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Module:Location map/data/United States Chicago Downtown is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Downtown Chicago. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
This $4 billion lifestyle center spans 28 acres (0.044 sq mi; 0.113 km 2), and will include 4,950 residences, 2,200,000 square feet (200,000 m 2) of gross commercial space, 1,500 hotel rooms, 770,000 square feet (72,000 m 2) of retail space and a planned elementary school surrounding a magnificent 6-acre (24,000 m 2) botanical park. [1]
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. [1] [2] The Art Deco structure is at the junction of the Chicago River's branches.
The Loop is Chicago's central business district and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas.Located at the center of downtown Chicago [3] on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest business district in North America after Midtown Manhattan.
Chicago's yearly precipitation averages about 39 inches (990 millimeters). Summer is typically the rainiest season, with short-lived rainfall and thunderstorms more common than prolonged rainy periods. [4] Winter precipitation tends to be more snow than rain. Chicago's snowiest winter on record was that of 1978–79, with 89.7 inches (227.8 cm ...
Downtown Chicago, Illinois, has some double-decked and a few triple-decked streets immediately north and south of the Main Branch and immediately east of the South Branch of the Chicago River. The most famous and longest of these is Wacker Drive, which replaced the South Water Street Market upon its 1926 completion. [1]
The project mirrors The Underline, a $140 million park under Miami’s Metrorail that will span 10 miles from the Miami River to Downtown Dadeland once fully complete. READ MORE: The Underline’s ...
The Chicago Park District boasts 7,300 acres (30 km 2) of parkland, 552 parks, 33 beaches, nine museums, two world-class conservatories, 16 historic lagoons and ten bird/wildlife gardens. [105] Many of these are on the South Side, including several large parks that are part of the legacy of Paul Cornell 's service on the South Parks Commission.