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|   Pullman Historic District, "The Package" - Chicago, IL
in Movie Locations The opening East Berlin scenes, where the Stasi police are raiding an apartment seeking an American soldier, are filmed in the 600 Block of 112th Street Circle in The Pullman District Of Chicago. posted by:  adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/17/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Pullman National Monument - Chicago, IL
in NPS Passport Cancellation Stations Pullman National Monument was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. The district is significant for its historical origins in the Pullman Company, one of the most famous company towns in the United States. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Illinois date approved: 09/25/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW0.5 km |  Pullman National Monument - Chicago, IL
in National Parks (U.S.) Pullman National Monument was the first model, planned industrial community in the United States. The district is significant for its historical origins in the Pullman Company, one of the most famous company towns in the United States. posted by: RakeInTheCache location: Illinois date approved: 09/23/2017 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW0.6 km |  Pullman Historic District - Chicago, IL
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places The Pullman Historic District is a unique community, built in 1880-84 as a planned model industrial town for the Pullman's Palace Car Company. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/12/2013 last visited: never |
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|  WWI War Memorial - West Pullman Park, Chicago, IL
in World War I Memorials and Monuments The West Pullman Improvement Association donated this memorial to
the 7000 soldiers and sailors from the community who died in service
in World War I. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/13/2013 last visited: 05/25/2015 |
 view gallerySW2.7 km |  World War Memorial - West Pullman Park, Chicago, IL
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The West Pullman Improvement Association donated this memorial to
the 7000 soldiers and sailors from the community who died in service
in World War I. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/12/2013 last visited: 05/25/2015 |
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|  International Harvester - Chicago, IL
in Super Fund Sites This site sat empty for 30 years, but was recently converted to a solar power plant. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 07/11/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryW3.9 km |  Exelon City Solar - Chicago, IL
in Solar Power A 40 acre abandoned industrial site in Chicago was been converted into the nation's largest urban solar plant. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 07/11/2010 last visited: 10/07/2012 |
 view gallerySW4.3 km |  Carmel Bernon Harvey, Jr.-Calumet Park, IL
in Medal Of Honor Resting Places Vietnam War Medal of Honor Recipient for action in Binh Dinh Province, Republic of Vietnam on June 21, 1967. He was killed in action. He is buried in Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park IL in the Hickory Section, Lot 1, Block 9, Grave 3. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Illinois date approved: 02/21/2018 last visited: 12/17/2021 |
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|  Eight student nurses murdered - Chicago, IL
in Infamous Crime Scenes On July 14, 1966, Richard Speck stalked and then murdered his eight victims in this southside Chicago townhouse. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 01/14/2014 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW5.5 km | Kneeling Child with Squirrel - Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Kneeling figure of a child holding a squirrel on its lap. The figures are set on a base, which rises behind them, with decorative leaf motifs at the top, and a fountain spout and basin below them. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/11/2013 last visited: never |
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|  Republic Steel Memorial Day Massacre sculpture & marker - Chicago, IL
in Illinois Historical Markers The sculpture, with its ten steel pipes, represent the smoke stacks of steel mills within the area (now closed) and the people of the area. They can also be representative of the slain ten demonstrators. Accompanying plaques explain the history. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/07/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryW5.8 km |  H. Howard Hyde house
in Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Buildings A two-story American System Built (ASB) house in the Ridge Historic District of Chicago. This house is just down the street from the Guy C. Smith Model Home and makes a nice twofer. posted by: Darmok and Jalad location: Illinois date approved: 05/24/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW5.8 km |  Beverly Unitarian Church Peace Pole - Beverly, IL
in Peace Poles Out of the corner of my eye I spotted this PP, while driving through the delightful Chicago neighborhood of Beverly. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/13/2013 last visited: never |
 view galleryW6 km | Guy C. Smith house in Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Buildings An American Systems Built (ASB) house and model home for a planned subdivision in the now Ridge Historic District of Chicago. The subdivision was not fully realized due to the intervention of World War I. posted by: Darmok and Jalad location: Illinois date approved: 05/24/2010 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW6 km | Raymond W. Evans Residence - Chicago, IL in Frank Lloyd Wright Designed Buildings One of four Frank Lloyd Wright designs in the Beverly-Morgan Park neighborhood of Chicago. It is along picturesque Longwood Drive near 99th Street and in the heart of the Ridge Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. posted by: LandmarksLady location: Illinois date approved: 09/03/2009 last visited: 05/22/2010 |
 view galleryW6.1 km |  St. Walter Catholic Community Stations of the Cross - Chicago, IL
in Outdoor Stations of the Cross Outdoor Stations of the Cross - metal sculptures on stone pedestals, each sponsored by a different family. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/28/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryW6.1 km |  St. Walter Catholic Community Cross - Chicago, IL
in Christian Crosses A very Catholic cross outside the complex of school and church. Also nearby is an outdoor Stations of the Cross. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/24/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryW6.3 km |  Korean War Memorial - Kennedy Park, Chicago, IL
in Korean War Memorials Chicago's Kennedy Park dedicated its Korean War monument on September 15, 1988, making it one of the country's first memorials to those who served in that conflict. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/11/2013 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW6.3 km |  Ridge Park War Memorials - Chicago, IL
in Non-Specific Veteran Memorials A group of monuments, originally placed in different locations in the park over the years, commemorating several conflicts in which American soldiers gave their lives. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 06/11/2013 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.3 km |  Circus Auto Parts Office caboose - Riverdale, IL
in Train Cabooses It's an office! It's a caboose! posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/26/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallerySW6.4 km | ABC Auto Parts caboose - Riverdale, IL in Train Cabooses It's an office! It's a caboose! posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/26/2021 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6.4 km |  Christopher Columbus (aka The Drake Fountain) - Chicago, IL
in Statues of Historic Figures The plaque at the top reads: "Ice Water Fountain, the gift of John B. Drake, to the City of Chicago 1892." This is joined by a statue of Columbus. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 08/15/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE6.4 km | The Drake Fountain - Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures The plaque at the top reads: "Ice Water Fountain, the gift of John B. Drake, to the City of Chicago 1892." This is joined by a statue of Columbus. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 08/29/2019 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW6.4 km |  Jimmy Jamm Pies
in Wi-Fi Hotspots Jimmy Jamm Pies has got free wireless! posted by: Shorelander location: Illinois date approved: 06/26/2008 last visited: 05/05/2008 |
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