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|   Jacques Marquette Monument - Chicago, IL
in Statues of Historic Figures Figure of Pere Jacques Marquette holding his cross is flanked on his proper left by Louis Joliet and on his proper right by an Algonquin Indian. posted by:  adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/02/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryS0.3 km |  Jacques Marquette Monument - Chicago, IL
in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures Figure of Pere Jacques Marquette holding his cross is flanked on his proper left by Louis Joliet and on his proper right by an Algonquin Indian. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/02/2009 last visited: never |
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|  Shameless Homes - Chicago, Illinois
in Movie Locations Located on South Homan Avenue south of West 21st Street. posted by: flyingmoose location: Illinois date approved: 09/19/2021 last visited: never |
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|  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 galleryS1.6 km |  Forlorn caboose on southwest side of Chicago, IL
in Train Cabooses Found this while driving by on the way back from the White Sox game. Unlike so many of the other waymarked cabooses, this one sits forlornly in a fenced in area, in need of a good cleaning and paint job. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/11/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryW1.6 km |  Cermak, Anton, House - Chicago, IL
in U.S. National Register of Historic Places A new addition to the National Register in 2011, the former Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak’s house that he inhabited for 10 years until his assassination in 1933. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/09/2011 last visited: never |
 view galleryW1.9 km |  Castle Car Wash - Chicago,IL
in Route 66 - The Mother Road It dates from 1925 - before Ogden Ave. was Route 66 - and was originally a gas station. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 03/13/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryW1.9 km |  The Firehouse Community Arts Center - Chicago, IL
in Converted Firehouses "The FCAC exists to change the world through the lives of youth and young adults engaged in the arts within a faith community." Formerly home to the Chicago Fire Department's Engine 38, built in 1915. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 11/22/2008 last visited: 06/19/2009 |
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| 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 gallerySE2.1 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 |
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|  Independence Square Fountain - Chicago, IL
in Figurative Public Sculpture A base which hints at the shape of the Liberty Bell topped by four figures of children celebrating the Fourth of July. The children, two boys and two girls, are dressed in typical turn-of-the-century garb such as high-button shoes and knickers. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/04/2011 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW2.3 km | Independence Square Fountain - Chicago, IL in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures A base which hints at the shape of the Liberty Bell topped by four figures of children celebrating the Fourth of July. The children, two boys and two girls, are dressed in typical turn-of-the-century garb such as high-button shoes and knickers. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 10/04/2011 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW2.3 km |  Sears, Roebuck and Co. Power House - Chicago, IL
in Historic Preservation Awards The rehab of this building won the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Landmarks Illinois Preservation Awards Project of the Year in 2009. posted by:  Go Boilers! location: Illinois date approved: 01/02/2012 last visited: 10/13/2012 |
 view galleryNW2.4 km | Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex - Chicago, IL in U.S. National Register of Historic Places Sears, Roebuck and Company Complex includes the Sears Merchandise Building Tower and the Sears, Roebuck and Company Administration Building. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/14/2009 last visited: never |
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| Lulu's Hot dogs - Chicago, Illinois in Route 66 - The Mother Road Located on the westbound side of Route 66. posted by: flyingmoose location: Illinois date approved: 09/22/2021 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE2.4 km |  McKinley Park Schlitz Tied House - Chicago, IL
in Victorian Style Architecture This Queen Anne building was once a Schlitz tied house tavern. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE2.6 km | Tri-Taylor Historic District - Chicago, IL in U.S. National Register of Historic Places 19th century Queen Anne cottages and vintage row houses, now being gentrified. Roughly bounded on the N by Oakley, Harrison and Claremont Sts. and on the SE by Taylor and Oakley Sts, and just N of Ogden Avenue. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 09/01/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE2.6 km |  Vietnam War Memorial, Survivors Memorial - Chicago, IL
in Vietnam War Memorials Structural engineer, Vietnam veteran, and preservationist Wiliam Lavicka erected the memorial on his property with the help of other veterans. Located at 815 S. Oakley Blvd. in the "Tri-Taylor" neighborhood. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 05/22/2008 last visited: 10/19/2009 |
 view gallerySE2.6 km |  1891 - Everett School - Chicago, IL
in Dated Buildings and Cornerstones A striking Victorian school in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/25/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryS2.6 km | DuPont–Whitehouse House - Chicago, IL in Victorian Style Architecture This stately Italianate manor was designated a Chicago city landmark in 1996. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryS2.6 km |  DuPont–Whitehouse House - Chicago, IL
in Relocated Structures In 1920, this stately Italianate manor was moved about a block from its original location to avoid demolition after the land it stood on was sold. posted by: libbykc location: Illinois date approved: 12/30/2020 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE2.6 km |  Near West Little League Memorial - Chicago, IL
in 9/11 Memorial Sites In Livingston Park, a baseball facility. It's behind a fence and surrounded by shrubs. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date approved: 04/26/2008 last visited: 09/05/2009 |
 view galleryE2.7 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 galleryNE2.7 km |  Giant Baseball Mitt and Ball
in Ginormous Everyday Objects Large baseball mit with ball inside hoisted up on a post. posted by: madamemoutard location: Illinois date approved: 07/08/2006 last visited: 09/06/2009 |
 view galleryE2.7 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 |
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