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2. West Side Historic District (Aurora, Illinois) - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad relocated its headquarters to Aurora in 1855. Expecting a rise in population due to the railroad's employment opportunities, Aurora platted a new residential section of land west of the Fox River. Aurora indeed expanded rapidly during that period, almost doubling in population from 1860 to 1874.

3. Palmolive Building - Wikipedia

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   In 2001, the building was sold to developer Draper and Kramer who, with Booth Hansen Architects, converted it to residential use, with the first two floors dedicated to upscale office and retail space. High-end condos make up the rest of the building. The new owners restored the building's name to the Palmolive Building. The business address ...

4. Middle Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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   The district formed in the early 20th century along a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad branch known as the Alley Job, and its buildings fall into three main categories: factories, distribution buildings, and warehouses. The district's factories include facilities operated by the Pictorial Printing Company and the typewriter ribbon ...

5. Cabrini–Green Homes - Wikipedia

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   Cabrini–Green Homes are a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.The Frances Cabrini Rowhouses and Extensions were south of Division Street, bordered by Larrabee Street to the west, Orleans Street to the east and Chicago Avenue to the south, with the William Green Homes to the northwest.

6. Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Two earlier business decisions by the Chicago Sun-Times led to substantial savings of time and money during the Trump Tower's construction. The original 1950s sea wall was built by the newspaper company to bomb-shelter thickness, to withstand a Cold War attack, and thus did not have to be broken down and rebuilt. Furthermore, the company ...

7. List of Gilded Age mansions - Wikipedia

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   Chicago: Demolished in 1950s Joseph Sears House 1882 Romanesque: Burnham & Root: Chicago: Demolished in 1967 John W Doane Mansion 1882 Romanesque: Theodore V. Wadskier Chicago: Demolished in 1929. John Cudahy Mansion 1888 Romanesque: Chicago: Demolished in 1961. Cyrus McCormick Mansion 1879 Second Empire: Chicago: Demolished in 1954. Edith ...