similar to those seen at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester , albeit on a smaller scale. Kesler stated that the club would work closely with the local council to ensure that
5720-594: The clubs met again at the now MKM Stadium in the EFL Championship . Both sides agreed to recontest the Raich Carter Trophy to mark two decades at the Tigers' new stadium. The game ended 1–1 with Hull retaining the trophy, in front of a crowd of 18,120 spectators. The all-seater stadium consists of a single-tier, asymmetrical bowl that can seat approximately 20,000, with a second tier on the West Stand that can seat approximately 5,000. The stadium's current capacity
5824-418: The community, written during the first year of Hull House's existence, suggests that the inner core of what Addams labeled "The Hull House Neighborhood" was overwhelmingly Italian at that time. "10,000 Italians lived between the river and Halsted Street ." By all accounts, the greater Hull House neighborhood (Chicago's Near West Side ) was a mix of various ethnic groups that had immigrated to Chicago. There
5928-488: The conditions in the industrial districts of Chicago." Hull House was located in Chicago, Illinois, and took its name from the Italianate mansion built by real estate magnate Charles Jerald Hull (1820–1889) at 800 South Halsted Street in 1856. The building was located in what had once been a fashionable part of town, but by 1889, when Addams was searching for a location for her experiment, it had descended into squalor. This
6032-435: The course of the project, including Hull City A.F.C. 's receivership in 2001, just after the granting of planning permission. Despite this, the stadium complex was completed on time after fourteen months of work and on budget, sitting at approximately £44 million. The stadium officially opened its doors on 18 December 2002. That day, there were 22,467 spectators in attendance as Hull City beat Sunderland A.F.C. 1–0 in
6136-985: The east of the city Port of Hull University of Hull River Hull , river in the East Riding of Yorkshire and city of Kingston upon Hull. Canada [ edit ] Hull, Quebec , a settlement opposite Ottawa, now part of the city of Gatineau Hull (provincial electoral district) Hull (federal electoral district) , now named Hull—Aylmer United States [ edit ] Hull, Florida Hull, Georgia Hull, Illinois Hull, Iowa Hull, Massachusetts Hull, North Dakota Hull, Texas Hull, West Virginia Hull, Marathon County, Wisconsin Hull, Portage County, Wisconsin Other places [ edit ] Hull Island (disambiguation) , several places People [ edit ] List of people with surname Hull Other uses [ edit ] Hull classification symbol (hull code or hull number),
6240-408: The effect the episode had on old women in the neighborhood and used the episode as a basis for her book The Long Road of Woman's Memory . While a great many erroneous stories have circulated about the building, Addams is known to have spoken to several friends about one of the front bedrooms on the second floor being haunted – she and a friend once thought they saw a "woman in white" ghost there, and
6344-403: The essays, the book featured two maps illustrating the spatial distribution of immigrants from eighteen different nationalities residing within a one-third square mile radius around Hull-House. "The book was notable for its impact on the University of Chicago Sociology Department ... Development of mapping as a statistical technique to reveal social group patterns became a major contribution of
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#17328375450156448-411: The final score was 26–14 to Australia. On 9 November 2013, the stadium hosted its only game of the 2013 Men's Rugby League World Cup . Hosts England beat Fiji 34–12 in front of a crowd of 25,114. Before the match, there was a minute's silence, followed by a spontaneous applause, to mark the sudden death of former Hull F.C. and England player Steve Prescott who had died earlier that day. Due to
6552-429: The first child welfare and outpatient pediatric clinic. Later, the settlement branched out and offered services to ameliorate some of the effects of poverty. A public dispensary provided nutritious food for the sick as well as a daycare center and public baths. Among the courses Hull House offered was a bookbinding course, which was timely — given the employment opportunities in the growing printing trade. Hull House
6656-415: The first full-season with Ilıcalı as owner, the 2022–23 campaign. The following year, the 2023–24 season, the average home attendance grew yet further to 21,980. Allocated segregation between home and away fans prevents the stadium's full-stated capacity from ever being reached. As a result, the record attendance set at the MKM Stadium is 25,030, which was recorded on 9 May 2010 for City's last match of
6760-412: The first generation of New Women wove the traditional ways of their mothers into the heart of their brave new world. The social activists, often single, were led by educated New Women . Hull House became, at its inception in 1889, "a community of university women" whose main purpose was to provide social and educational opportunities for working class people (many of them recent European immigrants) in
6864-611: The funds, more than £42 million, with the rest stemming from government single regeneration budget grants and from the Football Stadium Improvement Fund. The council appointed John Topliss to head the stadium construction project. He and his team partnered with consulting firm Drivers Jonas to explore preliminary issues such as stadium location, seating capacity , and facilities offered. Topliss stated that his team had "a totally blank canvas" and by working with consultants they made "a thorough assessment" of what
6968-538: The inner core of Addams' "Hull House Neighborhood", remained as the laboratory upon which the social and philanthropic groups of Hull House elitists had tested their theories and formulated their challenges to the establishment. The synergy between Taylor Street's Little Italy and the Hull House complex; i.e., the settlement house and its summer camp, the Bowen Country Club , is well documented. Dr. Alice Hamilton , an early member of that elite Hull House hierarchy, wrote in her autobiography, "Those Italian women knew what
7072-548: The late 1990s, it was completed in 2002 at a cost of approximately £44 million. The stadium is owned by Hull City Council and operated by the Stadium Management Company (SMC), who have previously considered expanding the stadium capacity up to 34,000. The bowl-shaped stadium contains a continuous single tier of seats with a second tier on the west side. The stadium occasionally hosts international association football and rugby league competitions and acts as
7176-496: The local community. Nevertheless, Jane recognized that to effectively tackle these issues, it was essential to comprehend them thoroughly. Consequently, she mobilized teams to investigate social problems in the vicinity of Hull-House. Hassencahl asserts that Hull-House evolved into a globally significant hub of intellectual activity, attracting leaders from various fields to engage in teaching, studying, and research. Deegan further elaborates that for women sociologists, Hull-House held
7280-441: The mansion, of the dozen additional buildings only the craftsman style dining hall (built in 1905 and designed by Pond & Pond) survives and it was moved 200 yards (182.9 m) from its original site to be next to the mansion. Addams noted that upon moving in, the building had a "half-skeptical reputation for a haunted attic." Over the years, numerous stories of ghosts and hauntings have surrounded Hull House, making it
7384-418: The messy world of lived experience - with emphasis on the under explored world of women's experience. Rather than focusing on fixed individual characteristics (virtues), her social ethics engaged the individual in broader society and focused on a social responsibility and participatory democracy. In 1897, Alice Hamilton after graduating from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine joined Hull House and founded one of
7488-509: The minimum 6 metre (6.56 yd) long in-goals at each end. The playing surface has an automated watering system and below-surface heating. Set within Hull's West Park, the stadium is the first in England to be built in a parkland setting. The stadium complex also includes the 1,500 capacity Bonus Arena , a skate park , two multi-use all-weather pitches, a community learning zone complete with classrooms,
7592-476: The need for playgrounds and a movement that started the Playground Association of America Also, one volunteer, Jenny Dow, started a kindergarten class for children left at the settlement while their mothers worked in the sweatshops. Within three weeks, Dow had 24 registered kindergartners and 70 on a waiting list. At the municipal level, their pursuit of legal reforms led to the first juvenile court in
7696-655: The new ground could be built similarly to both the Halliwell Jones Stadium and the York Community Stadium , at a suitable site in Hull like the Costello Stadium. The MKM Stadium has previously hosted five England U-21 matches, four of which came relatively soon after the stadium's opening. Most recently, the Young Lions played Kosovo U-21 in front of a crowd of 15,225 spectators in 2019. In 2009,
7800-521: The original buildings complex in the 1960s, it continued to provide social services in multiple locations throughout Chicago. It finally ceased operations in January 2012. The Hull mansion and a related dining hall, the only remaining survivors on the Hull House complex, are now maintained as a history museum. Addams followed the example of Toynbee Hall , which was founded in 1884 in the East End of London as
7904-425: The people of West Hull in addition to the main stadium, planned to seat from 25,000 to 30,000 spectators. Professional services firm Arup Associates provided initial concept proposals for the stadium. The Miller Partnership, an architectural and interior design firm, adopted these proposals during the stadium's design. The construction work was undertaken by Birse Group . There were a handful of obstacles during
8008-399: The possibility of the club leaving the MKM Stadium, as attendances for the Black and Whites' games have generally averaged far below full capacity since arriving. Pearson admitted that although he would be happy to explore the proposed idea of having a smaller stadium that was owned by the club, it was simply a "pipe dream" and not a currently viable option. He noted that if it were to happen,
8112-563: The remnants of other immigrant groups living on the outer fringes of the Hull House Neighborhood, disappeared long before the physical demise of Hull House. The exodus of most ethnic groups began shortly after the turn of the twentieth century. Their businesses, e.g. Greektown and Maxwell Street, however, remained. Italian Americans were the only immigrant group that endured as a vibrant on-going community. That community came to be known as " Little Italy ". Taylor Street's Little Italy,
8216-432: The same ghost was later seen by a group of girls when the room was used as a dressing room for the adjacent theater. Though Addams called it "haunted," she seems to have been more amused than frightened by it. Addams felt that the community benefits from theater plays and thus established an amateur theater in the Hull House in 1899. "The neighborhood Greeks performed the classic plays of antiquity in their own language and
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8424-508: The settlement house movement: residence, research, and reform. These involved "close cooperation with the neighborhood people, scientific study of the causes of poverty and dependence, communication of these facts to the public, and persistent pressure for [legislative and social] reform..." Hull House conducted careful studies of the Near West Side, Chicago community, which became known as "The Hull House Neighborhood". These studies enabled
8528-432: The site. After Hull City Council refused, Allam stated "I had in mind £30 million to spend on the infrastructure of the club, to increase the stadium by 10,000 and to have commercial activities around the stadium – cafeterias, shops, supermarkets – to have all this to create income for the club so that in the future it can be self-financing and not relying on me." On 13 August 2013 a Goal Decision System by Hawk-Eye
8632-594: The south and the Canadian–French to the northwest. From the river on the east end, on out to the western ends of what came to be known as " Little Italy ", from Roosevelt Road on the south to the Harrison Street delta on the north, became the port-of-call for Italians who continued to immigrate to Chicago from the shores of southern Italy until a quota system was implemented in 1924 for most Southern Europeans. The Greektown and Maxwell Street residents, along with
8736-489: The stadium have averaged above 16,000 in each full season they have played there, apart from a five year period between 2017 and 2022, where a mixture of protests against Assem Allam's ownership of the club and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic reduced crowds significantly. The club has seen an upturn in home attendances since the sale of the club to Acun Ilıcalı , with an average of 17,973 supporters attending City games during
8840-530: The stadium on 14 June 2016 and Jeff Lynne's ELO played at the stadium on 1 July 2017. Hull House Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago , Illinois , that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr . Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull House, named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull, opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. By 1911, Hull House had expanded to 13 buildings. In 1912,
8944-459: The stadium's four external columns. The size of the playing surface is 114 x 74 metres (125 x 81 yd ) and made of rye grass with a 3% additive of artificial grass. This provides ample room for a FIFA -regulation association football pitch of 105 x 68 metres (115 x 74 yd ) and a standard rugby league football pitch of 100 x 68 metres (109 x 74 yd ) plus
9048-527: The stand was renamed the Chris Chilton Stand, in honour of Hull City's all-time record goalscorer, Chris Chilton . Corporate hospitality is provided by 28 executive boxes located between the two tiers of the Cranswick plc West Stand, while security of the stadium is handled using 57 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras that cover the stadium. Over the summer of 2007, SMC installed an LED screen in
9152-467: The surrounding neighborhood. Because of its heavy reliance on public support—as much as 85 percent of its revenue came from such sources—Hull House Association had essentially become an arm of government, unlike anything Ms. Addams might recognize today. When Clarence Wood, then the head of Chicago's Human Relations Commission, took over in 2000, he promised to move toward more private fundraising. But that effort appears to have failed to bring in more than
9256-586: The surrounding neighborhood. The "residents" (volunteers at Hull were given this title) held classes in literature, history, art, domestic activities (such as sewing), and many other subjects. Prominent scholars and social reformers such as John Dewey , George Herbert Mead , Max Weber , and W.E.B. Du Bois lectured at Hull House. In addition, Hull House held concerts that were free to everyone, offered free lectures on current issues, and operated clubs for both children and adults. In 1892, Addams published her thoughts on what has been described as "the three R's" of
9360-435: The then-KC Stadium was shortlisted as a possible venue for games at the 2018 FIFA World Cup should England win the right to host it. However, when the finalised list of venues was announced on 16 December 2009, the stadium was not among those included in the bid. The MKM Stadium has previously hosted several rugby league matches at international level. These include one match at the 2013 Men's Rugby League World Cup , two at
9464-440: The unavailability of its usual venue of Old Trafford , the stadium also hosted the 2020 Super League Grand Final . As well as serving as a sporting venue, the MKM Stadium also hosts musical events, including such artists as Sir Elton John , Bryan Adams , Neil Diamond , R.E.M. , Bon Jovi , and The Who . JLS have also performed here in front of 20,000 fans as part of their 2010 JLS Tour . Rod Stewart performed at
9568-527: The urban branch campus of the University of Illinois in the 1960s. Until 2012, the social service center role was performed throughout the city at various locations under an umbrella organization, the Jane Addams Hull House Association. The original Hull House building itself is a museum, part of the College of Architecture and the Arts at the University of Illinois Chicago , and is open to the public. The Jane Addams Hull House Association
9672-439: The work of the Hull House marked the beginning of what we know today as "Social Welfare". At the neighborhood level, Hull House established the city's first public playground, bathhouse, and public gymnasium (in 1893), pursued educational and political reform, and investigated housing, working, and sanitation issues. The playground opened on May Day in 1893, located on Polk Street. Families dressed in party attire and came to join
9776-421: Was an incubator of ideas where feminist pragmatism was jump started. The Hull House philosophy, contrasted sharply with the approach of Plato. He used geometry and math as a spring board to a theory of Forms, which were "ideal, eternal, unchanging and pleasingly independence of earthly visible things. Addams, on the other hand, was not interested in abstract truth. She wanted her philosophic approach to incorporate
9880-644: Was enacted, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places . On June 12, 1974, the surviving Hull mansion was designated as a Chicago Landmark . Hull mansion was one of the first four structures to be listed on both the Chicago Registered Historic Places and the National Register of Historic Places list (along with Chicago Pile-1 , Robie House & Lorado Taft Midway Studios ). After The Hull House Association moved from
9984-474: Was given credit for founding the American Little Theatre Movement . The success of Hull House led Paul Kellogg to refer to the group as the "Great Ladies of Halsted Street". The objective of Hull House, as stated in its charter, was: "To provide a center for a higher civic and social life; to institute and maintain educational and philanthropic enterprises, and to investigate and improve
10088-466: Was granted to her. Also, a baby born with a cleft palate was unwanted by his mother so he was kept at the Hull House for six weeks after an operation. In another case, a woman was about to give birth to an illegitimate baby, so none of the Irish matrons would touch it. Addams and Starr stepped in and delivered this helpless little one. Finally, a female Italian immigrant was so thrilled about fresh roses at one of
10192-425: Was installed in the ground ahead of the 2013–14 Premier League season which requires the use of goal-line technology to indicate if a goal is scored. On 25 June 2021, it was announced that local firm MKM Building Supplies had agreed a five-year sponsorship deal for the stadium's naming rights, leading to the new name of the MKM Stadium. In February 2023, Tan Kesler , Hull City's vice chairman, announced that
10296-636: Was needed. The project team considered over a dozen sites, inside and outside of the city, before settling on The Circle in West Park. Factors contributing to the decision include transport guidance, central government planning guidelines, existing athletic facilities, isolation from residential areas, and council ownership. The stadium site is located around 110 yards (100 m) from the original 'Circle' Stadium, one of Hull City's previous home grounds. The final recommendation of Drivers Jonas included additional facilities for both indoor and outdoor sports for
10400-409: Was no discrimination of race, language, creed, or tradition for those who entered the doors of the Hull House. Every person was treated with respect. The Bethlehem-Howard Neighborhood Center records substantiate that, "Germans and Jews resided south of that inner core (south of twelfth street)...The Greek delta formed by Harrison, Halsted and Blue Island Streets served as a buffer to the Irish residing to
10504-453: Was one of Chicago's largest nonprofit social welfare organizations. Its mission was to improve social conditions for underserved people and communities by providing creative, innovative programs and by advocating for related public policy reforms. The Association had more than 50 programs at over 40 sites throughout Chicago and served approximately 60,000 individuals, families, and community members every year. The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
10608-462: Was partly due to the rapid and overwhelming influx of immigrants into the Near West Side neighborhood. Charles Hull granted his former home to his cousin Helen Culver , who in turn granted it to Addams on a 25-year rent-free lease. By 1907, Addams had acquired 13 buildings surrounding Hull's mansion. Between 1889 and 1935, Addams and Ellen Gates Starr continuously redeveloped the building. In 1912,
10712-629: Was previously known as the KC Stadium , but was renamed the KCOM Stadium as part of a major rebrand on 4 April 2016 by the stadium's sponsor KCOM . In June 2021, it was renamed to its current name, the MKM Stadium , as part of a five-year sponsorship with MKM Building Supplies . During UEFA competitions , the stadium is known as the Hull City Stadium due to sponsorship regulations. Conceived in
10816-457: Was well known for its success in aiding American assimilation, especially with immigrant youth. Hull House became the center of the movement to promote hand workmanship as a moral regenerative force. The Hull-House Kilns program was directed by Myrtle Merritt French . Under the direction of Laura Dainty Pelham their theater group performed the Chicago premiers of several plays by John Galsworthy , Henrik Ibsen , and George Bernard Shaw , and
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