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The site contains the first commercial oil well in the world, the first drilled well in Canada, the first gumbeds that were commercially used in the world, and the first gas gusher in Canada. [30] Forges du Saint-Maurice: Trois-Rivières, Quebec: Canada: 1920 Established in 1730, Forges du Saint-Maurice was the principal industry under the ...
Pages in category "Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Since 1983 the Music Box has been showing White Christmas and It's A Wonderful Life along with pre-show Sing-a-Longs with the Music Box House organist and "Santa". Newer traditions adopted by The Music Box are a 24-hour horror movie film festival in October known as "The Music Box of Horrors," formerly "The Music Box Massacre", a 70mm film ...
Miss Christmas (2017) Who’s in it: Brooke D'Orsay, Marc Blucas. Rating: TV-G. Everyone can count on Holly Khun, AKA "Miss Christmas," to find the perfect tree for Chicago's annual Radcliffe Tree ...
The building was the largest in the world in terms of floorspace, but was surpassed by the Pentagon in 1943, [28] and now stands forty-fourth on the list of largest buildings in the world. Once the largest commercial space in the world, New Century Global Center in China is now recognized by Guinness World Records as holding the record. [29]
The largest architectural firm in Chicago today and one of the major architectural firms worldwide – the world-renowned Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, aka SOM, which also has its headquarters in the Railway Exchange Building – is actually an offshoot of Burnham Brothers: Nathaniel A. Owings joined the practice in 1929 and left in 1934, and ...
The Warehouse is a historic building located in Chicago, Illinois in the United States, best known for the same-named nightclub catering to the gay and alternative communities that was established in 1977 under the direction of Robert "Robbie" Williams. It was Robbie Williams who on promotional posters would describe events at the Warehouse as ...
In the 21st century, Chicago has become an urban focus for landscape architecture and the architecture of public places. 19th-20th century Chicago architects included Burnham, Frederick Olmsted, Jens Jensen and Alfred Caldwell, modern projects include Millennium Park, Northerly Island, the 606, the Chicago Riverwalk, Maggie Daley Park, and ...