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Robin Roberts Stadium at Lanphier Park is a stadium in Springfield, Illinois. [1] It is primarily used for baseball.It originally opened in 1928 as Reservoir Stadium (name references to water reservoir located on what is now Lanphier High School [2]) [3] and was renovated in 1977.
Barney attended public school in Framingham. [1] Barney was one of the first consumers to buy a Knox Automobile [4] in the early 1900s, [3]: 140 and brought the first bicycle to Springfield, Massachusetts. [3]: 137 He personally enjoyed skating [5] and canoeing, [6] having taken up the sport in 1883.
Springfield is the capital city of the U.S. state of Illinois and the seat of Sangamon County.The city's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census, which makes it the state's seventh-most populous city, [10] the second-most populous outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the most populous in Central Illinois.
Rosenwald was born in Springfield in 1862. He attended public schools and lived in Springfield until 1879. His philanthropy included establishing the Rosenwald Fund which was noted for donations to African American education and YMCAs. Rosenwald played a leading role in the creation of the Museum of Science and Industry. [3]
White Oaks Mall is a shopping mall in Springfield, Illinois, United States.It is located at the junction of Illinois Route 4 (Veterans Parkway) and Wabash Avenue. With 928,772 square feet (86,285.7 m 2) of retail space, it is the largest shopping mall in Central Illinois. [1]
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The Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of two counties in Central Illinois, anchored by the city of Springfield. As of the 2000 census , the MSA had a population of 201,437 (though a July 1, 2009 estimate placed the population at 208,182).
Edward Wren Co. (Springfield), also was known as Wren's, sold to Allied Stores in 1952, merged with & rebranded as William H. Block Co. (Indianapolis) in 1984, closed 1987 [422] [423] [424] Zayre was a chain of discount stores that operated in the eastern half of the United States from 1956 to 1990, later sold to Ames (store)