Chicago

  • Sobriquet: Second City
  • Moniker: Windy City

  • Type: Metropolis


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Places

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7th District Police Station
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943 - 949 W Maxwell St
A M Rothschild and Company Store
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333 S State St E Van Buren St
Abraham Groesbeck House
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1304 W Washington Blvd
Adler Planetarium
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1300 S Lake Shore Dr
Albert F Madlener House
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4 W Burton St
Alinea
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1723 N Halsted St W Willow St
Allan Miller House
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7121 S Paxton Ave
Alta Vista Terrace Historic District
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Block bounded by W Byron, W Grace, N Kenmore, and N Seminary Sts
Ambassador Hotel Chicago
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1301 N State Pkwy W Goethe St
American Book Company Building
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320-34 E Cermak Rd
Anderson-Carlson Building
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2044-48 W Farwell Ave
Andersonville Commercial Historic District, Chicago
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4900 - 5800 N Clark St
Ann Halsted House
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440 Belden St
Anton E Hanson House
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7610 S Ridgeland Ave
Archbishop Residence, Chicago
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E North Blvd 1555 N State St
Armour Square
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Bounded by W 33rd St, W 34th Place, S Wells Ave and S Shields Ave
Art Institute of Chicago
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111 S Michigan Ave E Adams St
Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing
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230 S Columbus Dr E Monroe St
Arthur H Compton House, Chicago
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5637 S Woodlawn Ave Btw E 56th St and E 57th St
Astor Towers
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1300 N Astor St E Goethe St
Auditorium Building, Roosevelt University
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430 S Michigan Ave Congress St
Austin Historic District (Chicago)
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Roughly bounded by W Ohio St, N Waller, Parkside, W West End and N Mayfield Aves and W Corcoran Pl
Austin Town Hall Park Historic District
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Roughly bounded by West Lake St, N Central Ave, N Parkside Ave, and West Race Ave
Automatic Electric Company Building
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1001 W Van Buren
AVR 661
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Calumet Harbor
Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre
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175 N State St
Balaban and Katz Uptown Theatre
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4814 - 4816 N Broadway
Belden Stratford
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2300 N Lincoln Park W
Belmont-Sheffield Trust and Savings Bank Building
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1001 W Belmont Ave and 3146 N Sheffield Ave
Belmonte Flats
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4257 - 4259 S Dr Martin Luther King Jr Dr, and 400-412 E 43rd St
Berger Park
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6205 - 47 N Sheridan Rd
Best Brewing Company of Chicago Building
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1315 - 1317 W Fletcher
BF Goodrich Company Showroom
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1925 S Michigan Ave
Biograph Theater Building
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2433 N Lincoln Ave
Bohemian National Cemetery
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Roughly bounded by Foster Ave, Pulaski Rd, Bryn Mawr Ave, and the approx. line of Central Park Ave
Boyce Building
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500 - 510 N Dearborn St
Brooks Building
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223 W Jackson Blvd
Bryan Lathrop House
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120 E Bellevue Pl
Bryn Mawr Avenue Historic District
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Bryn Mawr Ave From Sheridan Rd to Broadway
Buckingham Building
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59 67 E Van Buren St
Buena Park Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Graceland Cemetery, Marine Drive, Irving Park Road, and Montrose Ave
Building at 14-16 Pearson Street
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14 - 16 Pearson St
Building at 257 East Delaware
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257 E Delaware
Building at 399 West Fullerton Parkway
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399 W Fullerton Ave
Building at 5510 North Sheridan
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5510 N Sheridan Rd
Building at 900 West Lake Street
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900 W Lake St
Buildings at 860-880 Lake Shore Drive
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860 - 880 Lake Shore Drive
Burlingham Building
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104 W Oak St
Calumet Fisheries
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3259 E 95th St
Calumet Park
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9801 S Avenue G
Calumet Plant, R R Donnelley and Sons Company
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350 E 22nd St
Carl Sandburg House
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4646 N Hermitage Ave Between Leland Ave and Wilson Ave
Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company
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1 S State St
Castlewood Terrace
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819 - 959 W Castlewood Terr
Central Park Theater
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3531-39 - W Roosevelt Rd
Chapin and Gore Building
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63 E Adams St
Charles Hitchcock Hall
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1009 E 57th St
Charles N Loucks House
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3926 N Keeler Ave
Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot
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6088 North Northwest Hwy
Chicago and North Western Railway Power House
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211 N Clinton St
Chicago Avenue Water Tower and Pumping Station
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Both sides N Michigan Ave Between E Chicago St and E Pearson St
Chicago Beach Hotel
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5100 - 5110 S Cornell Ave
Chicago Bee Building
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3647 - 3655 S State Ave
Chicago Board of Trade Building
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141 W Jackson Blvd
Chicago Club
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81 E Van Buren St
Chicago Cultural Center
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78 E Washington St N Michigan Ave
Chicago Defender Building
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3435 S Indiana Ave
Chicago Federal Center
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Entire block bounded by Dearborn, Jackson, Clark and Adams and the contiguous half-block E. of Dearborn
Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
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N Breakwater
Chicago Lakefront Trail
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Chicago Savings Bank Building
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7 W Madison St
Chicago Telephone Company Kedzie Exchange
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17 S Homan Ave
Chicago Tribune Tower
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435 N Michigan Ave E Illinois St
Chicago Union Station
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S Riverside Plaza S Canal St, W Adams St, W Jackson Blvd
Chicago Varnish Company Building
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33 W Kinzie St
Church of the Epiphany
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201 S Ashland Ave
Clarence Darrow House
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4219 S Vincennes
Cloud Gate, Chicago
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N Michigan Ave Btw W Washington St and E Madison St, Millennium Park
Coca Cola Company Building
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1322 - 1336 S Wabash Ave
Columbus Park
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500 S Central Ave
Columbus Park
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Bounded by W Adams Street, S Central Avenue, Eisenhower Expressway, and S Austin Boulevard
Comiskey Park (Lost)
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324 W 35th St
Congress Plaza Hotel
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520 S Michigan Ave E Ida B Wells Dr
Continental and Commercial National Bank
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208 S LaSalle S
Conway Building
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111 W Washington St
Cook County Criminal Court Building
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54 W Hubbard St
Cook County Hospital Administration Building
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1835 W Harrison St
Cook County Jail Complex
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2700 S California Ave W 26th St
Cornell Square
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1809 W 50th St
Crane Company Building
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836 S Michigan Ave
Curt Teich and Company Building
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1733-55 W Irving Park Rd
Davis Square
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Roughly bounded by W 44th St, W, 45th St, S Marshfield Ave and S Hemitage Ave
Dawson Brothers Plant
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517 - 519 N Halsted St
Dearborn Station
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47 W Polk St
Delaware Building
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36 W Randolph St
Douglas Tomb State Memorial
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636 E State St
Dr Daniel Hale Williams House
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445 E 42nd St
Drake Hotel
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140 E Walton St
East Park Towers
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5236 - 5252 S Hyde Park Blvd
East Ravenswood Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Lawrence Ave, Clark St, Irving Park Rd and Ravenswood St
East Village Historic District, Chicago
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Bounded by Division St and Chicago, Hermitage and Damen Aves
Edgewater Beach Apartments
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5555 N Sheridan Rd
Edison Park
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6755 N Northwest Hwy
Eighth Regiment Armory
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3533 S Giles Ave
Emil Bach House
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7415 N Sheridan Rd
Emmel Building
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1357 N Wells St
Epworth Methodist Episcopal Church
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5253 N Kenmore Ave
Eugene Field Park
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5100 N Ridgeway Ave
Fairbanks, Morse and Company Building
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900 S Wabash Ave
Falconer Bungalow Historic District
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Roughly bounded by W Wellington Ave, N Lamon Ave, N Laramie Ave, and the alley N of W Diversey Ave
Field Museum of Natural History
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1400 S Lake Shore Dr E Roosevelt Rd
First Congregational Church of Austin
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5701 W Midway Pl
First Presbyterian Church of Chicago
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6400 S Kimbark Ave E 64th St
Fisher Building
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343 S Dearborn St W Van Buren St
Flamingo-On-The-Lake Apartments
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5500 - 5520 S Shore Dr
Fort Dearborn Hotel
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401 S LaSalle St
Four Nineteen Building
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419 E 83rd St
Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
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126 E Chestnut St
Francis J Dewes House
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503 W Wrightwood Ave
Frank R Lillie House
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5801 Kenwood Ave
Frederic Delano Mansion
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510 W Wellington Ave N Pine Grove Ave
Frederick C Robie House
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5757 S Woodlawn Ave E 58th St
Fuller Park
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331 W 45th St
Gage Group-Ascher, Keith, and Gage Buildings
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18 - 30 S Michigan Ave
Garden Homes Historic District
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Roughly bounded by S Wabash Ave, E. 87th St, S Indiana Ave and E. 89ths
Garfield Park
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100 N Central Park Ave
Gauler, John, Houses
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5917 - 5921 N Magnolia Ave
Germania Club
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108 W Germania Pl N Clark St
Gold Coast Historic District
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Roughly bounded by North Ave, Lake Shore Dr, Clark and Oak Sts
Goldblatt Bros Department Store
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4700 S Ashland Ave
Graceland Cemetery
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4001 N Clark St
Grand Crossing Park
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7655 S Ingleside Ave
Grant Park
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Roughly, From the Chicago R. to E. McFetridge Dr at Lake Michigan
Gustavus F Swift House, Chicago
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E 49th 4848 S Ellis Ave
Guyon Hotel
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4000 W Washington Blvd
Hamilton Park
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513 W 72nd St
Harold Washington Library
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400 S State St W Congress Pkwy
Harriet F Rees House
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2017 S Prairie Ave
Henry B Clarke House
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1827 S Indiana Ave
Henry E Legler Regional Branch of the Chicago Public Library
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115 S Pulaski Rd
Hermitage Apartments
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4606 N Hermitage Ave
Holy Name Cathedral
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735 N State St E Superior St
Holy Trinity Russian Orthodox Cathedral and Rectory
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1117 - 1127 N Leavitt
Home Bank and Trust Company
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1200 N Ashland Ave
Horace E Horton Residence, Chicago
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10200 S Longwood Dr W 102nd St
Hotel Del Prado
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5307 S Hyde Park Blvd
Hotel St Benedict Flats
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40, 42, 50 E Chicago Ave, 801 N Wabash Ave
Hotel Windermere East
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1642 E 56th St
Hull House
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800 S Halsted St
Humboldt Park
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Roughly bounded by N Sacramento and Augusta Blvds., and N Kedzie, North and N California Aves and W Division St
Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District
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Roughly bounded by 47th and 59th Sts, Cottage Groves and Lake Park Aves
Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District - E 49th St
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821-829 and 816 - 826 E 49th St
Hyde Park-Kenwood Historic District - E 52nd St
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825-833 and 837 - 849 E 52nd St
IBM Building
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330 N Wabash
Ida B Wells-Barnett House
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3624 S Martin Luther King Dr
Illinois Athletic Club
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112 S Michigan Ave
Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus
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Roughly bounded by 31st St, State St, 325th St and the Dan Ryan Expressway
Immaculata High School
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600 W Irving Park Rd
Independence Park
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3945 N Springfield Ave
Indian Boundary Park
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2500 W Lunt
Inland Steel Building
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30 W Monroe St
International Tailoring Company Building
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847 W Jackson Blvd
Isadore H Heller House
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5132 S Woodland Ave
Jackson Park Historic Landscape District and Midway Plaisance
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S Stony Is Ave Jackson and Midway Plaisance parks
Jackson Shore Apartments
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5490 S Shore Dr
Jackson Urban Park, Chicago
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S Stony Is Ave Btw E 56th St and E 67th St
Jacob A Riis Park
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6100 W Fullerton Ave
James Charnley House
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1365 N Astor St
James H Pearson House
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1513 W Adams St
Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite
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401 N Michigan Ave
Jefferson Park
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4822 N Long Ave
Jeffery-Cyril Historic District
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7146-7148, 7128 - 7138 Cyril Ave, 7144--7148, 7147 and 7130 S Jeffrey Blvd, and 1966--1974 E Seventy-First Pl
Jennie Foley Building
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626 - 628 S Racine Ave
Jewelers' Building
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15 - 19 S Wabash Ave
Jewish People's Institute
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3500 W Douglas Blvd
John G Shedd Aquarium
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1200 S Lake Shore Dr
John J Glessner House
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1800 S Prairie Ave
John R Thompson's Restaurant Site
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N State St W Randolph St
John W Griffiths Mansion
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3806 S Michigan Ave
Kehilath Anshe Ma'ariv Synagogue
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3301 S Indiana Ave
Keith House
1900 S Prairie Ave E Walnut Ln
Kenwood Evangelical Church
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4600 - 4608 S Greenwood Ave
Krause Music Store
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4611 N Lincoln Ave
Lake-Side Terrace Apartments
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7425 - 7427 S Shore Dr
Lakeside Press Building
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731 S Plymouth Ct
Lakeview Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Wrightwood, Lakeview, Sheridan, Belmont, Halsted, Wellington, Racine, and George Sts
Lakeview Historic District - Belmont Ave
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701, 705, 711, 715--717, 721, 733--735, 737 and 739 Belmont Ave, 3162 and 3164 N Orchard, and 3171 Halsted Sts
Lakewood Balmoral Historic District
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Bounded by Magnolia, Wayne, Foster, and Bryn Mawr Aves
Leiter II Building
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S State and E Congress Sts NE corner
Liberty Life-Supreme Life Insurance
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3501 N Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Lincoln Park
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2045 Lincoln Park W
Lincoln Park Lily Pool
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Fullerton Drive Between Cannon and Stockton Drives in Lincoln Park
Lincoln Park, South Pond Refectory
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2021 N Stockton Dr
Lindemann and Hoverson Company Showroom and Warehouse
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2620 W Washington Blvd
Logan Square Boulevards Historic District
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Logan Sq W Logan Blvd, N Kedzie Blvd, Palmer Sq and N Humbolt Blvd
LondonHouse Chicago
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85 E Wacker Dr Chicago River
Loop Retail Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Lake St, Wabash Ave, Congress Parkway, and State St
Lorado Taft Midway Studios
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6016 S Ingleside Ave
Lou Mitchell's Restaurant
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565 W Jackson Blvd
Ludington Building
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1104 S Wabash Ave
Lumber Exchange Building and Tower Addition
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11 S LaSalle S
Malden Towers
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4521 N Malden St
Mandel Brothers Warehouse Building
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3254 N Halsted St
Manhattan Building
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431 S Dearborn St W Congress Pkwy
Manor House
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1021 - 1029 W Bryn Mawr Ave
Marina City
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300 N State St Chicago River
Marquette Building
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140 S Dearborn St
Marshall Field Company Store
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111 N State St
Marshall Field Garden Apartments
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1336 - 1452 Sedgwick St, 1337--1453 Hudson Ave, 400--424 Evergreen St and 401--425 Blackhawk St
Marshall Field Jr House
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1919 S Prairie Ave N of E Cullerton St
Maxwell Street Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Roosevelt Rd, Liberty and Maxwell Sts, Union St, and the rear alley of Halsted St
Maxwell-Briscoe Automobile Company Showroom
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1737 S Michigan Ave
Mayfair Apartments
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1650 - 1666 E 56th St
Maynard, Isaac N, Rowhouses
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119,121 , 123 W Delaware Place
McClurg Building
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218 S Wabash Ave
Meekerville Historic District
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303 Barry Ave, 325,303-341,344 Wellington Ave, 340 Oakdale Ave
Michigan-Wacker Historic District
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N Michigan Ave and E Wacker Dr Environs
Midway Plaisance Park, Chicago
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Midway Plaisance Btw E 59th St and E 60th St
Midwest Athletic Club
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6 N Hamlin Ave
Millennium Park, Chicago
N Michigan Ave E Randolph St
Monadock Building
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53 W Jackson Blvd S Dearborn St
Montgomery Ward Company Complex
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619 W Chicago Ave
Motor Row Historic District
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Roughly bounded by 22nd St, Indiana St, 24th Place, and Wabash St
Mrs Charles Kellogg Residence, Chicago
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1923 S Prairie Ave N of E Cullerton St
Mundelein College Skyscraper Building
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6363 N Sheridan Rd
Municipal Courts Building
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116 S Michigan Ave
Museum of Science and Industry
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5700 S Lake Shore Dr Jackson Park
Navy Pier, Chicago
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200 Streeter Dr
New Masonic Building and Oriental Theater
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20 W Randolph St
Noble-Seymour-Crippen House
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5622 5624 N Newark Ave
North Mayfair Bungalow Historic District
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Roughly bounded by W Foster Ave, N Pulaski Rd, N Kilbourn Ave, and W Lawrence Ave
North Wells Street Historic District
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1240 - 1260 N Wells St
Northwestern Terra Cotta Company Building
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1701 - 1711 W Terra Cotta Pl
Norwood Park Historical District
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Roughly bounded by Harlem Ave, Nagle Ave, Bryn Mawr Ave, and Avondale St
Notre Dame de Chicago
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1338 W Flournoy St
Old Chicago Historical Society Building
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632 N Dearborn St Ontario St
Old Colony Buildings
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407 S Dearborn St
Old Main Building
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3235 W Foster Ave North Park College Campus
Old St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Chicago
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718 W Adams St
Old Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards
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Exchange Ave
Old Town Triangle Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Armitage and North Aves, Clark and Mohawk Sts
Oliver Building
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159 N Dearborn St
One LaSalle Street Building
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1 N LaSalle St
Orchestra Hall
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220 S Michigan Ave
Original Playboy Mansion
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1340 N State Pkwy E Banks St
Oscar Stanton De Priest House
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4536 - 4538 S Dr Martin Luther King, Jr Dr
Otis Elevator Company Factory Building
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1435 W 15th St and 1501 S Laflin St
Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica
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3121 W Jackson Blvd S Albany Ave
Outer Drive Bridge, Chicago
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N Lake Shore Dr
Overton Hygienic Building
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3619 - 3627 S State St
Page Brothers Building
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Lake and State Sts SE corner
Palmer Park
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201 E 111th St
Palmolive Building
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919 N Michigan Ave
Patrick J King House
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3234 W Washington Blvd
Pattington Apartments
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660 - 700 Irving Park Rd
Peoples Gas Building
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122 S Michigan Ave
Pilsen Historic District
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Roughly bounded by W 16th St, W Cermak Rd, S Halsted St and S Western Ave
Poinsetta Apartments
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5528 S Hyde Park Blvd
Pontiac Building
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542 S Dearborn St
Portage Park
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4100 N Long Ave
Prairie Avenue District
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Prairie Ave
Produce Terminal Cold Storage Company Building
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1550 South Blue Island Av.
Promontory Apartments
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5530 - 5532 S Shore Dr
Pulaski Park and Fieldhouse
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1419 W Blackhawk St
Pullman Historic District
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Quigley Preparatory Seminary
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103 E Chestnut St
Quinn Chapel of the AME Church
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2401 S Wabash Ave
Railway Exchange Building, Chicago
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80 E Jackson Blvd and 224 S Michigan Ave
Ravenswood Manor Historic District
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Between Sacramento Ave, N branch of the Chicago river, and alleys S of Lawrence Ave and N of Montrose Ave
Raymond M Hilliard Center Historic District
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Jct of Cermak Rd and S State St
Reebie Moving and Storage Company
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2325 - 2333 N Clark St
Reese, Michael Hospital Campus
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Roughly bounded by 26th St, Cottage Grove, Vernon Avenues, 31st St, and the Illinois Central Railroad Tracks
Reid Murdoch Building
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325 N LaSalle St
Reliance Building
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32 N State St W Washington St
Renaissance Blackstone Hotel
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636 S Michigan Ave E Balbo Ave
Ridge Historic District
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Roughly bounded by RR tracks, 87th, Prospects, Homewood, 115th, Lothair, Hamilton, and Western Sts
Robert A Millikan House, Chicago
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5605 S Woodlawn Ave E 56th St
Robert S Abbott House
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4742 S Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Roche, Martin-John Tait House
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3614 S Martin Luther King Dr
Rogers Park Manor Bungalow Historic District
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Roughly bounded by W Lunt Ave, N Western Ave, both sides of W Farwell ave. and N California Ave
Roloson, Robert, Houses
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3213 - 3219 Calumet Ave
Rookery Building
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  • US NHL
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209 S LaSalle St
Room 405, George Herbert Jones Laboratory, The University of Chicago
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S Ellis Ave Between E 57th St and 58th St
Ropp-Grabill House
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4132 N Keeler Ave
Rosehill Cemetery Administration Building and Entry Gate
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5600 N Ravenswood Ave
Rosenwald Apartment Building
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47th St and Michigan Ave
Rosenwald Residence, Chicago
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4901 S Ellis Ave E 49th St
Sacred Heart Mission Church
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11652 S Church St
Saint Michael the Archangel Catholic Church
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8235 S South Shore Dr E 83rd St
Samuel Nickerson House
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40 E Erie
Sauganash Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Lemont and Keating Aves, Chicago and Northwestern Railway and the alley to the east of Kilbourn Ave
Schoenhofen Brewery Historic District
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Roughly bounded by 16th, 18th, Canal, and Clinton Sts
Schorsch Irving Park Gardens Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Grace St, Patterson Ave, N Austin Ave, and N Melvena Ave
Schulze Baking Company Plant
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40 E Garfield Blvd
Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex
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925 S Homan Ave
Second Presbyterian Church
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1936 S Michigan Ave
Seth Warner House
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631 N Central Ave
Shedd Park Fieldhouse
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3660 W 23rd St
Sheffield Historic District
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Bounded roughly by Fullerton, Lincoln, Larabee, Dickens, Burlin, Wisconsin, Clayburn, Lakewood, Belder, and Southport
Sheridan Park Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Lawrence, Racine, and Montrose Aves, and Clark St
Sheridan Plaza Hotel
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4601 - 4613 N Sheridan Rd
Sherman Park
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Bounded by W 52nd St, Racine Ave, Garfield Blvd., and Loomis St
Shoreland Hotel
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5450 - 5484 S Shore Dr
Silversmith Building
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10 S Wabash Ave
Singer Building
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120 S State St
Site of the First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction
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S Ellis Ave Between E 56th St and 57th St
Smith, J P, Shoe Company Plant
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671 - 699 N Sangamon Ave and 901--921 W Huron St
Sofitel Chicago Water Tower
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20 E Chestnut St N Wabash Ave
Soldier Field
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1410 S Museum Campus Dr
Somerset Hotel
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1152 1154 S Wabash Ave
South Dearborn Street-Printing House Row Historic District
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343, 407, 431 S Dearborn St and 53 W Jackson Blvd
South Loop Printing House District
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Roughly bounded by Taylor, Polk, Wells, Congress and State Sts
South Park Manor Historic District
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Roughly bounded by S King Dr, S State St, 75th St and 79th St
South Shore Beach Apartments
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7321 S Shore Dr
South Shore Bungalow Historic District
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Bounded roughly by S Crandon Ave on the E., E. 78th St on the S, S Clyde Ave on the W, E. 75th St on the N
South Shore Country Club
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71st St and S Shore Dr
South Water Market
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Bounded by 14th Place, the 16th St rail embankment, Racine Ave, and Morgan St
Spiegel Office Building
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1038 W 35th St
SR Crown Hall
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3360 S State St
St Ignatius College
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1076 W Roosevelt Rd
St Luke's Hospital Complex
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1435 S Michigan Ave, 1400 Block S Indiana Ave
St Matthew Evangelical Lutheran School
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2101 - 2107 W 21st St
St Peter's in the Loop
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110 W Madison St Btw N LaSalle St and N Clark St
St Stanislaus Kostka Church
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1351 W Evergreen Ave
St Thomas Church and Convent
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5472 S Kimbark Ave
Steinway Hall site
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64 E Van Buren St
Story-Camp Rowhouses
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1526 - 1528 W Monroe St
Studebaker Building
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410 - 418 S Michigan Ave
Sunset Cafe building
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315 E 35th St
Swedish American Telephone Company Building
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5235 - 5257 N Ravenswood
Swedish Club of Chicago
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1258 N LaSalle St
Swift House
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4500 S Michigan Ave
Sydney Kent House
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2944 S Michigan Ave
Talman West Ridge Bungalow Historic District
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bounded roughly by N Campbell Ave, W Devon Ave, N Fairfield Ave, and W Pratt Ave
The Aquitania
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5000 Marine Dr
The Berghoff
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14 W Adams St
The Brewster Building
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2800 N Pine Grove Ave W Diversey Pkwy
The Episcopal Church of the Atonement and Parish House
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5751 N Kenmore Ave
The Narragansett
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1640 E 50th St
The Palmer House Hilton
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17 E Monroe St S Wabash Ave
The Steuben Club
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188 W Randolph St
The Villa Apartments, Chicago
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3948-3952 and 3949 - 3953 W Waveland Ave
The Yale
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6565 S Yale Ave
Theurer-Wrigley House
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2466 N Lakeview Ave W Arlington Pl
Thomson and Taylor Spice Company Building
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500 West Cermak Rd
Tom Tom Tamale and Bakery Company
4750 S Washtenaw Ave S of W 47th St
Tree Studio Building and Annexes
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4 E Ohio St
Tri-Taylor Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Claremont, Harrison, Oakley, Polk, Ogden, and Roosevelt Rds.
Trumbull Park
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2400 E 105th St
Trustees System Service Building
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201 N Wells St
Tufano's Vernon Park Tap
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1073 W Vernon Park Pl
Union Park Congregational Church and Carpenter Chapel
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1613 W Washington Blvd
Union Park Hotel
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1519 - 1521 W Warren Blvd
United Airlines Terminal O'Hare Airport
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United States Post Office-Chicago
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433 W Van Buren St
Unity Hall
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3140 S Indiana Ave
University Apartments
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1401 and 1451 E 55th St1401 and 1450 E 55th Place
Uptown Broadway Building
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4703 - 4715 N Broadway
Uptown Square Historic District
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Roughly along Lawrence Ave, and Broadway
Vassar Swiss Underwear Company Building
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2545 W Diversey Ave
Victory Sculpture, Chicago
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S Martin Luther King Dr S of E 35th St
Villa Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Avondale, W Addison, N 40th and N Hamlin Aves
Virgin Hotels Chicago
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203 N Wabash Ave E Lake St
Wabash Avenue YMCA
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3763 S Wabash Ave
Walt Disney Birthplace
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2156 N Tripp Ave W Palmer St
Washington Park
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5531 S King Dr
Washington Square Historic District
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Washington Square N Dearborn St, from W Walton St to W Chicago Ave
Washington Square Park
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901 N Clark St
West Argyle Street Historic District
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Roughly bounded by N Sheridan Rd, W Ainslie St, N Broadway, and W Winona St
West Burton Place Historic District
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143 - 161 W Burton Pl
West Chatham Bungalow Historic District
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Bounded roughly by S Perry Ave (E), 82nd St (S), S Stewart Ave (W), and W 79th St (N)
West Jackson Boulevard District
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Roughly bounded by Laflin, Ashland, Adams, and Van Buren Sts
West Town State Bank Building
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2400 W Madison St
Wheeler-Kohn House
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2018 S Calumet Ave E 21st St
Wicker Park Historic District
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Roughly bounded by Wood, Crystal and N Caton Sts, Claremont and North Aves
William Henry Reid House
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2013 S Prairie Ave
William W Kimball House
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1801 S Prairie Ave
William Waller House
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1012 N Dearborn St
Willis Tower
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233 S Wacker Dr Btw W Jackson Blvd and W Adams St
Wooden Alley
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Wooden Alley Between N Astor St and N State St
Wrightwood Bungalow Historic District
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4600 and 4700 Blks W Wrightwood Ave
Wrigley Building
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400 - 410 N Michigan Ave Chicago River
Wrigley Field
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1060 W Addison St N Clark St
YMCA Hotel
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820 - 828 S Wabash Ave E 8th St
Yondorf Block and Hall
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758 W North Ave

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1817/00/00 John Kinzie Work American Fur Company sends traders to Chicago. The company appointed John Kinzie and Antoine Deschamps as its first agents in northern Illinois, and they reported to the headquarters on Mackinac Island.
1817/00/00 American Fur Company Operation American Fur Company sends traders to Chicago. The company appointed John Kinzie and Antoine Deschamps as its first agents in northern Illinois, and they reported to the headquarters on Mackinac Island.
1871/10/08 The Great Chicago Fire ignites in the O'Leary barn at 137 DeKoven St (now 558 W DeKoven St, near S Jefferson and W Taylor St, the home of the "Pillar of Fire" sculpture and the Chicago Fire academy) Great Chicago Fire
1921/00/00 Nelson Algren Home Nelson Algren lives at 4834 N Troy in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood from age 12 until he went to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1937/05/30 Paramount Pictures Studio "Republic Steel Strike Riot" is recorded by Paramount News. "At the Height of the Battle--Here are policemen using their nightsticks and tear gas to subdue the attackers." description in Chicago Tribune Republic Steel Strike Riot Newsreel Footage
1958/03/31 Chuck Berry Performer, Songwriter "Johnny B Goode" is released. Recorded 6 January 1958, Chess Studios, Chicago, Illinois. Johnny B Goode

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Composition Place Locale Food Event
1893/05/01 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago opens with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Festival Hall Jackson Park Historic Landscape District and Midway Plaisance Chicago World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

Eat and Drink »

FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
FoodTypeAsNotedInDescription
Chicago Deep-Dish Pizza Chicago Classic since the 1930s
Chicago Dog Meat Sausage A Chicago Classic
Italian Beef
Tom Tom Beef Tamale Tamale



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Particulars for Chicago:
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Vicinage »

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Austin, Chicago Neighborhood
Avondale, Chicago Neighborhood
Brighton Park, Chicago Neighborhood
Douglas, Chicago Neighborhood
East Garfield Park, Chicago Neighborhood
Edgewater, Chicago Neighborhood
Grand Boulevard, Chicago Neighborhood
Hermosa, Chicago Neighborhood
Hyde Park, Chicago Neighborhood
Kenwood, Chicago Neighborhood
Lake View, Chicago Neighborhood
Lincoln Park, Chicago Neighborhood
Near North Side, Chicago Neighborhood
Near South Side, Chicago Neighborhood
Near Westside, Chicago Neighborhood
New City, Chicago Neighborhood
Old Town, Chicago Neighborhood
Pullman, Chicago Neighborhood
Ravenswood, Chicago Neighborhood
South Shore, Chicago Neighborhood
The Chicago Loop Neighborhood
Uptown, Chicago Neighborhood
Washington, Chicago Neighborhood
West Ridge, Chicago Neighborhood
Woodlawn, Chicago Neighborhood

Creative Works »

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2 B R 0 2 B (Short Story) Short Story
Kurt Vonnegut
A Boy's Own Story Book Edmund White
A House in Chicago (book) Novel
Olivia Howard Dunbar
Barbie-Q (Short Story) Short Story
Sandra Cisneros
Chicago (film) Film "Chicago" is set in Chicago, 1924
Chicago (poem) Poem Carl Sandburg
Chicago (Sufjan Stevens song) Song Sufjan Stevens Drove to Chicago
Dangling Man Book Saul Bellow
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Film John Hughes Film Location
Herzog Book Saul Bellow
Humboldt's Gift Book Saul Bellow
Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919-1939 (book) History Book Lizabeth Cohen
Native Son (book) Book Richard Wright
Nature's Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West (book) History Book William Cronon
One Holy Night (Short Story) Short Story
Sandra Cisneros
Quicksand (Larsen book) Novel Nella Larsen
Risky Business Film Joel sees Lana near The Drake Hotel, 140 E Walton Pl. Guido chases Joel along N Michigan Ave and E Lake Shore Dr. Joel heads to Belmont Harbor 3600 Recreation Dr, Chicago.
Scarface: The Shame of a Nation Film Howard Hawks Scarface is set on the South Side of Chicago, 1920s
Sin in the Second City: Madams, Ministers, Playboys, and the Battle for America's Soul Book
Karen Abbott Sin in the Second City takes place in Chicago's Levee district, 1900 to 1911
Sister Carrie Book Theodore Dreiser
Somebody in Boots Novel
Nelson Algren "Somebody in Boots" is set in Chicago during the 1933-1934 World's Fair
The "Genius" Book
Theodore Dreiser
The Adventures of Augie March Book Saul Bellow
The Failure of Hope and Wandel (short story) Short Story
Ambrose Bierce From Mr Jabez Hope, in Chicago, to Mr Pike Wandel, of New Orleans, December 2, 1877.
The Hunter's Wife (short story) Short Story
Anthony Doerr The airplane descended over Chicago, its galaxy of electric lights, the vast neighborhoods coming clearer as the plane glided toward the airport - streetlights, headlights, stacks of buildings, ice rinks, a truck turning at a stoplight, scraps of snow....
The Jungle Book Upton Sinclair
The Man Who Knew Coolidge Book
Sinclair Lewis Setting
The Man with the Golden Arm Book Nelson Algren The Man with the Golden Arm is set in Chicago's West Town, 1946-1948, Frankie lives in an apartment at 1860 W Division St
The Man with the Golden Arm Film Otto Preminger Frank Sinatra The Man with the Golden Arm is set in Chicago's West Town, 1946-1948, Frankie lives in an apartment at 1860 W Division St
The Moviegoer Book Walker Percy Binx Bolling heads to Chicago.
The Pit: A Story of Chicago Book
Frank Norris
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Play Bertolt Brecht The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is set in Chicago
The Sting Film George Roy Hill Robert Redford Paul Newman "The Sting" is set in Chicago, September 1936.
The Titan Book
Theodore Dreiser
The Untouchables Film Brian De Palma Set in Prohibition Chicago, Film Location
Thrilling Cities (travel articles) Travelogue
Ian Fleming
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (Short Story) Short Story Robert Bloch

The Failure of Hope and Wandel (short story)

By

From Mr Jabez Hope, in Chicago, to Mr Pike Wandel, of New Orleans, December 2, 1877.

I will not bore you, my dear fellow, with a narrative of my journey from New Orleans to this polar region. It is cold in Chicago, believe me, and the Southron who comes here, as I did, without a relay of noses and ears will have reason to regret his mistaken economy in arranging his outfit.

To business. Lake Michigan is frozen stiff. Fancy, O child of a torrid clime, a sheet of anybody's ice, three hundred miles long, forty broad, and six feet thick! It sounds like a lie, Pikey dear, but your partner in the firm of Hope and Wandel, Wholesale Boots and Shoes, New Orleans, is never known to fib. My plan is to collar that ice. Wind up the present business and send on the money at once. I'll put up a warehouse as big as the Capitol at Washington, store it full and ship to your orders as the Southern market may require. I can send it in planks for skating floors, in statuettes for the mantel, in shavings for juleps, or in solution for ice cream and general purposes. It is a big thing!

I inclose a thin slip as a sample. Did you ever see such charming ice?

From Mr Pike Wandel, of New Orleans, to Mr Jabez Hope, in Chicago, December 24, 1877.

Your letter was so abominably defaced by blotting and blurring that it was entirely illegible. It must have come all the way by water. By the aid of chemicals and photography, however, I have made it out. But you forgot to inclose the sample of ice.

I have sold off everything (at an alarming sacrifice, I am sorry to say) and inclose draft for net amount. Shall begin to spar for orders at once. I trust everything to you - but, I say, has anybody tried to grow ice in this vicinity? There is Lake Ponchartrain, you know.

From Mr Jabez Hope, in Chicago, to Mr Pike Wandel, of New Orleans, February 27, 1878.

Wannie dear, it would do you good to see our new warehouse for the ice. Though made of boards, and run up rather hastily, it is as pretty as a picture, and cost a deal of money, though I pay no ground rent. It is about as big as the Capitol at Washington. Do you think it ought to have a steeple? I have it nearly filled - fifty men cutting and storing, day and night - awful cold work! By the way, the ice, which when I wrote you last was ten feet thick, is now thinner. But don't you worry; there is plenty.

Our warehouse is eight or ten miles out of town, so I am not much bothered by visitors, which is a relief. Such a giggling, sniggering lot you never saw!

It seems almost too absurdly incredible, Wannie, but do you know I believe this ice of ours gains in coldness as the warm weather comes on! I do, indeed, and you may mention the fact in the advertisements.

From Mr Pike Wandel, of New Orleans, to Mr Jabez Hope, in Chicago, March 7, 1878.

All goes well. I get hundreds of orders. We shall do a roaring trade as The New Orleans and Chicago Semperfrigid Ice Company. But you have not told me whether the ice is fresh or salt. If it is fresh it won't do for cooking, and if it is salt it will spoil the mint juleps.

Is it as cold in the middle as the outside cuts are?

From Mr Jebez Hope, from Chicago, to Mr Pike Wandel, of New Orleans, April 3, 1878.

Navigation on the Lakes is now open, and ships are thick as ducks. I'm afloat, en route for Buffalo, with the assets of the New Orleans and Chicago Semperfrigid Ice Company in my vest pocket. We are busted out, my poor Pikey - we are to fortune and to fame unknown. Arrange a meeting of the creditors and don't attend.

Last night a schooner from Milwaukee was smashed into match-wood on an enormous mass of floating ice - the first berg ever seen in these waters. It is described by the survivors as being about as big as the Capital at Washington. One-half of that iceberg belongs to you, Pikey.

The melancholy fact is, I built our warehouse on an unfavorable site, about a mile out from the shore (on the ice, you understand), and when the thaw came - O my God, Wannie, it was the saddest thing you ever saw in all your life! You will be so glad to know I was not in it at the time.

What a ridiculous question you ask me. My poor partner, you don't seem to know very much about the ice business.

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