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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 ...
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 ...
The University of Chicago Medical Center (UChicago Medicine) is a nationally ranked academic medical center located in Hyde Park on the South Side of Chicago. It is the flagship campus for The University of Chicago Medicine system and was established in 1898. [ 2 ]
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.
Stroger employs 300 attending physicians and over 400 fellows and residents. It has 1.2 million square feet (110,000 m 2) of floor space, and 464 beds.It is located at 1901 W. Harrison Street, and is a part of the 305 acre (1.2 km 2) Illinois Medical District on Chicago's West Side, which is one of the largest concentrations of medical facilities in the world.
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.
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.