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The dauphin arrived at the castle of the Archbishop of Reims in Sept-Saulx (located 21 km from Reims). [34] The dauphin called on the people of Reims to open their gates, despite their vow to resist him for six weeks until relieved by Lancaster and Philip the Good. [35] After negotiations and dinner, Charles VII entered and slept in Reims.
Illinois Route 19 (abbreviated IL-19, or simply Illinois 19) is a major east–west arterial state highway in northeastern Illinois, United States.It runs from Illinois Route 25 (Liberty St.) in Elgin, to Lake Shore Drive (U.S. Route 41) on the north side of Chicago.
The Meekerville Historic District is a historic district in the Lakeview community of North Side, Chicago, Illinois. [1] It is composed of residential contributing properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Chicago.
US 12 west (Rand Road) Northern end of US 12 concurrency: 392.6: 631.8: IL 58 (Golf Road) Prospect Heights: 396.1: 637.5: IL 21 south (Milwaukee Avenue south) Southern end of IL 21 concurrency: 396.4: 637.9: Willow Road east to Illinois Tollway : Diamond interchange: Palatine Road west – Chicago Executive Airport Viewing Area: Wheeling: 398.8 ...
The Florsheim Shoe Company Building is a former factory for the Florsheim Shoe Company and a Chicago Landmark in the Avondale neighborhood. The building was built between 1924 and 1926 when the Florsheim Shoe Company had "2,500 employees, 71 retail outlets, 9,000 dealers and a network of regional wholesale distributors". [ 1 ]
Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s. [3] Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents. [2] [4]
The hotel was the first high-rise building in Uptown. The Chicago Cubs and visiting teams that played the Cubs stayed in the hotel; [2] the building was also a popular site for weddings and dances. [3] After the hotel closed, the building sat vacant and deteriorated significantly, and some of the terra cotta decorations fell off the side of the ...
Public road planning in Chicago began in 1910 when the Chicago Plan Commission was created to implement Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett's plan. [5] The double-decked portion of Wabash Avenue north of the Chicago River was built in 1930, in conjunction with the single-level Wabash Avenue Bridge.