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English: Title: City Hall and County Building, Chicago Subjects: City & town halls Places: Illinois > Cook (county) > Chicago Notes: Title from item. Extent: 1 print (postcard) : linen texture, color ; 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Accession #: 06_10_013394
The Richard J. Daley Center houses more than 120 court and hearing rooms as well as the Cook County Law Library, offices of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and certain court-related divisions of the Sheriff's Department. The building also houses office space for both the city and Cook County, of which the City of Chicago is its seat of ...
On October 9, 1893, the day designated as Chicago Day, the fair set a world record for outdoor event attendance, drawing 751,026 people. The debt for the fair was soon paid off with a check for $1.5 million (equivalent to $50.9 million in 2023). [4] Chicago has commemorated the fair with one of the stars on its municipal flag. [5]
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A game of popping balloons with darts for prizes—a common part of a carnival or fair midway. A midway at a fair (commonly an American fair such as a county or state fair) is the location where carnival games, amusement rides, entertainment, dime stores, themed events, exhibitions and trade shows, pleasure gardens, water parks and food booths cluster.
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The City Hall-County Building, commonly known as City Hall, is a 12-story building in Chicago, Illinois that houses the seats of government of the City of Chicago and Cook County. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building's west side (City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.) [ 3 ] holds the offices of the mayor , city clerk , and city treasurer ; some city departments ...