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Hoh Rainforest is one of the largest temperate rainforests in the U.S., located on the Olympic Peninsula in western Washington state. [1] It encompasses 24 square miles (62 km 2 ) of low elevation forest along the Hoh River , ranging from 394 to 2,493 feet (120 to 760 m).
1876–1881 Republican [1] [8] 40th Jacob Rosenberg: 1876–1878 [1] 41st 42nd Patrick Sanders: 1978–1886 Democratic [3] [8] 43rd 44th James T. Appleton: 1881–1889 Democratic [1] [9] 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th George H. Mueller 1886–1888 Republican [1] [9] 51st 52nd John H. Hamline: 1888–1889 Redistricted from 3rd ward [1] John ...
The Municipal Code of Chicago is the codification of local ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Chicago. [1] The Code contains original and new ordinances, adopted by the Chicago City Council, organized into eighteen titles of varying subject matter. [2] The first Code of Chicago was adopted in 1837. [3] The current Code ...
One Square Inch of Silence is a noise control project symbolized by a small red stone symbolically placed in Hoh Rainforest at Olympic National Park in 2005 by author and sound recording specialist Gordon Hempton. [1] [2] [3] The stone's location has been called "the quietest place in the United States".
Chicago is traditionally divided into the three "sides" of the North Side, West Side, and South Side by the Chicago River. These three sides are represented by the white stripes on the Flag of Chicago. [12] The city is also divided into 50 wards for the purpose of electing one alderman each to the Chicago City Council. These wards have at times ...
In July 2017, the city of Chicago passed an ordinance allowing much of the North Branch Industrial Corridor to be zoned for mixed-use development. [14] There are concerns that the Hideout could be impacted by proposed " Lincoln Yards " development of the area [ 8 ] [ 15 ] but, as of July 2018 [update] , the Hideout plans to stay in business.
The former Rainforest Cafe in Chicago once featured a costumed frog named Cha Cha selling beef lava nachos. Plans now call for a new business on the site to instead have budtenders serving ...
Riverdale is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far south side.. As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago, the Riverdale community area extends from 115th Street south to the city boundary at 138th Street and from the Illinois Central ...