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A view of the memorial on the Midway to Thomas Masaryk by sculptor Albín Polášek, represented as a legendary Knight of Blaník Mountain. The word "plaisance" is both the French spelling of and a quaint obsolete spelling for "pleasance", itself an obscure word in this context meaning "a pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water".
The city and county jointly sponsored an architectural competition that Holabird & Roche won by unanimous vote. [12] Construction of the county building (east wing) began in 1905, and by 1907 some county offices were already beginning to move in. [12] Construction of city hall (the west wing) was delayed until 1909 because the city had to wait for the State to increase its borrowing authority ...
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The State Street building was listed as a Chicago Landmark on February 26, 1997. The Ohio Street and Ontario Street annexes and courtyard were added as Chicago Landmarks on June 27, 2001. [4] The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 1974. [10]
English: " City Hall, Foresty"--Photograph verso. John Flanagan, sculptor; low relief granite sculpture above Chicago's City Hall entrance on La Salle Street.
The parkway in front of Marco De La Rosa’s home remains bare. There isn’t a sapling to bloom in spring or a shade tree to temper the summer heat along this stretch of seven properties in a row ...
The South Shore Cultural Center, in Chicago, Illinois, is a cultural facility located at 71st Street and South Shore Drive, in the city's South Shore neighborhood. It encompasses the club facility, grounds, and beach of the former South Shore Country Club, which in the 1970s became part of the public Chicago Park District.
Kelly College Prep students held an urban tree planting event in Brighton Park on Saturday. Chicago high school students, conversation group plant trees in much-needed Southwest Side [Video] Skip ...