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  2. List of schools in Chicago Public Schools - Wikipedia

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    John V. LeMoyne Elementary School (formerly Theodore Herzi Elementary School) - Merged with Inter-American Magnet School. Lafayette Elementary School - Located at 2714 W. Augusta Boulevard. Became Chicago High School for The Arts in 2015. Langland Elementary School - Located at 2230 W. Cortland Street. This school was demolished in 1960 to make ...

  3. Rookery Building - Wikipedia

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    The Rookery was built by the architectural partnership of Daniel H. Burnham and John Wellborn Root, known as Burnham and Root. [5] [6] In the architectural boom that followed the Great Chicago Fire, architects in what would become known as the Chicago School of commercial architecture competed with each other to create the world's first true skyscrapers.

  4. History of education in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    "THE HIGH SCHOOL AS AN ADOLESCENT-RAISING INSTITUTION: AN INNER HISTORY OF CHICAGO PUBLIC SECONDARY EDUCATION, 1856–1940" (PhD dissertation, University of Chicago, 1978; ProQuest Dissertations Publishing, 1978. T-26947). Herrick, Mary J. The Chicago schools: a social and political history (1971) online the major scholarly history. Hogan, David.

  5. Louise Blanchard Bethune - Wikipedia

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    The hotel also features hot and cold water in every bathroom, and includes a telephone in every room. This hotel was praised as one of the most magnificent hotels in the country when it opened in 1904. Bethune ended up ending her AIA membership and focusing solely on the Lafayette Hotel expansion project that soon followed its opening.

  6. Gold Coast Historic District (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the Ogden International School East (elementary) campus. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) operates public schools serving the community. [7] Ogden International School of Chicago has its East Campus, which houses elementary school, [8] in the Gold Coast. [9] Residents of the Gold Coast are zoned to Ogden School for grades K-8, [10 ...

  7. Palmolive Building - Wikipedia

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    The business address remains 919 North Michigan Avenue; however, the residential address is 159 East Walton Place. Notable residents of the building include Vince Vaughn , who bought a 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m 2 ) triplex penthouse encompassing the 35th, 36th and 37th floors for $12 million.

  8. West Loop–LaSalle Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    State Bank of Chicago 1928 [26] 22 [26] Yes 135 South LaSalle Field Building. 1934 [27] 42 [27] Yes 190 South LaSalle U.S. Bank Building. 1987 [28] 42 [28] No [28] 208 South LaSalle Continental and Commercial National Bank 1914 [29] 20 [29] Yes 209 South LaSalle Rookery Building. 1888 / 1992 [30] 11 [30] Yes 230 South LaSalle Federal Reserve ...

  9. Chicago International Charter School - Wikipedia

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    Chicago International Charter School (CICS) is a charter school with 14 campuses in Chicago, Illinois. [1] CICS has a student population composed of 96% ethnic minorities. Of the population, 66% are African American, 25% are Hispanic, 4% are Caucasian, 2% are Asian/Pacific Islander and 1% are multi-racial, with 86% coming from low income households.