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  2. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. East Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    East Side is Metra territory, as the nearest Chicago Transit Authority train station is the 95th/Dan Ryan terminal on the Red Line, 7 miles (11 km) northwest of the neighborhood. Residents utilize 93rd Street station on the Metra Electric District's South Chicago branch and Hegewisch station on the South Shore Line.

  4. Balustrades - Wikipedia

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    From a page move: This is a redirect from a page that has been moved (renamed).This page was kept as a redirect to avoid breaking links, both internal and external, that may have been made to the old page name.

  5. Baluster - Wikipedia

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    Balusters are normally separated by at least the same measurement as the size of the square bottom section. Placing balusters too far apart diminishes their aesthetic appeal, and the structural integrity of the balustrade they form. Balustrades normally terminate in heavy newel posts, columns, and building walls for structural support.

  6. South Chicago, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The South Chicago neighborhood does, however, contain 4 newly rebuilt Metra Electric Line, South Chicago Branch stations: Cheltenham and East 79th Street, East 83rd Street, 87th Street, and 93rd Street/South Chicago, which terminates in the heart of the neighborhood's business district along South Baltimore Avenue, and is the community's most ...

  7. Belmont Avenue - Wikipedia

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    Belmont Avenue (3200 N) is a major east–west street in Chicago and several of its suburbs. It begins in the east near Belmont Harbor and is a key commercial street in Lakeview . West of the North Branch of the Chicago River , it passes through Avondale and further west anchors the Belmont-Central shopping district straddling the Belmont ...

  8. Monadnock Building - Wikipedia

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    The Monadnock was commissioned by Boston real estate developers Peter and Shepherd Brooks in the building boom following the Depression of 1873–79. [5] The Brooks family, which had amassed a fortune in the shipping insurance business and had been investing in Chicago real estate since 1863, had retained Chicago property manager Owen F. Aldis to manage the construction of the seven-story ...

  9. 63rd Street Bathing Pavilion - Wikipedia

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    The 63rd Street Bathing Pavilion is a historic building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Constructed in 1919, the pavilion is located at 63rd Street Beach in Jackson Park [1] in the Woodlawn community area. The building is Chicago's oldest beach house [2] and was designated as a Chicago Landmark on December 8, 2004. [3]