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Brighton is a small community that dates back to the early 19th century, when settlers began the transformation of the Illinois prairie into productive farmland. The village was named after Brighton, Massachusetts. A post office was opened in 1837, and the village was incorporated in 1869. [4] Brighton is noted for its five-star historic museum.
This was closed by Brighton and Hove City Council in 2018 because of non-payment of business rates. [20] By 2015 another part of the building was in use as a bar called Dirty Blondes. [21] The cinema can be seen in the background of some scenes in the 1979 film Quadrophenia. [19]
The Waterloo Historic District is a historic district composed of the majority of central Waterloo, Illinois. The district includes 271 buildings, of which 182 are contributing buildings to its historic character. [ 2 ]
Monroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois.According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 34,962. [1] Its county seat and largest city is Waterloo. [2]
Cinespace Film Studios is a group of film studio facilities in the US and Canada.It was founded in 1988 by Greek-Canadian Nick Mirkopoulos. [1] The studio started with a facility in Vaughan, a suburb of Toronto, which had been in operation since the 1960s.
Cinema 16 was a New York City–based film society founded by Amos Vogel. From 1947 to 1963, he and his wife, Marcia, ran the most successful and influential membership film society in North American history, at its height boasting 7000 members.
Waterloo is located northeast of the center of Monroe County at (38.335243, -90.152685 Illinois Route 3 passes through the west side of the city, bypassing the downtown; it leads north 8 miles (13 km) to Columbia and southeast 13 miles (21 km) to Red Bud.
16-year-old school dropout Wong Ka-mui, who became a sex worker through a compensated dating network, was reported missing on 29 April 2008, and her last sighting was two days before. Nine days after her disappearance, following a tip-off, a 24-year-old transport worker Ting Kai-tai was arrested on suspicion of murdering Wong.