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The original town hall on the lot that 42nd precinct now stands. Between 1857 and 1889, the area north of North Avenue, east of Western Avenue and south of Devon Avenue was a separate township from Chicago called Lake View. The township of Lake View saw a significant growth in population from 2,000 in 1870 to 45,000 in 1887.
The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois.It consists of 81 locations, including a central library, three regional libraries, and branches distributed throughout the city's 77 Community Areas. [5]
Conrad Sulzer Regional Library is one of three regional libraries in the Chicago Public Library system in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It was named for Conrad Sulzer, the first white settler in what became Lakeview Township , whose family held multiple civic posts and established a foundation.
The Franklin Center is a 60-story supertall skyscraper in the Loop neighborhood of downtown Chicago.Completed in 1989 as the AT&T Corporate Center to consolidate the central region headquarters of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company (AT&T), [2] it stands at a height of 1,007 ft (307 m) and contains 1.7 million sq ft (160,000 m 2) of floor space. [3]
The Chicago Cultural Center underwent an extensive [4] renovation during 2021–2022 [5] with the goal of unearthing the original beauty of the building. The detailed restoration of the art glass dome and decorative finishes in the Grand Army of the Republic rooms, a Civil War memorial, was made possible by a grant of services valued at over $15 million to the City of Chicago.
Monroe opened on February 25, 1951, fourteen years after being ordered by the Chicago Rapid Transit Company in 1937. In 1969, the stairs to the northwest corner of Dearborn Street and Monroe Street were closed to allow the construction of the First National Bank Building and Plaza (renamed the Chase Tower ) after the completion of a new entry ...
The Genealogical Society of Monroe County, with funds from the Monroe County Museum, scanned 14,000 historic newspaper pages. They can be searched free. 14K historic local newspaper pages now online
Clark/Lake is an 'L' station located at 100/124 West Lake Street in Chicago's Loop district, and is accessed from the James R. Thompson Center and 203 North LaSalle building. It is one of the most complex stations on the 'L' system, comprising an elevated station and a subway station.