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Olson Park and Waterfall was a heavily visited park and waterfall complex that was located in the Avondale community area of Chicago.It was built by Walter E. Olson, the owner of the Olson Rug Company, next to his factory and headquarters on the northwest corner of Diversey and Pulaski, and was a popular landmark for Chicago families.
The Chicago Tigers of the American Professional Football Association (APFA) played their first and only season in 1920, the first year of the league , and have the distinction of being the first NFL team to fold. They had a record of 2 wins, 5 losses and 1 tie.
The district added 98 acres (400,000 m 2) to that plot and in 1921, the Chicago Zoological Society was established. Serious construction did not begin until 1926, after a zoo tax was approved. Construction slowed during the Great Depression, but regained momentum by late 1931.
Lincoln Park Zoo, also known as Lincoln Park Zoological Gardens, is a 35-acre (14 ha) zoo in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868 and is the second oldest zoo in the United States. It is also one of a small number of zoos to offer free admission. [6]
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The Chicago Water Tower, one of the few surviving buildings after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. A residential building in Chicago's Lincoln Park in 1885, when the city had dirt roads and wooden sidewalks. Most of the city burned in the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. The damage from the fire was immense since 300 people died, 18,000 buildings were ...
Riverview Park was an amusement park in Chicago, Illinois, which operated from 1904 to 1967. It was located on 74 acres (30 hectares) bound on the south by Belmont Avenue , on the east by Western Avenue , on the north by Lane Tech College Prep High School , and on the west by the North Branch of the Chicago River . [ 2 ]
The park featured regular outdoor concerts, [24] and it had a roller rink. [25] Hal Pearl then known as 'Chicago's Youngest Organist' was the organist at the roller rink and sometimes gave concerts. The park hosted burlesque shows, [26] and performers like Annette Kellerman, Bill Cody and Sophie Tucker performed at the park regularly.