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Busse Woods, the heart of the forest preserve, is a mature Great Lakes hardwood forest. A 440-acre (180 ha) segment of the woods, the Busse Forest Nature Preserve, is listed as a national natural landmark [2] as a surviving fragment of flatwoods, a type of damp-ground forest formerly typical of extremely level patches of ground in the Great Lakes region.
Forest preserves serve a different purpose than urban parks and are typically maintained for the conservation and restoration of habitat.Forest preserves may contain nature centers and other facilities, picnic groves, and hiking, biking, and equestrian trails, but, apart from public golf courses, do not typically contain land set aside for other sports activities.
Situated on Lake Lanier. It offers primitive camping with 50 campsites; restrooms with showers and electricity; a C.O.P.E. course, an open field for games; three program shelters; a swimming dock; two boat docks; a wide assortment of boats: motor, sailing, canoeing, and rowing; a BB gun/air rifle range; and Cleveland Hall for activities and meals.
11500 S Fairfield Ave, Chicago: 1865 Nonsectarian [15] Mount Hope Cemetery Elgin: Mount Isaiah Israel Cemetery 6758 W Addison St, Chicago: Mount Mayriv Cemetery 3600 N. Narragansett, Chicago: Mount Olive Cemetery: 3800 N Narragansett Ave, Chicago: 1889 Mount Olivet Cemetery: 2755 West 111th St., Chicago: 1855 Catholic Mount Vernon Memorial Park ...
The Elks National Veterans Memorial (officially the Elks National Memorial and Headquarters Building [1]) is a Beaux Arts-style domed building at 2750 North Lakeview Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is across from Lincoln Park and close to the park's Goethe Monument and statue of Alexander Hamilton .
July 31, 2003 (Chicago: Cook: Magnum opus of landscape architect Jens Jensen.: 11: Arthur H. Compton House: Arthur H. Compton House: May 11, 1976 (Chicago: Cook: Home of Nobel Prize–winning physicist who proved light has both wave and particle aspects, the Compton Effect.
Rogers Park is a community on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas.Located 9 miles (14 km) north of the Loop along the shore of Lake Michigan, it features green spaces, early 20th-century architecture, live theater, bars, restaurants, and beaches.
The Pilsen Historic District is a historic district located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Pilsen is a neighborhood made up of the residential sections of the Lower West Side community area of Chicago. It is recognized as one of the few neighborhoods in Chicago that still has buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. [2]