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Multilevel streets in Chicago. 360 North Michigan, Mather Tower and 35 East Wacker stand on East Wacker Drive just west of Michigan Avenue and the Michigan Avenue Bridge. Downtown Chicago, Illinois, has some double-decked and a few triple-decked streets immediately north and south of the Main Branch and immediately east of the South Branch of ...
A scattering of diagonal streets, many of them originally Native American trails [citation needed], also cross the city. Many additional diagonal streets were recommended in the Plan of Chicago, but only the extension of Ogden Avenue was ever constructed. In the 1950s and 1960s, a network of superhighways was built radiating from the city center.
Maxwell Street is an east–west street in Chicago, Illinois, that intersects with Halsted Street just south of Roosevelt Road.It runs at 1330 South in the numbering system running from 500 West to 1126 West. [1]
Chicago Pedway. Coordinates: 41°53′03.2″N 87°37′28.7″W. OpenStreetMap map of the Pedway. Sign of the Chicago Pedway. An underground Pedway tunnel. Inside a Pedway bridge between the Ogilvie Transportation Center and 2 North Riverside Plaza. The Chicago Pedway is a network of tunnels, ground-level concourses and bridges in Chicago ...
Community areas in Chicago. The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes. Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which serve as the basis for a variety of urban planning initiatives on both the local and regional levels. The areas' boundaries do not generally change, allowing ...
Dempster Street is a major east–west street in the northern suburbs of Chicago. It is assigned 8800 North in the Chicago address system, being located 11 miles (18 km) north of Madison Street. The road begins at Illinois Route 62 (Algonquin Road) in Mount Prospect. From there, it goes east and enters Des Plaines, where it intersects Illinois ...
The Rookery Building is a historic landmark located at 219 South LaSalle Street. Completed by John Wellborn Root and Daniel Burnham of Burnham and Root in 1888, it is considered one of their masterpiece buildings. It measures 181 feet (55 m), is twelve stories tall and is one of the oldest standing high-rises in Chicago.
Pershing Road (Chicago) Pershing Road is an east-west street on the south side of Chicago and in its immediate western suburbs in Cook County, Illinois. It is precisely four miles south of Madison Street, the division point between north and south street numbering, and marks the 3900 South point in the region's street numbering system.