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  2. Penny (unit) - Wikipedia

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    A larger number indicates a longer nail, shown in the table below. Diameter of the nail also varies based on penny size, depending on nail type. Nails under 1 + 1 ⁄ 4 inch, often called brads, are sold mostly in small packages with only a length designation or with length and wire gauge designations; for example, 1″ 18 ga. or 3 ⁄ 4 ″ 16 ga.

  3. The Parking Spot - Wikipedia

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    The Parking Spot is an off-airport parking company based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1998 by Martin Nesbitt, the company grew quickly to become a distinctive brand with hundreds of millions of passengers annually. [3] The company's first backer was Penny Pritzker, a member of the prominent Pritzker family that founded and largely owns ...

  4. Chicago Parking Meters - Wikipedia

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    Brokers affiliated with Morgan Stanley then formed an LLC called "Chicago Parking Meters LLC" to facilitate a potential deal with the city over the sale of the meters. [4] By December 3, 2008, a deal was made to sell all 36,000 [5] [6] of the parking meter spots in the city for 75 years for $1.15 billion.

  5. List of beaches in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Rainbow Park Beach Chicago. Rainbow Beach is officially located at 3111 E. 77th St., [29] is a beach in the Chicago Park District's Rainbow Beach & Park that stretches from 75th Street to 78th Street on the Lake Michigan shoreline. [30] Rainbow Beach was named such in 1918.

  6. Multilevel streets in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  7. Lake Shore Drive - Wikipedia

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    A thirty-year development plan estimated to cost $4 billion was approved by Chicago in September 2010, for the former site of the US Steel plant in South Chicago, which operated along the neighborhood's shoreline from 1880 to 1992, [23] and which has undergone extensive demolition and environmental remediation since; included in the plan was an ...

  8. Ford City Mall - Wikipedia

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    [2] Opened in 1965, Ford City is the largest shopping mall in Chicago outside of downtown. Anchored by JCPenney , the mall contains more than 135 stores and restaurants including Applebee’s , Bath & Body Works , The Children’s Place , Foot Locker , Zales Jewelers , Marshalls , Old Navy , Victoria’s Secret / PINK , and Ross Dress for Less .

  9. Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Public Schools (CPS) operates public schools serving the community. [7] Ogden International School of Chicago has its East Campus, which houses elementary school, [8] in the Gold Coast. [9] Residents of the Gold Coast are zoned to Ogden School for grades K-8, [10] while for high school they are zoned to Lincoln Park High School. [11]