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  2. Railroad apartment - Wikipedia

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    A railroad apartment or railroad flat, sometimes referred to as a floor-through apartment, is an apartment with a series of rooms connecting to each other in a line. [1] The name comes from the layout's similarity to that of a typical (mid-20th century or earlier) passenger train car. [2] Without hallways, it results in less semi-public space.

  3. Harriet F. Rees House - Wikipedia

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    Wolfe House & Building Movers used the Buckingham Power Dolly System to move the Harriet Rees house in Chicago, Illinois (November 2014). The house was recognized by the National Park Service with a listing on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 2007. [2] Locally, it was recognized as a Chicago Landmark in 2012. [3]

  4. List of Chicago Landmarks - Wikipedia

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    Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...

  5. Theurer-Wrigley House - Wikipedia

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    Theurrer-Wrigley House, also known as the Wrigley Mansion, is a historic building located in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago, United States. The Italian Renaissance-style mansion was commissioned by Joseph Theurer, then-owner of the Schoenhofen Brewing Company , and purchased in 1911 by Chicago's Wrigley family.

  6. Illinois officials: No, really. Passenger rail service to ...

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    The next open house-style meeting is planned from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11, at the River Edge Recreation Center, 1151 W. Locust St. in Belvidere. ... Construction on Rockford to Chicago ...

  7. Rail yard - Wikipedia

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    A rail yard, railway yard, railroad yard (US) or simply yard, is a series of tracks in a rail network for storing, sorting, or loading and unloading rail vehicles and locomotives. Yards have many tracks in parallel for keeping rolling stock or unused locomotives stored off the main line , so that they do not obstruct the flow of traffic.

  8. 20 Spectacular Trails That Used to Be Railroads - AOL

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    The Elroy-Sparta State Trail is the nation's oldest rail trail, beginning its second life roughly 50 years ago when Wisconsin purchased the abandoned Chicago & North Western Railway line to ...

  9. Architecture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The two-flat apartment building, along with the larger three- and six-flat buildings, make up 30% of Chicago's housing stock. [10] A two-flat includes two apartments, each of which occupies a full floor, usually with a large bay window and with a grey stone or red brick facade.