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  2. 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]

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago

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    There are more than 350 places listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois, including 83 historic districts that may include numerous historic buildings, structures, objects and sites.

  4. Old Town, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    There were numerous gay bars lining Wells Street (all of them closed as of 2013). This was the first "gay ghetto" in Chicago, predating the current Lake View neighborhood (which is the current epicenter of gay life); As the area gentrified, gay residents moved further north to Lincoln Park and then Lake View neighborhoods.

  5. List of Chicago Landmarks - Wikipedia

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    Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...

  6. Greystone (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    In Chicago, there are roughly 30,000 greystones, usually built as a semi- or fully detached townhouse. [2] The term "greystone" is also used to refer to buildings in Montreal, Quebec, Canada (known in French as pierre grise). It refers to the grey limestone facades of many buildings, both residential and institutional, constructed between 1730 ...

  7. Architecture of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Many organizations, including Preservation Chicago and Landmarks Illinois, promote the preservation of historic neighborhoods and buildings in Chicago. Chicago has suffered from the same problems with sinking property values and urban decline as other major cities. Many historic structures have been threatened with demolition.

  8. Sauganash Historic District - Wikipedia

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    Roughly bounded by Lemont and Keating Aves, Chicago and Northwestern Railway, and the alley to the east of Kilbourn Ave, North Side, Chicago, Illinois Coordinates 41°59′24″N 87°44′33″W  /  41.99000°N 87.74250°W  / 41.99000; -87

  9. Brownstone - Wikipedia

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    Back Bay, Boston, is known for its Victorian brownstone homes – considered some of the best-preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the United States. [10] Although some brownstones exist in Chicago, a similar residential form known as "greystones" is far more prevalent.

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