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2. Chicago Park District - Wikipedia

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   The Chicago Park District oversees more than 600 parks with over 8,800 acres (3,600 ha) of municipal parkland including their field houses, as well as 27 beaches, 78 pools, 11 museums, two world-class botanical conservatories, 16 historic lagoons and 10 bird and wildlife gardens that are found within the city limits. [3]

3. Ed Kelly (Illinois politician, born 1924) - Wikipedia

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   A powerful figure in Chicago politics, it had been speculated that he might run for mayor. [4] He had considered running in the mid-1980s. [4] When he resigned from his position as general superintendent of the Chicago Park District, he vowed to "get even" with mayor Washington in 1987. [25] He considered a possible run in the 1987 mayoral ...

4. Threadless - Wikipedia

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   Threadless (stylized as threadless) is an online community of artists and an e-commerce website based in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2000 by Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart. [3] Threadless designs are created by and chosen by an online community. Each week, about 1,000 designs are submitted online and are put to a public vote.

5. Category:Park districts in Illinois - Wikipedia

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   This page was last edited on 4 February 2024, at 14:41 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

6. Forrest Claypool - Wikipedia

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   In 1993, Daley asked Claypool to take on the task of overhauling the Chicago Park District after allegations of the hired truck scandal that made public while he was the mayor's chief of staff. When Claypool became the CEO and Superintendent of the CPD, the District had a budget of $300 million as well as a payroll of 4,100 full-time employees ...

7. List of companies in the Chicago metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

8. Friends of the Parks - Wikipedia

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   Friends of the Parks (FOTP) is a non-profit organization in Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1975, it acts as a watchdog group and environmental advocate for the Chicago area. Specifically, it monitors the condition and safety of the Chicago Park District and the forest preserves of Cook County. FOTP's office is in downtown Chicago.

9. List of parks in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Marquette Park: Chicago Lawn: 315 acres (127 ha) The largest park in southwest Chicago; has a golf course and many other attractions Millennium Park: Chicago Loop: 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) Chicago's newest marquee park, opened in 2004, just north of the Art Institute of Chicago in Grant Park, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs