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Train CaboosesForlorn 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: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 9/11/2009

last visited: never

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NE0.6 mi

Smithsonian Art Inventory SculpturesMarquette 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: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 10/28/2009

last visited: never

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Statues of Historic FiguresPresident William F. McKinley Memorial & Statue - Chicago, IL

in Statues of Historic Figures

The McKinley memorial & statue, in the form of a semicircular exedra in granite, with a figure in bronze by Charles J. Mulligan, was unveiled July 4, 1905 in McKinley Park on the southwest side of Chicago.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 7/22/2008

last visited: never

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Smithsonian Art Inventory SculpturesWilliam McKinley Monument - Chicago, IL

in Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures

The McKinley memorial & statue, in the form of a semicircular exedra in granite, with a figure in bronze by Charles J. Mulligan, was unveiled July 4, 1905 in McKinley Park on the southwest side of Chicago.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 10/21/2009

last visited: never

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NW1.1 mi

Smithsonian Art Inventory SculpturesJacques 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: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 11/2/2009

last visited: never

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Statues of Historic FiguresJacques 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: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 11/2/2009

last visited: never

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E2.1 mi

Outside Wooden Display CarvingsValentine Boys & Girls Club Totem Poles - Chicago, IL

in Outside Wooden Display Carvings

Located in the heart of the Bridgeport neighborhood at 3400 S. Emerald, the building entrance is protected by two 50 foot replicas of Alaskan Coastal Indian totem poles on the flanks and an eagle sculpture overhead.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 9/13/2009

last visited: never

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Art Deco - Art NouveauValentine Boys & Girls Club - Chicago, IL

in Art Deco - Art Nouveau

Located in the heart of the Bridgeport neighborhood at 3400 S. Emerald, the building entrance is protected by two 50 foot replicas of Alaskan Coastal Indian totem poles on the flanks and an eagle sculpture overhead.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 9/13/2009

last visited: never

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Route 66 - The Mother RoadCastle Car Wash - Chicago,IL

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It dates from 1925 - before Ogden Ave. was Route 66 - and was originally a gas station.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 3/13/2008

last visited: never

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NW2.1 mi

Converted FirehousesThe Firehouse Community Arts Center - Chicago, IL

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"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: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 11/22/2008

last visited: 6/19/2009

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Firefighter MemorialsChicago Stockyards Fire Memorial - Chicago, IL

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Eight-foot-tall, graphic black shapes of struggling firefighters and memorial inscriptions, located just west of the old Union Stockyards gate near 43rd Street and Halsted.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 8/30/2008

last visited: never

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Gates of DistinctionStockyard Gate - Chicago, Illinois

in Gates of Distinction

Chicago was famous for its huge stockyards and the filth and stench of the area inspired many a writer, including Sandburg, Dreiser, and most famously, Upton Sinclair for his book, "The Jungle." This gate marks their entrance.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Hikenutty

location: Illinois

date listed: 8/6/2007

last visited: 11/15/2008

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Freestanding ArchesChicago Union Stockyards Arch - Chicago, Illinois

in Freestanding Arches

Chicago was famous for its huge stockyards and the filth and stench of the area inspired many a writer, including Sandburg, Dreiser, and most famously, Upton Sinclair for his book, "The Jungle." This gate marks their entrance.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Hikenutty

location: Illinois

date listed: 11/14/2007

last visited: 11/15/2008

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American Guide SeriesThe Stock Yards and Packingtown - Chicago, Illinois

in American Guide Series

Chicago was famous for its huge stockyards and the filth and stench of the area inspired many a writer, including Sandburg, Dreiser, and most famously, Upton Sinclair for his book, "The Jungle."

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Hikenutty

location: Illinois

date listed: 8/3/2007

last visited: 6/2/2005

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Literary SitesThe Jungle by Upton Sinclair - Chicago, Illinois

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Chicago was famous for its huge stockyards and the filth and stench of the area inspired many a writer, including Sandburg, Dreiser, and most famously, Upton Sinclair for his book, "The Jungle"

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Hikenutty

location: Illinois

date listed: 7/13/2007

last visited: 11/15/2008

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesOld Stone Gate of Chicago Union Stockyards - Chicago, Illinois

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Chicago was famous for its huge stockyards and the filth and stench of the area inspired many a writer, including Sandburg, Dreiser, and most famously, Upton Sinclair for his book, "The Jungle." This gate marks their entrance.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Hikenutty

location: Illinois

date listed: 8/2/2007

last visited: 8/15/2005

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Photos Then and NowUnion Stockyard Gate - Chicago, IL

in Photos Then and Now

Chicago was famous for its huge stockyards and the filth and stench of the area inspired many a writer, including Sandburg, Dreiser, and most famously, Upton Sinclair for his book, "The Jungle." This gate marks their entrance.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Hikenutty

location: Illinois

date listed: 11/9/2007

last visited: 11/15/2008

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesTri-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: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 9/1/2008

last visited: never

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Vietnam War MemorialsVietnam 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: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 5/22/2008

last visited: 10/19/2009

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U.S. National Register of Historic PlacesSouth Water Market - Chicago, IL

in U.S. National Register of Historic Places

When South Water Street was made over into Wacker Drive there was a wholesale exodus of the scores of commission houses to a new home - the South Water Market between Fourteenth Place and Fifteenth Street from Morgan Street to Racine.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 8/25/2009

last visited: never

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9/11 Memorial SitesNear West Little League Memorial - Chicago, IL

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In Livingston Park, a baseball facility. It's behind a fence and surrounded by shrubs.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member adgorn

location: Illinois

date listed: 4/26/2008

last visited: 9/5/2009

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Ginormous Everyday ObjectsGiant Baseball Mitt and Ball

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Large baseball mit with ball inside hoisted up on a post.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member madamemoutard

location: Illinois

date listed: 7/8/2006

last visited: 9/6/2009

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Hall of FameHOF - National Italian American Sports

in Hall of Fame

Located in the heart of Chicago's Little Italy. There are now over 200 inductees enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Go Boilers!

location: Illinois

date listed: 3/7/2009

last visited: never

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Statues of Historic FiguresJoe DiMaggio - Chicago, IL

in Statues of Historic Figures

Located across the street from the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Go Boilers!

location: Illinois

date listed: 3/7/2009

last visited: never

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E2.6 mi

Municipal FlagsCity of Chicago Flag outside US Cellular Field

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This City of Chicago flag flies outside Gate 4 of US Cellular Field

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member cldisme

location: Illinois

date listed: 9/27/2007

last visited: never

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