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Washington Park Subdivision is south of Washington Park.(Chicago Park District - green, University of Chicago - lavender)The Washington Park Subdivision is the name of the historic 3-city block by 4-city block subdivision in the northwest corner of the Woodlawn community area, on the South Side of Chicago in Illinois that stands in the place of the original Washington Park Race Track.
The Lorado Taft Midway Studios are a historic artist studio complex at South Ingleside Avenue and East 60th Street, on the campus of the University of Chicago on the South Side of Chicago. The architecturally haphazard structure, originating as two converted barns and a Victorian house, was used from 1906 to 1929 as the studio of Lorado Taft ...
Burton–Judson Courts (BJ) is a dormitory located on the University of Chicago campus. The neo-Gothic style structure was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Zantzinger, Borie & Medary, and was completed in 1931 at a cost of $1,756,287.
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]
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, which uses the trade name Harrison Street, is a real estate investment firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The firm is currently the alternative real assets arm of Colliers International. In 2024, Harrison Street ranks as one of the top five owners in senior housing in the U.S. [2]
The Fisher Building is 20-story, 275-foot-tall (84 m) neo-Gothic landmark building located at 343 South Dearborn Street in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago. Commissioned by paper magnate Lucius Fisher, the original building was completed in 1896 by D.H. Burnham & Company [2] with an addition later added in 1907. [3]
He was a childhood resident living in Woodlawn near East 63rd Street and South Ingleside Avenue. [20] Robert Conrad (1935–2020), actor; Clarence Darrow (1857–1938), attorney, resided at 1537 East 60th Street for most of his adult life [21] Walter Eckersall (1886–1930), football official and sportswriter [22] Hamlin Garland (1860–1940 ...
Historically, this section of Archer was a part of Illinois Route 4, the original 1924 highway connecting St. Louis and Chicago. [4] In 1926, Route 4 was rerouted to the north side of the Des Plaines River on an alignment that subsequently became U.S. Route 66, and its former route on Archer was redesignated as Illinois Route 4A. [5]