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DuSable Bridge. / 41.888861°N 87.624361°W / 41.888861; -87.624361. The DuSable Bridge (formerly the Michigan Avenue Bridge) is a bascule bridge that carries Michigan Avenue across the main stem of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. The bridge was proposed in the early 20th century as part of a plan to link ...
Showmen's Rest. Coordinates: 41°51′2.1″N 87°49′10.0″W. One of the five elephants surrounding Showmen's Rest. Showmen's Rest in Forest Park, Illinois, is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery mostly for circus performers owned by the Showmen's League of America. [1] [2] The first performers and show workers that were buried there are ...
Magnificent Mile. / 41.89535; -87.62432. The Magnificent Mile, sometimes referred to as The Mag Mile, is an upscale section of Chicago 's Michigan Avenue, running from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side. [ 1] The district is located within downtown and one block east of Rush Street. The Magnificent Mile serves as the main ...
The Shops at North Bridge, once known as Westfield North Bridge, is an upscale, urban retail-entertainment district in Chicago, Illinois, located at 520 N. Michigan Avenue. Its anchor store is Nordstrom. Its name alludes first to its location within the nine-block North Bridge complex and to the literal distinction of the shopping center ...
Michigan Avenue is a north-south street in Chicago that runs at 100 east on the Chicago grid. The northern end of the street is at DuSable Lake Shore Drive on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Gold Coast Historic District. The street's southern terminus is at Sibley Boulevard in the southern suburb of Dolton, but like many other Chicago streets ...
July 19, 1984. Designated CL. April 9, 2003. The Chicago Harbor Lighthouse is an automated active lighthouse, and stands at the south end of the northern breakwater protecting the Chicago Harbor, to the east of Navy Pier and the mouth of the Chicago River .
Americans lose an average of five items per month. Tile identified the most commonly lost items, using data from a Shane Co. survey.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago was formed on February 12, 1871, by the merger of Westminster Presbyterian Church and North Presbyterian Church. [ 1] The combined congregation dedicated a new church building on Sunday, October 8, 1871. The Great Chicago Fire began later that day and destroyed the young congregation's new sanctuary.