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In 2004, the city of Chicago – which "became notorious in the dance community around the world for passing the so-called 'anti-rave ordinance' in 2000 that made property owners, promoters and deejays subject to $10,000 fines for being involved in an unlicensed dance party" [9] – named a stretch of street in downtown Chicago [10] after ...
The Aragon's proximity to the Chicago 'L' train provided patrons with easy access, and often crowds in excess of 18,000 would attend during each six-day business week. Each night, powerhouse radio station WGN broadcast an hour-long program from the hall to audiences throughout the United States and Canada. Some reports indicate the broadcast ...
On April 12, 1924, the station commenced officially, using the call letters WLS (for "World's Largest Store"), and broadcasting from its new studios in the Sherman House Hotel in downtown Chicago. [1] [11] The station's transmitter was originally located outside Crete, Illinois. [1] [4] On April 19, the station aired its first National Barn ...
In the area surrounded by the Trump International Hotel & Tower to the west, the Chicago River to the south, Rush Street and the Wrigley Building to the east and McDonald's and River Plaza to the north the towers designers have planned a 1.2-acre (4,856.2 m 2) Riverfront Park & Riverwalk along a space that is 500 feet (152.4 m). [25]
Downtown buildings are sinking. The good news is that it’s happening slowly. Tribune reporters Adriana Perez and Rebecca Johnson spoke with experts on the cause (underground climate change), the ...
Downtown Chicago, Illinois, has some double-decked and a few triple-decked streets immediately north and south of the Main Branch and immediately east of the South Branch of the Chicago River. The most famous and longest of these is Wacker Drive, which replaced the South Water Street Market upon its 1926 completion. [1]
A bike counter near the intersection of Wells Street and Chicago Avenue. Wells Street starts off as a frontage road of I-90/I-94 (Dan Ryan Expressway) carrying southbound traffic from 63rd Street to 65th Street near the Rock Island District line [5] and from 47th Street to 59th Street.
Chicago favorites Alkaline Trio recently [when?] celebrated playing 30 sold out shows at the venue. On July 22, 2007, Metro celebrated its 25th anniversary, with a free public concert at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion with the Decemberists backed by the Grant Park Orchestra. On July 21, 2007, Metro held an employee reunion and public ...