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Sunset Cafe. Coordinates: 41.8309°N 87.6186°W. 1923 advertisement. The Sunset Cafe, also known as The Grand Terrace Cafe or simply Grand Terrace, [1] was a jazz club in Chicago, Illinois operating during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. It was one of the most important jazz clubs in America, especially during the period between 1917 and 1928 when ...
The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.
Between 1870 and 1900, Chicago grew from a city of 299,000 to nearly 1.7 million and was the fastest-growing city in world history. Chicago's flourishing economy attracted huge numbers of new immigrants from Eastern and Central Europe, especially Jews, Poles, and Italians, along with many smaller groups.
The earliest sunset (Dec. 4) and latest sunrise (Jan. 11) are 38 days apart. The shortest day is two weeks away, but the earliest sunsets are here. The earliest sunset (Dec. 4) and latest sunrise ...
The Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio was a complex astronomical clock built between 1348 and 1364 in Padova, Italy, by the doctor and clock-maker Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio. The Astrarium had seven faces and 107 moving gears; it showed the positions of the sun, the moon and the five planets then known, as well as religious feast days.
The proud mom first shared a selfie of her family of five, which was taken by North. Her three other kids — Psalm, Chicago and Saint — could be seen smiling in the photo, posing outside.
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.
Sunset times will then continue to move earlier through the rest of November and early December, with the earliest sunset time at 4:55 p.m. This sunset time will last 11 days, from Saturday, Dec ...