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  2. Middle Avenue Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Middle Avenue Historic District is an industrial historic district located on two square blocks in downtown Aurora, Illinois.The district includes eleven buildings, eight of which are contributing buildings to its historic nature.

  3. Aurora, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Aurora is a city in northeastern Illinois, United States. Located along the Fox River, it is the second-most populous city in Illinois, after Chicago, [4] and the 144th-most populous city in the US. [5] The population was 180,542 at the 2020 census. [6] Aurora is the largest city in Illinois that is not the county seat of any county that it ...

  4. Aurora, IL Weather - Hourly Forecasts and Local Weather ... - AOL

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    Get the Aurora, IL local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.

  5. Paramount Theatre (Aurora, Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    In 1976, the theater closed for renovation following its sale to the Aurora Civic Center Authority. It re-opened on April 19, 1978. On September 10, 1986, it was recognized as a Historic Place by the United States National Park Service, and was simultaneously recognized as contributing property of the Stolp Island Historic District. A lobby was ...

  6. Two Brothers Roundhouse - Wikipedia

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    The roundhouse was designed by Levi Hull Waterhouse, who designed several important structures in the Aurora vicinity. [3] The walls of the structure were constructed with locally quarried limestone from Batavia, Illinois. [3] There were originally twenty-two stalls in the roundhouse, with an additional eight added three years after completion.

  7. WXFT-DT - Wikipedia

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    The UHF channel 60 allocation to Aurora was originally occupied by WLXT-TV, which broadcast from May 16, 1969, to July 17, 1970. WLXT was an independent station that abruptly closed after 14 months of attempting to serve its suburban coverage area, but it was notable for the people that passed through it, particularly news director Christine Lund, who became a well-known news anchor in Los ...

  8. West Side Historic District (Aurora, Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad relocated its headquarters to Aurora in 1855. Expecting a rise in population due to the railroad's employment opportunities, Aurora platted a new residential section of land west of the Fox River. Aurora indeed expanded rapidly during that period, almost doubling in population from 1860 to 1874.

  9. Stolp Island - Wikipedia

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    As Aurora grew, the Fox River caused a separation between the two halves of the city, leading to animosity between them. Stolp Island, then, became an ideal location for Aurora's government structures, as it was not confined to either side. [1] Old Post Office. East Aurora was incorporated as a city in 1845, and West Aurora followed in 1854.