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Randhurst was born out of a desire by Carson Pirie Scott to expand its business into the urban sprawl of Chicago's rapidly-expanding northwest suburbs. Spurred by Marshall Field's expansion into Skokie at the new Old Orchard Shopping Center in 1958, Carson Pirie Scott secured an 80-acre (320,000 m 2) lot in Mount Prospect for purposes of building a shopping mall.
ABLA Homes (Jane Addams Homes, Robert Brooks Homes, Loomis Courts, and Grace Abbott Homes) was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing development that comprised four separate public housing projects on the Near-West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The name "ABLA" was an acronym for the names of the four different housing developments that ...
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]
About nine miles from Chicago, Riverside covers about 1,600 acres of land along the Des Plaines River. Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of Central Park, New York City, furnished the plans for Riverside. Throughout the village, winding roads and green areas along the river create a park-like setting. [4]
The money was repaid 18 months later after which the CEO awarded to himself a $17,500 salary bonus the following week. 97 employees were also paid over $20,000 in bonuses that were initially classified as office expenses and not report on their W-2s. [8] The findings led to the resignation of Albert Vazquez, the CEO and founder of the agency ...
The Jane Byrne Interchange (until 2014, Circle Interchange) is a major freeway interchange near downtown Chicago, Illinois, known locally as "The Lady in the Middle". It is the junction between the Dan Ryan , Kennedy and Eisenhower Expressways ( I-90 / I-94 and I-290 ), and Ida B. Wells Drive . [ 1 ]
1983: Tina Turner: Live in Chicago—broadcast of a 1983 concert by Tina Turner, as a part of the Soundstage series. 1985: Aretha Franklin: Live at Park West—broadcast of a 1985 concert by Aretha Franklin, as a part of the Soundstage series. 1985: I Have a Pony— comedy album by Steven Wright, recorded at Wolfgang's in San Francisco and Park ...
Calumet Park (formerly DeYoung) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 7,025 at the 2020 census. [ 3 ] It is a suburb of Chicago .