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  2. West Argyle Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    NRHP reference No. 10000311. Added to NRHP. June 3, 2010. West Argyle Street Historic District (also known as Little Saigon, [ 1] New Chinatown, and Asia on Argyle) is a historic district in northern Uptown, Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 2010. The community covers an area of about 41 ...

  3. Geography of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    According to the United States Census Bureau, the City of Chicago has a total area of 606.1 km 2 (234.0 sq mi). 588.3 km 2 (227.1 sq mi) of it is land and 17.8 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi) of it is water. The total area is 2.94% water. The city has been built on relatively flat land, the average height of land is 579 feet (176 m) above sea level.

  4. California Zephyr (1949–1970) - Wikipedia

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    California Zephyr. (1949–1970) The California Zephyr was a passenger train that ran between Chicago, Illinois, and Oakland, California, via Omaha, Denver, Salt Lake City, Winnemucca, Oroville and Pleasanton in the United States. It was operated by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q), Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) and Western Pacific ...

  5. Nauvoo, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    2395160 [ 2] Website. www .beautifulnauvoo .com. Nauvoo ( / ˈnɔːvuː / NAW-voo; from the Hebrew: נָאווּ, Modern: Navu, Tiberian: Nâwû, 'they are beautiful') is a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States, on the Mississippi River near Fort Madison, Iowa. The population of Nauvoo was 950 at the 2020 census.

  6. Downtown Salt Lake City - Wikipedia

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    Downtown Salt Lake City. Coordinates: 40°46′10″N 111°53′28″W. Downtown cityscape in 2012 from the top of the LDS Church Office Building. Downtown (also called City Center) is the oldest district in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The grid from which the entire city is laid out originates at Temple Square, the location of the Salt ...

  7. Elmhurst, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Elmhurst was incorporated as a village in 1882, [ 1] with a population between 723 and 1,050, and legal boundaries of St. Charles Road to North Avenue, and one half mile west and one quarter mile east of York Street. Elmhurst Memorial Hospital was founded in 1926 as the first hospital in DuPage County.

  8. Lake View, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Low-rise apartments are common in Central Lakeview, West Lakeview and Wrigleyville. Lakeview, also spelled Lake View, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Lakeview is located in the city's North Side. It is bordered by West Diversey Parkway on the south, West Irving Park Road on the north, North Ravenswood Avenue on the west ...

  9. Lake Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Lake Chicago. Map of middle stage of glacial Lake Chicago, USGS Report of 1915. Lake Chicago was a prehistoric proglacial lake that is the ancestor of what is now known as Lake Michigan, one of North America 's five Great Lakes. Formed about 13,000 years ago and fed by retreating glaciers, it drained southwest through the Chicago Outlet River.