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Thawville is a village in Ridgeland Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. The population was 215 at the 2020 census. [2] The town is 100 miles (160 km) south of Chicago. [3] Thawville is named after Pittsburgh railroad magnate William Thaw Sr., [4] who visited the town only once.
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, north of the Chicago River. It is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east, according to most sources, although the city of Chicago recognizes ...
Wasco is in Kane County, 40 miles (64 km) west of Chicago. It has a post office (ZIP Code 60183), [2] a few restaurants, and an elementary school. [3] The community is located along Illinois Route 64 approximately 4 miles (6 km) west of St. Charles and is at the center of the village of Campton Hills. The area outside the downtown section is ...
Many credit Walter S. Gurnee as the father of the North Shore. [2] One of the earliest known monographs to be devoted to the North Shore, The Book of the North Shore (1910), and its companion volume, The Second Book of the North Shore (1911), were written by Marian A. White, whose husband J. Harrison White had established a weekly newspaper in Rogers Park in 1895 called the North Shore ...
Here are 16 things to do in the Peoria area during December. 1. An evening of comedy ... on Washington Square in downtown Washington. Participants can enjoy a visit with Santa, a community sing ...
PepsiCo's Chicago offices are in the Near West Side. [40] Aeroméxico operates the Chicago Downtown Location on the first floor at 954 West Washington Boulevard. [41] The Consulate-General of Mexico in Chicago is located at 204 South Ashland Avenue. [42] Previously, Trizec Properties's headquarters and Chicago-area offices were in 10 S ...
Chicago and Wicker Park reached a nadir in the 1970s, a decade when the city overall lost 11% of its population. During the 1970s, hundreds of cases of insurance-motivated arson were reported in Wicker Park, near St. Elizabeth Hospital. Many small factories near the area (many in woodworking) also closed or moved away. The city increased ...
Wilmington is a city in Will County, Illinois, United States. Located on Illinois Route 53 and Historic U.S. Route 66 along the east bank of the Kankakee River, it is approximately 60 miles (97 km) south-west from downtown Chicago. The population was 5,664 at the 2020 census.