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The Wrangellia terrane (named for the Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) is a crustal fragment extending from the south-central part of Alaska and along the Coast of British Columbia in Canada. Some geologists contend that Wrangellia extends southward to Oregon , [ 1 ] although this is not generally accepted.
Lived in Park Ridge [13] [16] Scott Mutter: 1944: 2008: Photographer specializing in photomontage: Born and died in Park Ridge [17] Richard Nickel: May 31, 1928: April 13, 1972: Photographer and art preservationist focusing on the architecture of Louis Sullivan: Lived in Park Ridge [18] John Paulding: April 5, 1883: 1935: Sculptor Lived in Park ...
Park Ridge is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, and a suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 census , the population was 39,656. [ 3 ] It is located 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown Chicago.
The Ridge Historic District is a residential historic district in the Beverly and Morgan Park neighborhoods of Chicago, Illinois. As its name suggests, the district is centered on a ridge , making it one of the few areas of high ground in the generally flat city.
Stikinia (in blue) at 330, 269, and 251 Ma, or before the breakup of Pangaea. At 269 Ma Stikinia is accompanied by the Wrangellia and Alexander terranes (west) and the East Klamath terrane (southeast). View centred on 60th meridian west.
The Wrangellia terrane, as one of the largest in Alaska formed beginning 300 million years ago in the Pennsylvanian and built up with basalt, carbonate and phyllite during the Triassic (these rocks are exposed from the Alaska Range to the Wrangell Mountains). Originating as a volcanic island arc, Wrangellia exhausted its magma supply and began ...
In 2005, Hollinger merged the 80-year-old Lerner Newspapers chain into Pioneer Press, Pioneer's first real inroads into the city of Chicago. Despite announcements by Publisher Larry Green that Pioneer intended to "grow" the Lerner Papers, over the course of the next six months, Pioneer dumped the venerable Lerner name, shut down most of its editions and laid off most of its employees.
Eliel Saarinen's Tribune Tower design, also called the Saarinen tower, was an unbuilt design for a skyscraper by Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen. It was submitted in 1922 for the architectural competition organized by the Chicago Tribune for their new headquarters. The winning entry, the neo-Gothic Tribune Tower, was constructed in 1925 ...