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McCormick Place. / 41.85194°N 87.61611°W / 41.85194; -87.61611. McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago. It is the largest convention center in North America. [ 2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the Chicago Loop.
The Chicago Children's Museum is located at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded in 1982 by The Junior League of Chicago who were responding to programming cutbacks in the Chicago Public Schools. Originally housed in two hallways of the Chicago Public Library, it soon began to offer trunk shows and traveling exhibits in response to ...
The James R. Thompson Center (JRTC), originally the State of Illinois Center, is a postmodern -style civic building designed by architect Helmut Jahn, located at 100 W. Randolph Street in the Loop district of Chicago. Designed with a post-modernist rotunda, it was built to house offices of the Illinois state government in the most populated ...
The former Florence B. Price Elementary School, North Kenwood, Chicago. R.S. Abbott Elementary School - located at 3630 S. Wells; opened in 1881 and closed in 2008; the building currently houses Air Force Academy High School. John P. Altgeld Elementary School - located at 1340 W 71st St.; closed in 2014.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Children's folk singer and Chicago treasure Ella Jenkins turned 100 on Tuesday, and celebrations are happening everywhere—from the Old Town School of Folk Music to Gallagher Way ...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital. / 41.89472°N 87.62194°W / 41.89472; -87.62194. Northwestern Memorial Hospital ( NMH) is a nationally ranked academic medical center located on Northwestern University 's Chicago campus in Streeterville, Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship campus for Northwestern Medicine and the primary teaching ...
Ford City Mall is a shopping mall located on the Southwest Side of Chicago in the West Lawn neighborhood at 76th Street and Cicero Avenue. [ 2] Opened in 1965, Ford City is the largest shopping mall in Chicago outside of downtown. Anchored by JCPenney, the mall contains more than 135 stores and restaurants including Applebee’s, Bath & Body ...
Chicago Cultural Center. / 41.88389°N 87.62500°W / 41.88389; -87.62500. The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building operated by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The Cultural Center houses the city's official reception venue, where the Mayor of Chicago has welcomed presidents ...