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The Joliet Gateway Center is 37.2 miles (59.9 km) from Chicago Union Station on Metra's Heritage Corridor, and 40 miles (64.4 km) from Chicago's LaSalle Street Station on the Rock Island District. It is the only Metra station outside of its Chicago stations where two lines terminate.
The Rock Island opened a depot on East Jefferson Street, at the site of the current Union Station, in 1854. Joliet was served by four trunkline railroads by 1885: the Rock Island; the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe; the Chicago & Alton; and the Michigan Central. Each railroad operated its own station in Joliet, and the city grew into a major ...
Joliet Memorial Stadium is a 10,000 seat multipurpose stadium located in Joliet, Illinois It is used mostly for American football and soccer matches, and also sometimes for athletics. It was built in the early 1950s, opened in 1951 and is dedicated to Joliet residents who fought in World Wars I and II as well as the Korean War .
Roughly North First Street and both sides of North Second Street, roughly bounded by the alley south of Main and north by North Street 41°20′03″N 87°47′29″W / 41.334167°N 87.791389°W / 41.334167; -87.791389 ( Downtown Peotone Historic
Joliet was founded in 1831, deemed an ideal place for a settlement to reap the local natural resources. Most importantly, large beds of limestone provided a strong economic incentive to develop the area. Several important structures were constructed with Joliet limestone, including the Old State Capitol and Chicago Water Tower.
The Universalist Church of Joliet (UUCJ) is a Unitarian Universalist church, and is home to one of the oldest congregations in Joliet, Illinois. The congregation originally incorporated as the First Universalist Society of Juliet in 1844; however, Universalists had been meeting in Juliet, as Joliet was then called, as early as 1836.
During the 2008–2009 school year, Central and West began to separate their football programs, causing the West mascot to become the Tiger again, leaving Central as the Steelmen. The split began with Joliet's freshmen football team dividing. By the 2010–2011 school year, Joliet Central and Joliet West will have their own football teams.
Louis Joliet Mall opened in 1978 with anchor stores Sears and Marshall Field's. Bergner's and JCPenney were added to the mall in 1979. Homart Development Company a subsidiary of Sears financed construction with the structure being designed by Architectonics, Inc. The single story mall featured cathedral ceilings and atriums. [2]