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  2. World's Columbian Exposition - Wikipedia

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    The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was a world's fair held in Chicago from May 5 to October 31, 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the New World in 1492. [1] The centerpiece of the Fair, held in Jackson Park, was a large water pool representing the voyage that ...

  3. Water cribs in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The Edward F. Dunne Crib was built in 1909. Named after Chicago Mayor Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, who was in office at the time crib plans were approved, the 110-foot (34 m) diameter circular crib stands in 32 feet (9.8 m) of water and houses a 60-foot (18 m) diameter interior well connected to two new tunnels. The Dunne Crib is situated 50 feet ...

  4. Chicago Water Tower - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Water Tower and Chicago Avenue Pumping Station, circa 1886 The tower in comparison to other high rises in the area, September 2013. The tower, built in 1869 by architect William W. Boyington from yellowing Lemont limestone, [2] is 182.5 feet (55 m) tall. [3] Inside was a 138-foot (42 m) high standpipe to hold water.

  5. Navy Pier - Wikipedia

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    During construction, 1915 (Chicago Daily News)Navy Pier opened to the public on July 15, 1916. [5] Originally known as the "Municipal Pier", the pier was built by Charles Sumner Frost, a nationally known architect, with a design based on the 1909 Plan of Chicago by Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett [6] Its original purpose was to serve as a dock for freighters, passenger ships, and indoor ...

  6. Aqua (skyscraper) - Wikipedia

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    Aqua is an 82- story mixed-use skyscraper in Lakeshore East, downtown Chicago, Illinois. [5] Designed by a team led by Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects, with James Loewenberg of Loewenberg & Associates as the Architect of Record, it includes five levels of parking below ground. The building's eighty-story, 140,000 sq ft (13,000 m 2) base ...

  7. List of songs about Chicago - Wikipedia

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    "New York/Chicago" - Mark Imperial "New York and Chicago" - music by Albert Von Tilzer; lyrics by Junie McCree "New York - London - Paris - Chicago" - Soup "New York To Chicago" - Chubby Jackson "New York City" - Chainsmokers "The Night Chicago Died" – Paper Lace (Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit in 1974) "Night In Chicago" - Reeds

  8. United Center - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Blackhawks (NHL) (1994–present) Website. unitedcenter.com. The United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). It is named after its corporate sponsor ...

  9. Were these Renaissance masterpieces some of the world’s first ...

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    A circa 1530 work from Jan Massys shows two men with carefree smirks, playing with a bowl of porridge, for example. Above them are four icons: the letter D, a globe, a foot and a violin.