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  2. Municipal Code of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The first Code of Chicago was adopted in 1837. [3] The current Code was adopted on 28 February 1990 and wholly replaced and renumbered the previous Code adopted 30 August 1939. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is the responsibility of the City Clerk of Chicago to maintain a current copy of the Code, [ 5 ] and revisions to the Code must be published at least ...

  3. City Hall-County Building - Wikipedia

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    Holabird & Roche. 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 ...

  4. Robert Taylor Homes - Wikipedia

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    Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois from 1962 to 2007. The second largest housing project in the United States, it consisted of 28 virtually identical high-rises, set out in a linear plan for two miles (3 km), with the high-rises regularly configured in a horseshoe shape of three in each block.

  5. Washington Block - Wikipedia

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    Architect (s) Frederick and Edward Baumann. Washington Block is a Chicago Landmark building located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by Frederick and Edward Baumann, it was built between 1873 and 1874 in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 14 ...

  6. Harold Washington Library - Wikipedia

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    Hammond, Beeby and Babka. The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 S. State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it ...

  7. Architecture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    1905 Chicago Federal Building, Henry Ives Cobb; 1906 Sears Merchandise Building Tower, George G. Nimmons - William K. Fellows; 1907 Marshall Field and Company Building, south State Street building D.H. Burnham & Company, Charles B. Atwood; 1909 Robie House, Prairie School, Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House (1909)

  8. Block 37 - Wikipedia

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    108 North State Street, also known as Block 37, is a development located in the Loop community area of downtown Chicago, Illinois.It is located on the square block bounded clockwise from the North by West Randolph Street, North State Street, West Washington Street and North Dearborn Street that is known as "Block 37", which was its designated number as one of the original 58 blocks of the city ...

  9. Building code - Wikipedia

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    A building code (also building control or building regulations) is a set of rules that specify the standards for construction objects such as buildings and non-building structures. Buildings must conform to the code to obtain planning permission, usually from a local council. The main purpose of building codes is to protect public health ...