view gallery E0.3 km | ORIGIN - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal at South Branch Of Chicago River in River Origins, Destinations and Confluences The Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal was completed in 1900 to help flush contaminated water from the drinking supply, plus provide a navigable route from the Great Lakes to the Mississippi. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/06/2010 last visited: 06/24/2015 |
view gallery E0.5 km | Canal Origins Park markers - Chicago, IL in Illinois Historical Markers Canal Origins Park informative signage commemorates the creation of the Illinois & Michigan Canal as it connected the Great Lakes with the Mississippi River drainage basin. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 07/26/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW0.5 km | Marquette Commemorative Relief - Chicago, IL in Relief Art Sculptures Relief of Jacques Marquette and an Native American in a wooded landscape, on a vertical concrete structure planted on the northeast end of the Damen Ave. bridge over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/06/2010 last visited: never |
view gallery SW0.5 km | Marquette Commemorative Relief - Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Figure of Jacques Marquette and an Native American in a wooded landscape, on a vertical concrete structure planted on the northeast end of the Damen Ave. bridge over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/28/2009 last visited: never |
view gallery E0.6 km | Park No. 571 Boathouse and Fieldhouse - Chicago, IL in Odd-Shaped Buildings This pair of buildings in a small city park were given their unique shape based on the movement oars make while rowing. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/14/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E0.6 km | LFL 82642 - Chicago, IL in Free Community Book Exchanges This Little Free Library is in a city park in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/13/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E0.8 km | Loomis Street Bridge - Chicago, IL in Bridge Date Stones and Plaques This bascule bridge has a bronze marker from when it was built in 1976. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E0.8 km | Loomis Street Bridge - Chicago, IL in Moving Bridges Loomis Street Bridge is a bascule bridge over the south branch of the Chicago River. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/13/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E0.8 km | Rainbow Bridge - Chicago, IL in Murals This colorful mural covers the western side (and part of the eastern side) of the Loomis Street Bridge. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.1 km | DE Healy Building - Chicago, IL in Flatirons This flatiron is in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/14/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery NW1.1 km | Bull Durham - Chicago, IL in Ghost Signs Painted ghost sign on the side of what must have been a small neighborhood business building. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/21/2016 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.4 km | Church of Christ German Congregational Church - Chicago, IL in This Old Church Now a unique private residence, this building once housed a German Congregational Church. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/02/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.4 km | Holy Cross Lutheran Church - Chicago, IL in This Old Church This Lutheran church was built in 1886 and originally served the German immigrant residents of the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/20/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.4 km | St. Barbara Church - Chicago, IL in This Old Church This church was originally built to serve Polish Catholics in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/09/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.4 km | 1938 - Benton House Pearce Hall - Chicago, IL in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This building is part of the Benton House settlement house on the south side of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/20/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.4 km | 1891 - Holden School - Chicago, IL in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This school building from 1891 has beautiful hand-carved stone tablets of the school's name. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.4 km | Aug 27 A.M. - Chicago, IL in Unique Artistic Shop Signs This interesting shop sign outside of a fashion studio depicts a stylized sewing machine. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/27/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.4 km | Dalmatian Hydrant - Chicago, IL in Painted Hydrants This dalmatian-painted fire hydrant is in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.6 km | McKinley American Legion M2A1 105 mm Howitzer - Chicago, IL in Static Artillery Displays This artillery display is in the parking lot of the McKinley American Legion Post. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.6 km | McKinley American Legion World War II Memorial - Chicago, IL in World War II Memorials / Monuments A plaque dedicated to the war dead of World War II. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/17/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.6 km | "American Legion William McKinley Post 231" Chicago, IL in Legion Posts and Branches American Legion post in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/29/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.6 km | Monastery of the Holy Cross - Chicago, IL in Abbeys, Convents and Monasteries This Benedictine monastery occupies a historic church in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/02/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery SE1.6 km | Post 5079 - Bridgeport - Chicago, Illinois in VFW Posts Small VFW post in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 11/29/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery E1.6 km | 1924 - St. Barbara Auditorium - Chicago, IL in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones This building was built as an addition to St. Barbara School in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/13/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery S1.6 km | South West Trust and Savings Bank - Chicago, IL in Converted Bank Buildings The former home of South West Trust and Savings Bank is now home to a security and event staffing company. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/26/2020 last visited: never |
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