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  2. West Argyle Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The village, along with the rest of the Lake View Township, was annexed into Chicago in 1889. [5] In 1908 the Northwestern Elevated Railroad was extended north from Wilson Avenue, using the tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, [ 6 ] This linked the suburb into Chicago's 'L' network , and the area became popular with people of ...

  3. Culture of Tonga - Wikipedia

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    Any description of Tongan culture that limits itself to what Tongans see as anga fakatonga would give a seriously distorted view of what people actually do, in Tonga, or in diaspora, because accommodations are so often made to anga fakapālangi. The following account tries to give both the idealized and the on-the-ground versions of Tongan culture.

  4. List of Chicago Landmarks - Wikipedia

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    Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...

  5. Tunakaimanu Fielakepa - Wikipedia

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    Tunakaimanu Fielakepa was one of the recipients in 2020 of the Prince Claus Awards for culture and its development. The first winner of this award from Oceania , her award was given for: her immense contribution to the ongoing vitality of the women's textile arts, demonstrating that koloa is a living cultural form and an integral part of Tongan ...

  6. Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei - Wikipedia

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    Her father's Tongan heritage is from Tatakamōtonga village in Mu’a, Tongatapu and he also has family links to Ha’apai and Fulaga, Lau Islands, Fiji. [1] Her parents came to New Zealand in the early 1970s from Tonga. [1] Her father was a pastor at the New Zealand Assemblies of God church. [1] 'Ilaiū Talei attended Auckland Girls Grammar.

  7. Editorial: Never count out Chicago’s cultural centrality - AOL

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    However grim things seem to get in Chicago, and we’re often engaged with the problems, the city’s powerful international brand remains one of our biggest assets, as does its all-American beauty.

  8. West Side, Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Further west in Little Village is the Mexican Museum of Culture. Inside the Garfield Park Conservatory. Located within Garfield Park is the Garfield Park Conservatory, one of the largest in the nation. In the Austin neighborhood is the Sankofa Cultural Arts Center, a center for education, art, and workshops on Pan-African cultures.

  9. Pilsen Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Pilsen Historic District is a historic district located in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago. Pilsen is a neighborhood made up of the residential sections of the Lower West Side community area of Chicago. It is recognized as one of the few neighborhoods in Chicago that still has buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. [2]