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2. Homewood, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   Homewood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.The population was 19,463 at the 2020 census. [3]The village sits just a few miles south of Chicago proper. It is bordered by Chicago Heights and Flossmoor to the south, Hazel Crest to the west, East Hazel Crest and Harvey to the north, Glenwood to the east, and South Holland to the northeast.

3. Orchard Place, Illinois - Wikipedia

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   The city chose the site to meet future aviation demands. They purchased additional land and renamed the airport Orchard Field. [4] In 1949, the airfield became Chicago O'Hare International Airport, named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Edward "Butch" O'Hare, a U.S. Navy flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient after the war. [citation needed]

4. O'Hare International Airport - Wikipedia

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   O'Hare remained the world's busiest airport until it was eclipsed by Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 1998. O'Hare had four runways in 1955; [35] 8,000 foot (2,400 m) runway 14R/32L opened in 1956 and was extended to 11,600 feet (3,500 m) a few years later, allowing nonstops to Europe. Runway 9R/27L (now 10L/28R) opened in ...

5. O'Hare, Chicago - Wikipedia

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   O'Hare, located on the far north side of Chicago, is one of the city's 77 community areas. O'Hare International Airport is located within the boundaries of this community area. This community area is the only one that extends outside Cook County ; the western edge (an area comprising the southwest part of the airport) is in DuPage County .

6. ABLA Homes - Wikipedia

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   ABLA Homes (Jane Addams Homes, Robert Brooks Homes, Loomis Courts, and Grace Abbott Homes) was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing development that comprised four separate public housing projects on the Near-West Side of Chicago, Illinois. The name "ABLA" was an acronym for the names of the four different housing developments that ...

7. Golden Corridor - Wikipedia

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   Chicago-O'Hare International Airport, the busiest airport in the world (by total number of takeoffs and landings), is located within the Golden Corridor Lake in the Hills Airport , Schaumburg Regional Airport , and Chicago Executive Airport (in nearby Wheeling ) provide general aviation service to the area