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  2. List of museums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Laura A. Sprague Gallery: Joliet: Will: Chicago area: Art: Art gallery of Joliet Junior College, located on the first floor of J-Building: Homepage: Laurent House: Rockford: Winnebago: Northern Illinois: Historic house: 1952 house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for a person with a disability: Leaf River Historical Museum: Leaf River: Ogle ...

  3. List of museums and cultural institutions in Chicago

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    Chicago Cultural Center. The city of Chicago, Illinois, has many cultural institutions and museums, large and small.Major cultural institutions include: the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Goodman Theater, Joffrey Ballet, Central Public Harold Washington Library, and the Chicago Cultural Center, all in the Loop;

  4. Near North Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Along with hundreds of art galleries, the area has many taverns, rooftop bars, dance clubs, popular restaurants, and entertainment venues. Between the years 2000 and 2010, the population in the four census tracts covering River North increased by an average of nearly 82%, boosting population from 9,835 in 2000 to 17,892 in 2010.

  5. List of painters in the Art Institute of Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The List of painters in the Art Institute of Chicago is a list of the artists indexed in the Art Institute of Chicago website whose works in their collection were painted. The museum's collections are spread throughout eight buildings in Chicago, and not all works are on display.

  6. Category:Art museums and galleries in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Art museums and galleries in Chicago" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Chicago

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    Included also are numerous religious buildings, 15 hotels, [3] and six theaters. [4] Fully 55 are located in the downtown Loop area, including the Loop Retail Historic District itself. Chicago is a historic and continuing world port city due to its location on the Great Lakes, which has an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean via the St. Lawrence Seaway.

  8. Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street. The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire. In 1882, millionaire Potter Palmer moved to the area from the Prairie Avenue neighborhood on the city's

  9. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s. [3] Chicago's community areas are well-defined, generally contain multiple neighborhoods, and depending on the neighborhood, less commonly used by residents. [2] [4]