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2. Marshall Field's Wholesale Store - Wikipedia

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   Intended for the wholesale business of Field's eponymously named department store, it opened on June 20, 1887, [2] encompassing the block bounded by Quincy, Franklin, Adams and Wells Streets, near the location of the Chicago Board of Trade Building.

3. Loop Retail Historic District - Wikipedia

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   United States historic place Loop Retail Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district State Street in 1907 Show map of Chicago metropolitan area Show map of Illinois Show map of the United States Location Chicago, Illinois Coordinates 41°53′N 87°38′W  /  41.883°N 87.633°W  / 41.883; -87.633 Area 26 acres (11 ha) Built 1871 Architect ...

4. List of Illinois area codes - Wikipedia

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   In March 2007, an overlay plan was created for NPA 630 adding area code 331, and 779 was added to 815. With the depletion of new numbers in area codes 312 and 773, an overlay of both of them, area code 872, was created in November 2009, beginning ten-digit dialing within the city limits of Chicago. The remaining area without an overlay in the ...

5. Ancient Roman military clothing - Wikipedia

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   It was probably used to tuck clothing into or to hold weapons. Braccae (trousers), popular among Roman legionaries stationed in cooler climates to the north of southern Italy; Caligae, heavy-soled military shoes or sandals which were worn by Roman legionary soldiers and auxiliaries throughout the history of the Roman Republic and Empire.

6. Merchandise Mart - Wikipedia

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   The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.

7. Chas A. Stevens - Wikipedia

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   Chas A. Stevens was a Chicago department store. It started in 1886 as a catalog business and eventually grew to 29 locations in the Chicago metropolitan area. [1] In 1988 the chain filed for bankruptcy and liquidated. Its flagship State Street store was the hub of fashion during the 1940s, 50s and 60s in Chicago. It featured six floors of ...

8. Montgomery Ward Company Complex - Wikipedia

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   The Catalog House was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 17, 2000. [ 7 ] In later years, Montgomery Ward and Company added several warehouses and parking structures, followed by a 26-story office building in 1972, designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki , who also designed the former World Trade Center towers in New York City .

9. Numerus (Roman military unit) - Wikipedia

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   ' number ', plural numeri) was a unit of the Roman army. [1] In the Imperial Roman army (27 BC – 476 AD), it referred to units of barbarian allies who were not integrated into the regular army structure of legions and auxilia. Such units were of undetermined strength and their organisation and equipment probably varied according to the unit's ...