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The Three Arts Club of Chicago was a Chicago home and club for women in the "three arts" of music, painting and drama. [2] The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was founded in 1912. [3] Today, the Three Arts Club building is owned by Restoration Hardware Chicago, featuring an art gallery and restaurant (Three Arts Café). The ...
MCC Chicago was designed by architect Harry Weese. Construction began in 1971 and the facility opened in 1975. The building is a right triangle shape, is 28 stories high, and has a rooftop exercise yard. [3] Several features make MCC Chicago's design unique from other federal prison facilities.
Brooklyn MDC. A Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) is a United States Federal government detention facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. There are MDCs throughout the United States. An MDC, unlike a Federal Penitentiary, is designed to hold prisoners who have not yet been arraigned, have been denied bail, or are awaiting trial ...
Under the auspices of the Commission on Chicago Landmarks, the renovation included brick, window and steel-frame replacement. [4] The focal point of the renovated building is the publicly accessible Commons Club on the second floor, with a contemporary-style bar, a full kitchen, a lounge area, curated books and local memorabilia.
Preservation Chicago is a historic preservation advocacy group in Chicago, Illinois, which formally commenced operations on October 23, 2001. [1] The organization was formed by a group of Chicagoans who had assembled the previous year to save a group of buildings which included Coe Mansion, which had once housed Ranalli's pizzeria and The Red Carpet, a French restaurant that had been ...
Heritage Restoration and Design originated in 1820 in Bavaria, Germany when Alois Berlinger formed a small stone carving and construction company called Steinhauer Berlinger. [5] By the family's third generation Alois’ grandson, Edmund Berlinger, expanded the company by purchasing land that contained natural sandstone deposits.
The Chicago Cultural Center underwent an extensive [4] renovation during 2021–2022 [5] with the goal of unearthing the original beauty of the building. The detailed restoration of the art glass dome and decorative finishes in the Grand Army of the Republic rooms, a Civil War memorial, was made possible by a grant of services valued at over $15 million to the City of Chicago.
(Chicago Park District in green, University of Chicago in yellow background) Fountain of Time , or simply Time , is a sculpture by Lorado Taft , measuring 126 feet 10 inches (38.66 m) in length, situated at the western edge of the Midway Plaisance within Washington Park in Chicago , Illinois, in the United States. [ 1 ]