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  2. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable - Wikipedia

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    Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist pwɛ̃ dy sɑbl]; also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable; [n 1] before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-Native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois, and is recognized as the city's founder. [7]

  3. Armour Square, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Armour Square is a Chicago neighborhood on the city's South Side, as well as a larger, officially defined community area, which also includes Chinatown and the CHA Wentworth Gardens housing project.

  4. List of Chicago Landmarks - Wikipedia

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    Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...

  5. Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.

  6. Geography of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago, along with New York City and Los Angeles, California are the three most populous cities of the U.S., yet Chicago is only half the other two cities' individual land areas. Chicago's nickname, "The Windy City," actually acquired from a political op-ed piece, fits the city well as its location on Lake Michigan moderates the climate and ...

  7. Clark Adams Building - Wikipedia

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    The Clark Adams Building, also known as the Bankers Building, is a skyscraper located at 105 West Adams Street in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] The building was designed by the Burnham Brothers who designed other buildings in Chicago such as the Carbide and Carbon Building. [2] The building stands at 476 feet tall and has 41 floors.

  8. What all the iconic locations in 'Home Alone 2: Lost in New ...

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    While many locations in "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" look like real NYC places, some have closed or never existed, like Duncan's Toy Chest.

  9. Riverdale, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Riverdale is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far south side.. As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago, the Riverdale community area extends from 115th Street south to the city boundary at 138th Street and from the Illinois Central ...