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  2. Oak Park Conservatory - Wikipedia

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    The conservatory now provides 8,000 square feet (700 m 2) of growing areas, making it the third largest conservatory in the Chicago area, and contains more than 3,000 plants, some of which date back to 1914. The Oak Park Conservatory was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on March 8, 2005. [1] Oak Park Conservatory

  3. Pasquinelli Homes - Wikipedia

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    Pasquinelli Homes was a Chicago, Illinois based home building company, founded in 1956 by brothers Bruno and Tony Pasquinelli. Other family members helped establish the company's growth including their brothers Jim and Mike, and cousin Jerry Spezia.

  4. Third principal meridian - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Bureau of Land Management map showing the principal meridians in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. The third principal meridian begins at the mouth of the Ohio River and extends north to the northern boundary of the state of Illinois, and with the base line in latitude 38° 28′ 20″ [vague], governs the surveys in the state east of the third principal meridian, with the exception of those ...

  5. Stolp Island - Wikipedia

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    The island also housed a Carnegie library and the first YMCA building. In the 1920s, the north end of the island, previously prone to flooding, was expanded and reinforced with landfill . While Aurora became a major steel exporter in the early 20th century, Stolp Island was used exclusively for commercial and public uses.

  6. Lincoln Park Conservatory - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Park Conservatory (1.2 ha / 3 acres) is a conservatory and botanical garden in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The conservatory is located at 2391 North Stockton Drive just south of Fullerton Avenue, west of Lake Shore Drive , and part of the Lincoln Park, Chicago community area .

  7. Mesker Brothers - Wikipedia

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    According to a 1915 catalog, there were Mesker storefronts in every state, including 4,130 in Indiana, 2,915 in Illinois, 2,646 in Kentucky, and even 17 in the territory of Alaska. [ 2 ] A number of their works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .

  8. Lyon & Healy - Wikipedia

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    Lyon & Healy Harps, Inc. is an American musical instrument manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois and is a subsidiary of Salvi Harps, but also has a layered corporate structure. Today best known for concert harps , the company's Chicago headquarters and manufacturing facility contains a showroom and concert hall .

  9. Bush Conservatory of Music - Wikipedia

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    The Conservatory was founded in 1901 by William Lincoln Bush (1861–1941), [1] [2] of the Chicago-based piano manufacturer and retailer, Bush & Gerts Piano Company, a company that he co-founded as W. H. Bush and Company in 1885 with (i) his father, William H. Bush, and (ii) a noted, German-born piano-maker, John Gerts (1845–1913).