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The balcony jutted out eleven feet from the building, one foot farther than permitted by city codes, and had an area of 231 square feet (21.5 m 2), 81 square feet (7.5 m 2) larger than permitted. [4] The balcony also had inadequate supports, [ 4 ] was floored with undersized lengths of wood, and was attached to the walls with screws that were ...
The Chicago metropolitan area – also known as "Chicagoland" – is the metropolitan area associated with the city of Chicago, Illinois, and its suburbs. [2] With an estimated population of 9.4 million people, [ 3 ] it is the third largest metropolitan area in the United States [ 4 ] and the region most connected to the city through geographic ...
Pages in category "Defunct companies based in Chicago" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A Chicago-based subcontractor is suing one of the firms involved in managing the construction of the Obama Presidential Center for $40 million, claiming racial discriminatory practices.
Pages in category "Demolished buildings and structures in Chicago" The following 72 pages are in this category, out of 72 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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A party wall (occasionally parti-wall or parting wall, shared wall, also known as common wall or as a demising wall) is a wall shared by two adjoining properties. [1] Typically, the builder lays the wall along a property line dividing two terraced houses , so that one half of the wall's thickness lies on each side.
Robert Taylor Homes was a public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois from 1962 to 2007. The largest housing project in the United States, it consisted of 28 virtually identical high-rises, set out in a linear plan for two miles (3 km), with the high-rises regularly configured in a horseshoe shape of three in each block.