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Delve into Prairie Avenue Courts
The district Prairie Avenue Courts of Chicago in Cook County (Illinois) is a subburb in United States about 593 mi west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 17°C / 63 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 60 °F |
Evening Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Night Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 42% |
Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 9 km/h (5 mph) from South-West |
Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 65% of sky |
General Conditions | Light rain |
Saturday, 4th of May 2024
22°C (72 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, clear sky.
Sunday, 5th of May 2024
16°C (61 °F)
11°C (53 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 6th of May 2024
17°C (63 °F)
16°C (62 °F)
Broken clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
W Chicago City Center
The Blackstone Autograph Collection
Marriott Marquis Chicago
The Wheeler Mansion
Palmer House a Hilton Hotel
JW Marriott Chicago
Central Loop Club Quarters
Hilton Chicago
Hyatt Regency Mccormick Place
Chicago Old Colony
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Chicago, The windy City - Summer 2009
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Battle of Fort Dearborn
The Battle of Fort Dearborn (also known as the Fort Dearborn Massacre) was an engagement between United States troops and Potawatomi Indians that occurred on August 15, 1812, near Fort Dearborn in what is now Chicago, Illinois, but was then part of the Illinois Territory. The battle, which occurred during the War of 1812, followed the evacuation of the fort as ordered by William Hull, commander of the United States Army of the Northwest.
Everleigh Club
The Everleigh Club was a high-class brothel which operated in Chicago, Illinois from February 1900 until October 1911. It was owned and operated by Ada and Minna Everleigh.
McCormick Place
McCormick Place is the largest convention center in North America. It consists of four interconnected buildings sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 4 km south of downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA. McCormick Place hosts numerous trade shows and meetings. The largest regular events are the Chicago Auto Show each February, the International Home and Housewares Show each March and the National Restaurant Association Annual Show each May.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D. -granting university located in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design and law.
Shimer College
Shimer College is a very small, private, undergraduate liberal arts college in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Founded by Frances Wood Shimer in 1853 in the frontier town of Mt. Carroll, Illinois, it was a women's school for most of its first century. It joined with the University of Chicago (U. of C. ) in 1896, and became one of the first junior colleges in the country in 1907.
Chinatown, Chicago
The Chinatown neighborhood in Chicago, Illinois, is on the South Side (located in the Armour Square community area), centered on Cermak and Wentworth Avenues, and is an example of an American Chinatown, or ethnic-Chinese neighborhood. By the 2000 Census, Chicago Primary Metropolitan Statistical Areas has 68,021 Chinese. Chicago is the second oldest settlement of Chinese in America after the Chinese fled persecution in California.
23rd Street Grounds
23rd Street Grounds, also known as State Street Grounds and 23rd Street Park, and sometimes spelled out as Twenty-third Street Grounds, was a ballpark in Chicago, Illinois. In it, the Chicago White Stockings played baseball from 1874 to 1877, the first two years in the National Association and the latter two in the National League.
McCormick Tribune Campus Center
The McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC) is a building on the main campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago.
Pui Tak Center
The Pui Tak Center, formerly known as the On Leong Merchants Association Building, is a building located in Chicago's Chinatown. Designed by architects Christian S. Michaelsen and Sigurd A. Rognstad, the building was built for the On Leong Merchants Association and opened in 1928. The Association used it as an immigrant assistance center, and the building was informally referred to as Chinatown's "city hall".
Michael Reese Hospital
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center was an American hospital founded in 1881. In its heyday, it was a major research and teaching hospital and one of the oldest and largest hospitals in Chicago, Illinois. It was located on the near south side of Chicago, next to Lake Shore Drive which lies along Lake Michigan.
McCormick Place (Metra)
The McCormick Place Station is a commuter rail station in Chicago underneath McCormick Place, Chicago's main convention center, that serves the Metra Electric Line north to the Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago; and the South Shore Line to Gary and South Bend, Indiana. The South Shore Line stops here on weekends only.
De La Salle Institute
De La Salle Institute is a Catholic, Lasallian, secondary school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school is currently housed on two separate campuses. The original school, now called the Institute Campus (Institute or Young Men's Campus) is for men. The newer Lourdes Hall Campus (Lourdes or Young Women's Campus) for women is located at 1040 W. 32nd Place. The school is considered a historic institution on Chicago's South Side.
Cermak–Chinatown (CTA station)
Cermak–Chinatown is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, serving the Red Line. The station is adjacent to Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood and contains many elements of Chinese culture in its architecture.
2003 E2 nightclub stampede
The E2 nightclub stampede occurred on February 17, 2003, at the E2 nightclub located above the Epitome Chicago restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, in which 21 people died and more than 50 were injured when panic ensued from the use of pepper spray by security guards to break up a fight. The club's owners, Dwain Kyles and Calvin Hollins, were later convicted of criminal contempt for their persistent failure to keep the facility up to code, and sentenced to two years in prison.
27th Street (Metra)
The 27th Street Station is a commuter rail station within the city of Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Line north to Millennium Station and south to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago. The station was originally built by the Illinois Central railroad (ICRR). It directly served Michael Reese Hospital until it closed in 2008. In 1972 it was the site of Chicago's worst rail disaster, the Illinois Central commuter rail crash.
Chicago Defender Building
The Chicago Defender Building is the former Jewish synagogue building that housed the Chicago Defender from 1920 until 1960. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on September 9, 1998. It is located in the Black Metropolis-Bronzeville District in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois at 3435 S. Indiana Ave.
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash
The 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash, the worst in Chicago's history, occurred during the cloudy morning rush hour on October 30, 1972. Illinois Central Gulf train 416, made up of newly purchased Highliners, overshot the 27th Street Station on what is now the Metra Electric Line, and the engineer asked and received permission from the train's conductor to back the train to the platform. This move was then made without the flag protection required by the railroad's rules.
Calumet/Giles Prairie District
The Calumet/Giles Prairie District is a historic district in the South Side, Chicago community area of Chicago, Illinois, USA. The district was built between 1870 to 1910 by various architects. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 13, 1988.
Henry B. Clarke House
The Henry B. Clarke House is a Greek Revival style house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Henry Brown Clarke was a native of New York State who had come to Chicago in 1833 with his wife, Caroline Palmer Clarke, and his family. He entered into the hardware business with William Jones and Byram King, establishing King, Jones and Company, and provided building materials to the growing Chicago populace.
WIIT
WIIT is a radio station located at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Licensed to Chicago, Illinois, USA, it serves the Chicago area. The station is currently owned by Illinois Institute of Technology. The station has previously had its call letters forced to WOUI by a similar sounding radio station. The station eventually returned to its original call letters, WIIT, on February 23, 2001.
Arie Crown Theater
The Arie Crown Theater was named after Lithuanian immigrant Arie Crown, who was the father of Henry Crown, the American industrialist and philanthropist. The theater is situated on Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. It opened in 1960, with seating for 5,000 people, one of the largest seating capacities in Chicago. The theater is part of the McCormick Place convention facility, owned by the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority. The theatre was damaged by a fire in 1967 and was closed until 1971.
Dunbar Park (Chicago)
Dunbar Park is a park located at 300 East 31st Street in the south side of Chicago. The 20-acre site was acquired in 1962, and transformed into Dunbar Park between 1964 and 1966. It was named for poet Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Dunbar Vocational High School
Dunbar Vocational High School Address 3000 S. King Drive.
Dearborn Homes
Dearborn Homes is a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on State Street between 27th and 30th Streets.
Harold Ickes Homes
Harold Ickes Homes was a Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood of the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is bordered between State Street and Federal Avenue and Cermak Road and 25th Street.