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South-up map orientation is the orientation of a map with south up, at the top of the map, amounting to a 180-degree rotation of the map from the standard convention of north-up. Maps in this orientation are sometimes called upside down maps or reversed maps .
Evanston [a] is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago , Evanston is 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Chicago , bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, Wilmette to the north, and Lake Michigan to the east.
The district encompasses a section of southeast Evanston that was developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As Chicago expanded in the late nineteenth century, its residential development surged past its northern border and into Evanston, causing the suburb to grow considerably. Early laws, including the first municipal ...
Many credit Walter S. Gurnee as the father of the North Shore. [1] One of the earliest known monographs to be devoted to the North Shore, The Book of the North Shore (1910), and its companion volume, The Second Book of the North Shore (1911), were written by Marian A. White, whose husband J. Harrison White had established a weekly newspaper in Rogers Park in 1895 called the North Shore ...
The development is bordered by Wacker Drive to the north, Columbus Drive to the west, Lake Shore Drive to the east, and East Randolph Street to the south. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill created the master plan for the area. [1] The development, which had been scheduled for completion in 2011, [2] was set for completion in 2013 by 2008. [3]
1] Name on the Register [2] Image Date listed [3] Location City or town Description 1: Andridge Apartments: Andridge Apartments: March 15, 1984 : 1627–1645 Ridge Ave., 1124–1136 Church St. 2: Building at 1101–1113 Maple Avenue
The mansion in 2020 An aerial view of the Harley Clarke mansion's north-facing elevation The Harley Clarke Mansions' front, west-facing elevation. The Harley Clarke Mansion consists of a French Eclectic-style house and coach house located at 2603 Sheridan Road in Evanston, Illinois, adjacent to the historic Grosse Pointe Light and Lighthouse Beach on Lake Michigan.
The Northeast Evanston Historic District is a residential historic district in northeastern Evanston, Illinois. The district includes 474 contributing buildings in an area bounded by Sheridan Place to the north, Lake Michigan to the east, Emerson Street to the south, and Ridge Avenue and the CTA's Purple Line to the west. The area was developed ...