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Chicago Riverwalk as seen from Upper Wacker Drive looking down at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The Chicago Riverwalk is a multi-use public open space located on the south bank of the main branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, extending from Lake Michigan and the Outer Drive Bridge westward to the Wolf Point area and Lake Street. [1]
Malis (from Khmer: ម្លិះ – "jasmine" [2]) is a Cambodian restaurant opened in 2004 in Phnom Penh, the first Cambodian fine dining restaurant in the city. [3] To design the restaurant's menu chef Luu Meng travelled throughout Cambodia for six months and collected traditional recipes, which he presented using farm-sourced ingredients and modern cooking techniques. [4]
Kasama has been praised by Louise Chu of the Chicago Tribune as "one of the best restaurants in the world." [5] The Michelin Guide initially added Kasama's tasting menu to its Bib Gourmand list in 2021, and then later awarded it a Michelin star in 2022, making it the world's first Filipino restaurant with a star.
It was financed by the Brauer family of Chicago, who worked in the restaurant business, and was one of the most popular restaurants in Chicago during the early twentieth century. [2] Caspar Brauer, who died at age 68 on April 29, 1940, was the longtime proprietor of Café Brauer. [3] The original restaurant closed in the 1940s. [2]
The River District was a proposed 37 acre urban development in Chicago. Tribune Media announced plans for the site in October 2017. [1] The site currently features a printing plant leased by the Chicago Tribune from Tribune Media and has been publicly discussed as a potential site for redevelopment. [2]
330 North Wabash (formerly IBM Plaza also known as IBM Building and now renamed AMA Plaza) is a skyscraper in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, at 330 N. Wabash Avenue, designed by architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (who died in 1969 before construction began).
The master plan, the park and several individual buildings have won numerous other awards. [37] In 2008, the International Real Estate Federation declared the Lakeshore East master plan the recipient of the FIABCI Prix D'Excellence international award. Lakeshore was the only United States winner for international design excellence. [38]
In 1962, the construction preparations for the Dan Ryan Expressway demolished the only two parks in the Chinatown area (Hardin Square and Stanford Park). Sun Yat-sen Playlot Park, a small, 1 ⁄ 3 acre (1,300 m 2) park, was created in the mid-1970s; however, the community wanted a larger open park space.