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The first sites in Chicago to be listed were four listed on October 15, 1966, when the National Register was created by the National Park Service: the settlement house Hull House, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Frederick C. Robie House, the Lorado Taft Midway Studios, and the site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction. The NPS first ...
Balzac opened in 2005, offering east-side residents and visitors sharable plates for hangouts and dates.
The Arlington and Roslyn Place District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The district was built between 1894 and 1910 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 15, 1989. [1] Buildings on Arlington Place
1800 N. Clybourn was a shopping center located at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. in the Clybourn Corridor area of Lincoln Park, Chicago. The building was once the William D. Gibson spring factory, [1] and later a plant for making Turtle Wax. It was converted to a three-level enclosed specialty shopping center that retained the structure's wood beams and ...
Arlington Town Square is a retail and apartment development located in Arlington Heights. [1] Arlington Town Square was developed as part of a significant building boom associated with the redevelopment of Downtown Arlington Heights. It is home to national retail and restaurant chains, along with local, independent business.
Archer Heights is a community area in Chicago, Illinois, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago.. Archer Avenue runs from south of Chicago's downtown area, through the southwest side of Chicago and beyond into the southwest suburbs, along what was once a Native American trail. [2]
During that period, the Green Mill went from a nightlife hub to a place where day drinking and drug use were the norm, but was purchased and revitalized in 1986 by Dave Jemilo, a south-sider and owner of the bar Deja Vu. [4] [6] On Sunday nights, the Green Mill became home to the Uptown Poetry Slam, the longest-running poetry slam in the ...
Historically, this section of Archer was a part of Illinois Route 4, the original 1924 highway connecting St. Louis and Chicago. [4] In 1926, Route 4 was rerouted to the north side of the Des Plaines River on an alignment that subsequently became U.S. Route 66, and its former route on Archer was redesignated as Illinois Route 4A. [5]