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Washington Block is a Chicago Landmark building located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by Frederick and Edward Baumann, it was built between 1873 and 1874 in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on January 14, 1997. [1]
McCarthy Building was a five-story Chicago Landmark building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.Located in the southwest corner of the block on the northeast corner of North Dearborn Street and West Washington Street, [1] [2] the John M. Van Osdel designed building had been erected in 1872, [3] but was demolished in 1989 during the clearing of what is known as Chicago's Block 37.
Downtown Chicago, Illinois, has some double-decked and a few triple-decked streets immediately north and south of the Main Branch and immediately east of the South Branch of the Chicago River. The most famous and longest of these is Wacker Drive, which replaced the South Water Street Market upon its 1926 completion. [1]
The Reliance Building is a skyscraper located at 1 W. Washington Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.The first floor and basement were designed by John Root of the Burnham and Root architectural firm in 1890, with the rest of the building completed by Charles B. Atwood in 1895.
Omakase Yume is a Japanese restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The restaurant has received a Michelin star. [ 4 ] Thrillist has included Omakase Yume is lists of Chicago's best sushi establishments.
Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [2] stretching east-west from Cottage Grove Avenue to the Dan Ryan Expressway, and north-south from 51st Street to 63rd. It is home to the DuSable Museum of African American History.
The last time the DNC was in Chicago, "Macarena" topped the music charts and attendees did a group dance to the Los del Rio hit. The 1996 DNC went wild for the Macarena: How the dance craze took ...
The Washington Street Tunnel was the first traffic tunnel under the Chicago River. J.L. Lake was awarded the contract to construct the tunnel in July 1867 and its construction was completed January 1, 1869. This tunnel was 1605 feet long, from Franklin Street west to Clinton Street, and cost $517,000.