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name = Downtown Chicago Name used in the default map caption; image = Chicago Millenium Park area.png The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 41.89254 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 41.8733 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -87.63585 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal ...
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 Krause Music Store in Lincoln Square 26th Street in Little Village A woodblock print (1925) of Maxwell Street by Todros Geller A Portage Park two-flat, or Polish flat, in Chicago's Bungalow Belt Wacławowo is derived from the Polish name for the church of St. Wenceslaus. Photographer Richard Nickel was married here in 1950.
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The Chicago "L" is a rapid transit system that serves the city of Chicago and seven of its surrounding suburbs. The system is operated by the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA). On an average weekday, 759,866 passengers ride the "L", [ 1 ] making it the second-busiest rapid transit system in the United States, behind the New York City Subway .
The street derives its name from William H. and Caleb O. Halsted, Philadelphia bankers who made large investments in Chicago real estate through William B. Ogden, Chicago's first Mayor. The street ran through their property, and they ceded valuable rights to the city. Halsted has had several names, originally known as "Egyptian Road" because it ...
A map of the 77 community areas, broken down by purported regions. While the areas have official use and definition, the color groupings are unofficial, and such "regions" may be defined differently, grouped differently, or not be used at all. The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes.
While all north–south streets within city limits are named, rather than numbered, smaller streets in some areas are named in groups all starting with the same letter; thus, when traveling westward on a Chicago street, starting just past Pulaski Road (4000 W), one will cross a mile-long stretch of streets which have names starting with the letter K (From east to west: Keystone (North Side ...