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 Edgewater (Chicago) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Edgewater is highlighted by two main corridors: North Winthrop Avenue and North Kenmore Avenue to Loyola University Chicago.
Andersonville is a neighborhood (located in the Edgewater community area) on the North Side of Chicago, about five miles (8 km) north-northwest of the city's downtown.
Edgewater has the highest population density of any of the neighborhoods in Chicago.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Edgewater,_Chicago   (1025 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Pullman, Chicago
After the strike Pullman gradually became a regular Chicago neighborhood, only with distinguishing Victorian architecture.
Pullman's misfortune came during the Depression during 1893 - 1894.
When demand for Pullman cars slackened, the Pullman company laid off hundreds of workers, and cut hours for others.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pullman,-Chicago   (1025 words)

  
 Ashburn, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ashburn, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Scottsdale to the west is predominantly white with a mixture of Mexican-Americans, Arab-Americans, and African-Americans.
The center square mile is known as Ashburn or St.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ashburn,_Chicago   (201 words)

  
 Chicago, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicago's politics lean famously to the left compared to the rest of the midwest, and it is often said that Chicago is the "East Coast" of the Midwest.
Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country.
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago   (201 words)

  
 Chicago Loop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is bounded by Congress Parkway on the north, Polk Street on the south, Plymouth Court on the east, and the Chicago River on the west.
Chicago's cultural heavyweights, such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the Goodman Theatre, the Lyric Opera at the Civic Opera House building, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, are also in this area, as is the historic Palmer House Hilton hotel, found on East Monroe Street.
The community area boundaries are: the Chicago River on the north and west, Roosevelt Road on the south, and Lake Michigan on the east.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Loop   (932 words)

  
 Chicago 'L' - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 'L' is the principal urban heavy rail and metro serving Chicago, Illinois in the United States.
Chicago Union Station, terminal for all Amtrak and HC, BNSF, MD-W, MD-N, SWS, and NCS Metra trains, is 2 blocks north of Clinton (Blue Line) station and 3 blocks west of Quincy (Loop Brown, Orange, and Purple Line) station.
Chicago Ogilvie Transportation Center (formerly North Western Station), terminal for UP-N, UP-NW, and UP-W Metra trains, is 2 blocks south of Clinton (Green Line) station and 3 blocks west of the Washington/Wells (Loop Brown, Orange and Purple Line) station.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_'L'   (1794 words)

  
 The Global Encyclopedia : Hotels : Travel
Chicago Hotel Network : All rates includes taxes and breakfast
How much money am I really making an hour?
united-states.asinah.net /american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/a/ar/arizona...   (1794 words)

  
 Chicago, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicago's politics lean famously to the left compared to the rest of the midwest, and it is often said that Chicago is the "East Coast" of the Midwest.
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350.
The Lyric Opera of Chicago was founded in 1954 and performs in the Civic Opera Building, which was built in 1929 on the east bank of the Chicago River and is the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, with 3,563 seats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago   (6504 words)

  
 Lakeview, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lakeview was originally a suburb outside the boundaries of Chicago and was a summer getaway for the city's residents.
Boystown is considered the "center" of gay life in Chicago.
The 2000 population of Lakeview was 94,817, making it the second largest community in Chicago.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boystown,_Chicago   (642 words)

  
 Boom Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boom Chicago is an improvisational theater, founded in Amsterdam in 1993 by group of American tourists, who named it after their hometown.
Boom Chicago hosted the European campaign for presidential candidate John Kerry, and is now actively cooperating with the American Book Centre-non profit foundation which is popularizing the American literature in Europe.
Boom Chicago does not hesitate to address the most important issues including dangers of emerging extreme right, xenophobia in the post Pim Fortuyn Dutch society, conspiracy theory, and satire on 9/11 attacks or government bureaucracy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Boom_Chicago   (353 words)

  
 Chicago Blitz
The Chicago Blitz has recently made a change of their management team along with a coaching staff renovation.
All events including the Blitz players or staff must be coordinated through our management team.
The Blitz always welcomes invites for appearances, charity events, and youth league support.
eteamz.active.com /ChicagoBlitz/index.cfm   (353 words)

  
 This is the USFL 1984 Chicago Blitz
Blitz owner Ted Diethrich was equally displeased with his situation in Chicago, but proposed a rather peculiar idea to his fellow league owners.
To compare the Chicago Blitz from the 1983 season to the team of the1984 season would be similar to comparing a dust devil to a black hole.
Head coach George Allen and his Blitz coaching staff along with 40 Blitz players would become members of the new Arizona Wranglers, while 55 of the former Arizona Wranglers were now members of the Chicago Blitz.
www.thisistheusfl.com /team84chi.htm   (353 words)

  
 Category:Chicago neighborhoods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicago is the third largest city in the United States with a population of 2,886,251 (2002).
It is located in the state of Illinois, on the shores of Lake Michigan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Chicago_neighborhoods   (75 words)

  
 Woodlawn, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In recent years, the University's stance on Woodlawn has changed in that it is now a generally stable and safe area, which seems to match a general trend of the improvement of the South Side of Chicago.
The Woodlawn Organization coalesced around the threat of the University bulldozing the whole neighborhood, and has its roots in the pastors's Alliance of Woodlawn.
Up until the 1950s, Woodlawn was a middle class white neighborhood, which grew out of the floods of workers and commerce from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Woodlawn,_Chicago   (1352 words)

  
 Chicago, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicago's politics lean famously to the left compared to the rest of the midwest, and it is often said that Chicago is the "East Coast" of the Midwest.
Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country.
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated with a population of 350.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago   (1352 words)

  
 Uptown, Chicago - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uptown is also a stop for Chicago Gangster tours, with many locations tied to famous gangsters such as John Dillinger, Al Capone, Machine Gun Jack McGurn, Roger "The Terrible" Touhy and others.
Uptown is a diverse neighborhood located north of Chicago's downtown.
The largest in Chicago, this architectural gem is on several Landmark Registers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uptown,_Chicago   (2146 words)

  
 Chicago Tribune
Founded in 1847, the Chicago Daily Tribune was transformed by the arrival in 1855 of editor and co-owner Joseph Medill, who turned the paper into one of the leading voices of the new Republican Party.
By the end of the twentieth century, when the newspaper's parent company (the Tribune Company) was a national media giant that employed close to six thousand Chicago-area residents, the future of traditional print dailies was uncertain.
For most of the city's history, the Chicago Tribune has been Chicago's leading newspaper in terms of both local circulation and national influence.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/275.html   (524 words)

  
 The Global Encyclopedia : Hotels : Travel
Chicago Hotel Network : All rates includes taxes and breakfast
How much money am I really making an hour?
united-states.asinah.net /american-encyclopedia/wikipedia/c/ch/chicago...   (524 words)

  
 1921 Chicago Staleys statistics - pro-football-reference.com
You are here: > pro-football-reference.com > Teams > Chicago Staleys > 1921
For the best fantasy football information on the web, visit footballguys.com.
Points scored: 128 (#3 of 21 in the NFL)
www.pro-football-reference.com /teams/chi1921.htm   (524 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Chicago, IL
On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was incorporated as a town with a population of 350.
In addition, Chicago schools have developed in various aspects of study, such as the famed Chicago school of architecture and the Chicago schools of economic theory, literary criticism and urban sociology, the latter three founded by the University of Chicago.
Chicago is a well-known theater capital and is the mecca for improvisational comedy.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Chicago,-IL   (4009 words)

  
 A Brief History of the Disciples of Christ in West Virginia
III (Chicago: Field Enterprises Educational Corporation, 1974), 423.
www.wvculture.org /history/wvhs123.html   (4009 words)

  
 Great Chicago Fire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Though the fire was one of the largest U.S. disasters of the nineteenth century, the rebuilding that began almost immediately spurred Chicago's development into one of the United States's most populous and economically important cities.
The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned from October 8 to October 10, 1871, killing hundreds and destroying several square miles in Chicago, Illinois.
However, evidence recently reported in the Chicago Tribune by Anthony DeBartolo suggests Louis M. Cohn may have started the fire during a craps game.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire   (1297 words)

  
 Chicago, Illinois - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicago then became one of the largest grain and lumber ports in the world with grain sent to more established populations and lumber being sent to the forest-starved prairies where new settlers needed to build.
Chicago River, which may bring some argument as to geographic restriction, but the impact of which was strongly lessened by the strict adherence to the Chicago grid across the river.
Chicago, along with New York City and Hong Kong, makes up the "big three" when it comes to city skylines.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago,_Illinois   (1297 words)

  
 Stephen A. Douglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Douglas died from typhoid fever on June 3, 1861 at Chicago, where he was buried on the shore of Lake Michigan; the site was afterwards bought by the state, and an imposing monument with a statue by Leonard Volk now stands over his grave.
In the Senate Douglas was not reappointed chairman of the committee on territories.
Douglas was nominated by Northern Democrats; John C. Breckinridge was nominated by Southern Democrats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stephen_A._Douglas   (769 words)

  
 Chicago Coin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chicago Coin was formed in 1931 by partners Sam Gensburg, Lou Koren and Sam Wolberg.
Chicago Coin was one of the early major manufacturers of pinball tables.
Ironically, Chicago Coin would, indirectly, become the only pinball manufacturer by 2000, as Stern Pinball, Inc. Stern Electronics was purchased by Data East in 1987, which later sold their pinball division to Sega in 1994 ; in 1999, Sega sold their pinball division to Gary Stern, and it became Stern Pinball, Inc.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Coin   (769 words)

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