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  2. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Name Image Affiliation City Coordinates Anderson Japanese Gardens: Rockford: Bethalto Arboretum Bethalto: Cantigny: Wheaton: Century Park Arboretum Vernon Hills

  3. Walsall Arboretum - Wikipedia

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    Walsall Arboretum is a Victorian public park located close to Walsall town centre in the West Midlands of England. Part of the park and surrounding housing are covered by the Arboretum conservation area. In the early 2010s, the park has undergone a major restoration and redevelopment programme funded largely by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago

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    The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the National Park Service: the settlement house Hull House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick C. Robie House, the Lorado Taft Midway Studios, and the site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction. The NPS first ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. List of Chicago placename etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name may also refer to youth gangs in the neighborhood, who were known as "wild canaries". [9] Central Park Avenue: Refers to the original name of Garfield Park. Cermak Road: Slain Chicago mayor Anton Cermak (formerly 22nd Street) Chicago River: A French rendering of the Miami-Illinois name shikaakwa, meaning wild leek. [10] [11] [12 ...

  7. Chuckery - Wikipedia

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    It is near to one of the main roads in Walsall, the Broadway, and is on the other side of the Broadway to a Victorian park, Walsall Arboretum. Walsall F.C. played at the Chuckery ground from their foundation in 1888 until 1893. The site is now covered in housing. [1]

  8. List of parks in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Loop: 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) Chicago's newest marquee park, opened in 2004, just north of the Art Institute of Chicago in Grant Park, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs Washington Park: Washington Park: 346 acres (140 ha) Located on the south side; the proposed location for the 2016 Summer Olympics Stadium

  9. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The intersections of North Ave, Damen and Milwaukee in 2010 in Wicker Park Wrigley Field, from which Wrigleyville gets its name, is home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team. There are 178 official neighborhoods in Chicago. [1] Neighborhood names and identities have evolved due to real estate development and changing demographics. [2]