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The City Hall-County Building, commonly known as City Hall, is a 12-story building in Chicago, Illinois, that houses the seats of government of the City of Chicago and Cook County. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building's west side (City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.) [ 3 ] holds the offices of the mayor , city clerk , and city treasurer ; some city departments ...
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
The clerk is a citywide elected office, and is one of three city-wide elected officials in the City of Chicago, along with the Mayor and the Treasurer. The current city clerk is Anna Valencia. One former city clerk is more famous for his non-political activities: The late Baseball Hall of Famer Cap Anson served one term from 1905-1907.
The basic subdivisions of Illinois are the 102 counties. [2] Illinois has more units of local government than any other state—over 8,000 in all. [3] The Constitution of 1970 created, for the first time in Illinois, a type of "home rule", which allows localities to govern themselves to a certain extent. [4]
The George W. Dunne Cook County Administration Building(formerly known as the Brunswick Building) is a skyscraper located at 69 West Washington Street in Chicago, Illinois. [1] [2] The building, constructed between the years 1962 and 1964, is 475 ft (144.8 m) tall, and contains 35 floors. [1] It has a concrete structure. [1]
The building was designed by the firms of Outcault, Guenther, Rode & Bonebrake, Schafer, Flynn & Van Dijk, and Dalton, Dalton, Little, and Newport, [2] The building has 32 stories, rises to a height of 419 feet (128 m), 1,007,000 square feet (93,600 m 2) of space, and is located at 1240 East 9th Street.
The Chicago Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois was constructed between 1898 and 1905 for the purpose of housing the Midwest's federal courts, main post office, and other government bureaus. It stood in The Loop neighborhood on a block bounded by Dearborn , Adams and Clark Streets and Jackson Boulevard .
Looking north over the Michigan Avenue (DuSable) Bridge. Most consulates are on or near Michigan Avenue in the central sections of Chicago. This is a list of diplomatic missions and trade organizations in Chicago. Many governments and organizations have established diplomatic and trade representation in Chicago, Illinois. [1]