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Christkindlmarket, Chicago 2014. The market is situated by a large Christmas tree at Daley Plaza and also houses a small nativity scene. [6] The site features entertainment from Christmas choirs, dance groups, and brass bands. [2] It also houses a Santa house. [2]
Some in the U.S. have adapted the German name to quasi-English Christkindlmarket, swapping German Markt and market. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Christmas markets date to the Late Middle Ages in the German-speaking part of Europe and in many parts of the former Holy Roman Empire , which included many eastern regions of modern France. [ 2 ]
Grant Park map. Grant Park is a large urban park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.Located within the city's central business district, the 319-acre (1.29 km 2) park's features include Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum Campus.
Chicago will face another lost decade.”--Rahm Emanuel, 1 March 2012 $7 bn Trust Project Partners 501(c)3 non-profit status $1.0 bn already committed for public building Energy Retrofit Private & Not-for-Profit Funding Sources: unions, foundations, equity, mutual, pension, sovereign funds Pioneer Private Partners, Energy Retrofit project:
Originally known as the Chicago Civic Center, the building was renamed for Mayor Daley on December 27, 1976, seven days after his death in office. [6] The 648-foot (198 m), thirty-one story building features Cor-Ten , a self-weathering steel.
The following streets run diagonally through Chicago's grid system on all or part of their courses. These streets tend to form major 5 or 6-way intersections. In many cases they were Indian trails, or were among the earliest streets established in the city. Diagonals are numbered as north–south or east–west streets.
[4] Only two major changes have occurred in the boundaries of the community areas. [1] O'Hare was created from land that was annexed by Chicago in 1956 to control O'Hare International Airport. [a] [5] Edgewater was separated from Uptown in 1980 as residents considered being joined to it a detriment to obtaining aid for local improvements. [6]
Renumbered as Route 6 Local on January 24, 1982. Number reused on N5 South Shore Night Bus. 5B Yates/Colfax: 87th/Yates 104th/Torrence Daily 77th Created March 26, 1972. Renumbered 6B on January 24, 1982. 6 Van Buren: Downtown Van Buren/Kedzie Daily Kedzie Combined with 126 Jackson on April 8, 1956. 6 Garfield: Downtown 55th/Cicero Ave Daily 69th