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In 1996, during a visit to Chicago, Diana, Princess of Wales visited the Lurie Cancer Center to help raise money for cancer research and to benefit a cancer support group. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In 1997, the center received the " comprehensive cancer center " designation from the National Cancer Institute , prompting a name change to the "Robert H. Lurie ...
Insight Hospital and Medical Center, formerly Mercy Hospital and Medical Center is a 414-bed general medical and surgical Catholic teaching hospital in Chicago, Illinois. [1] Established in 1852, the hospital was the first chartered hospital in Chicago.
The Middle Avenue Historic District is an industrial historic district located on two square blocks in downtown Aurora, Illinois.The district includes eleven buildings, eight of which are contributing buildings to its historic nature.
A block within the Illinois Medical District bounded by Taylor, Wood, Polk and Lincoln (now Wolcott) Streets was home to the Chicago Cubs baseball club from 1893 to 1915, at the 16,000 capacity West Side Park. The first game was held on May 14, 1893 (Cincinnati 13, Chicago 12) and the last game was on October 3, 1915 (Chicago 7, St. Louis 2).
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center is a 551-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in Chicago. Founded in 1897, the hospital operates a Level I trauma center and Level III Perinatal Center. Its license number is 0005165. [5] The hospital is a part of Advocate Aurora Health.
Rush University Medical Center has 664 patient beds at its 14-story, 830,000-square-foot location on Chicago's Near West Side. The hospital is known for its butterfly-shaped tower, designed to handle mass casualty events. [8] Rush offers more than 70 residency and fellowship programs in medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties.
It enters, exits, and runs parallel to Chicago limits several times, passing through or parallel to Edison Park, Norwood Park, Dunning, Montclare, and Austin on the Northwest Side then Garfield Ridge and Clearing on the Southwest Side. Listed as 7200 West in the Chicago address system, it is one of seven state roads that travel through the city ...
Ogden Avenue is a street extending from the Near West Side of Chicago to Montgomery, Illinois.It was named for William B. Ogden, the first mayor of Chicago.. The street follows the route of the Southwestern Plank Road, a plank road opened in 1848 across swampy terrain between Chicago and Riverside, Illinois, and, by 1851, extended to Naperville.