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|   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 listed: 9/11/2009 last visited: never |
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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 listed: 10/28/2009 last visited: never |
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|  President 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: adgorn location: Illinois date listed: 7/22/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryS1.1 km | William 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: adgorn location: Illinois date listed: 10/21/2009 last visited: never |
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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 listed: 11/2/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW1.8 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 listed: 11/2/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE3.2 km |  Honkytonk BBQ - Chicago, IL
in Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives My son said "Is 18th Street near here?" I said "Yes, what's up?" He said "Let's go chow down at HonkyTonk BBQ, a place I heard about on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives!" The rest is history. posted by: adgorn location: Illinois date listed: 12/23/2009 last visited: never |
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|  Valentine 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: adgorn location: Illinois date listed: 9/13/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryE3.4 km |  Valentine 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: adgorn location: Illinois date listed: 9/13/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW3.4 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 listed: 3/13/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryNW3.4 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 listed: 11/22/2008 last visited: 6/19/2009 |
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|  Chicago Stockyards Fire Memorial - Chicago, IL
in Firefighter Memorials 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: adgorn location: Illinois date listed: 8/30/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallerySE3.5 km |  The 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: Hikenutty location: Illinois date listed: 8/3/2007 last visited: 6/2/2005 |
 view gallerySE3.5 km |  Chicago 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: Hikenutty location: Illinois date listed: 11/14/2007 last visited: 11/15/2008 |
 view gallerySE3.5 km |  Stockyard 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: Hikenutty location: Illinois date listed: 8/6/2007 last visited: 11/15/2008 |
 view gallerySE3.5 km |  The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - Chicago, Illinois
in Literary Sites 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: Hikenutty location: Illinois date listed: 7/13/2007 last visited: 11/15/2008 |
 view gallerySE3.5 km |  Old 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: Hikenutty location: Illinois date listed: 8/2/2007 last visited: 8/15/2005 |
 view gallerySE3.5 km |  Union 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: Hikenutty location: Illinois date listed: 11/9/2007 last visited: 11/15/2008 |
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| 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 listed: 9/1/2008 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.9 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 listed: 5/22/2008 last visited: 10/19/2009 |
 view galleryNE3.9 km | South 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: adgorn location: Illinois date listed: 8/25/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryN3.9 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 listed: 4/26/2008 last visited: 9/5/2009 |
 view galleryN4 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 listed: 7/8/2006 last visited: 9/6/2009 |
 view galleryNE4 km |  HOF - 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: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date listed: 3/7/2009 last visited: never |
 view galleryNE4 km | Joe DiMaggio - Chicago, IL in Statues of Historic Figures Located across the street from the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. posted by: Go Boilers! location: Illinois date listed: 3/7/2009 last visited: never |
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