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Diversey Parkway
Diversey Parkway (, 2800 N.) is a major east–west street on the North Side of Chicago. Diversey separates the Chicago lakefront neighborhoods of Lakeview to the north and Lincoln Park to the south. West of the North Branch of the Chicago River, the street is known as Diversey Avenue, and separates the neighborhoods of Avondale to the north and Logan Square to the south. Further west, Diversey Avenue is a major street in Chicago's Hermosa, Belmont Cragin, and Montclare neighborhoods, and it continues intermittently through the west suburbs. The street is named after 19th century beer brewer Michael Diversey. Points of interest Diversey has a few points of interest such as Mies van der Rohe's Commonwealth Promenade Apartments (1957), the Elks National Memorial Headquarters Building, the Brewster Apartments, the Urantia Foundation Building, the Lathrop Homes, Diversey River Bowl, Kosciuszko Park, and the Brickyard Shopping Center (formerly a mall). Diversey also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of United States cities by population, third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. As the county seat, seat of Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, the List of the most populous counties in the United States, second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area, often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a Chicago Portage, portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River, Mississippi River watershed. It grew rapidly in the mid-19th century. In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Diversey
Michael Diversey (born Diversy as shown on his grave in St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Chicago; December 10, 1810 – December 12, 1869) was an American beer brewer, owner of the Diversey Beer Brewery. Diversey was an immigrant from Illingen, Kingdom of Prussia. He landed in the US in 1830, and went into partnership with English immigrant William Lill around 1841. The company changed its name and became the Lill & Diversey Brewery, also known simply as The Chicago Brewery. It was destroyed in the 1871 Great Chicago Fire Michael Diversey was a philanthropist. He was also a Chicago alderman (1844–45; 1856–1868). During the 1850s, Diversey was active in the antiprohibitionist crusade that sought to repel the influence of temperance reformers who attempted to ban the sale and manufacture of alcohol. The Diversey Parkway in Chicago is named after him. St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Chicago was built on land donated to the parish by Michael Diversey, and the choice o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTA Purple Line
The Purple Line of the Chicago "L" is a route on the northernmost section of the system. The service normally begins from in Wilmette and ends at on Chicago's north border, passing through the city of Evanston. During weekday rush hours, the Purple Line extends another south on the North Side Main Line from Howard to downtown Chicago running express from Howard to , with a single stop at , and then making all local stops from Belmont to the Loop. The express service is known as the Purple Line Express (or the Evanston Express). In 2024, the average weekday boardings on the Purple Line was 4,904. It is the shortest route in the CTA rail system except during weekday peaks and rush hours. Prior to the color-coding of CTA rail lines in 1993, the Purple Line was known as the Evanston Line, Evanston Service or Evanston Shuttle, and the Purple Line Express was called the Evanston Express. The Purple Line is useful for reaching Northwestern University ( and stops in Evanston), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CTA Brown Line
The Brown Line of the Chicago "L" system, is an route with 27 stations between Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood and downtown Chicago. It runs completely above ground and is almost entirely grade-separated. It is the third-busiest 'L' route, with an average of 35,176 passengers boarding each weekday in 2024. Before CTA lines were color-coded in 1993, the Brown Line was known as the Ravenswood Route; specifically, the series of stations from Belmont to Kimball were called the Ravenswood branch. Accordingly, the Kimball-Belmont shuttle service was called the Ravenswood Shuttle. Route The Brown Line begins on the northwest side of Chicago, at the Kimball terminal in Albany Park, where there is a storage yard and servicing shop for the trains to the east of the passenger station. From there, trains operate over street level tracks between Leland and Eastwood Avenues to , then ramp up to the elevated structure for the rest of the trip. The trains on the street-level section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harlem Avenue
Harlem Avenue is a major north–south street located in Chicago and its west, southwest, and northwest suburbs. It stretches from Glenview Road in Glenview to the intersection of East South Street and South Drecksler Road in Peotone, where it diverges into Illinois Route 50. At , it is the third-longest street in the United States, after Telegraph Road in southeastern Michigan and O Street in Nebraska. For most of its length, it carries Illinois Route 43. An express bus service from Pace Pulse is currently being planned for the portion of the street between 95th Street and North Avenue, serving primarily the southern and western suburbs. Communities served From north to south: * Glenview (suburb) * Morton Grove (suburb) * Niles (suburb) * Park Ridge (suburb) * Edison Park (Chicago neighborhood) * Norwood Park (Chicago neighborhood) * Harwood Heights (suburb) * Norridge (suburb) * Dunning (Chicago neighborhood) * Montclare (Chicago neighborhood) * Elmwood Park (suburb) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1847, it was formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper", a slogan from which its once integrated WGN (AM), WGN radio and WGN-TV, WGN television received their call letters. It is the most-read daily newspaper in the Chicago metropolitan area and the Great Lakes region, and the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States. In the 1850s, under Joseph Medill, the ''Chicago Tribune'' became closely associated with the Illinois politician Abraham Lincoln, and the then new Republican Party (United States), Republican Party's progressive wing. In the 20th century, under Medill's grandson 'Colonel' Robert R. McCormick, its reputation was that of a crusading newspaper with an outlook that promoted Conservatism in the United States, American conservatism and opposed the New Deal. Its reporting and commenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pulaski Road (Chicago)
Pulaski Road () is a major north-south street in the city of Chicago, at 4000 W., or exactly five miles west of State Street. It is named after Polish hero of the American Revolutionary War, Casimir Pulaski. Pulaski Road was originally known as 40th Avenue. In 1913 it was renamed for Peter Crawford, an early area landowner, in order to avoid duplication of the 40th Street name in the city. The name Crawford Avenue lasted until 1935 when, over local opposition and a legal battle all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court, the street was renamed for Pulaski. Among the many Polish city leaders who worked to achieve "Pulaski Road" was Emilia Napieralska, the president of the Chicago chapter of the Polish Women's Alliance of America. Pulaski Road still retains its former Crawford Avenue name in the north suburbs of Lincolnwood, Skokie, and Evanston. In Wilmette, Crawford becomes Hunter Road. North of Devon Avenue (6400 N) and south from the Chicago City Limits to Lincoln Highway U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olson Park And Waterfall
Olson Park and Waterfall was a heavily visited park and waterfall complex that was located in the Avondale, Chicago, Avondale community areas of Chicago, community area of Chicago. It was built by Walter E. Olson, the owner of the Olson Rug Company, next to his factory and headquarters on the northwest corner of Diversey Parkway (Chicago), Diversey and Pulaski Road (Chicago), Pulaski, and was a popular landmark for Chicago families. Built during the Great Depression the park was open to the public until it was closed in 1971 after Marshall Field's, Marshall Field bought the complex in 1965. The ''Chicago Tribune'' named Olson Park as the first of "Chicago's Seven Lost Wonders". The park's opening was famous for the fact that during its opening, the park was symbolically "deeded" back to Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans, observing the hundred year anniversary of the expulsion of Indians across the Mississippi River after the Blackhawk War. Today the site is occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brickyard (shopping Mall)
The Brickyard, sometimes known as the Brickyard Mall, is a shopping mall located in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Built in 1977 as an enclosed shopping mall featuring J. C. Penney, Kmart (United States), Kmart, and Montgomery Ward, it was redeveloped in 2003 as a strip mall. The center's anchor stores are Jewel (supermarket), Jewel, Target Corporation, Target, Marshalls, and Lowe's. The Brickyard is owned and managed by CBRE Group. History Maisel and Associates, a real estate company based out of Southfield, Michigan, worked with local developer Harry Chaddick to develop The Brickyard. Their research determined a need for a shopping mall on the northwestern side of Chicago, Illinois. The center was named The Brickyard because it was formerly on the site of a brickyard for the Carey Brick Company. It was also the site of a former ski resort. Due to the elevation of the hill, the development of the mall is divided into sections. The first section of the mall to open was a "convenience cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kosciuszko Park (Chicago)
Kosciuszko Park is a park located at 2732 N. Avers Ave. Situated along the northern boundary of Chicago's Logan Square, Chicago, Logan Square Community Areas of Chicago, community area at Diversey Parkway (Chicago), Diversey, it is heavily frequented by residents of Avondale, Chicago, Avondale and is considered to be part of Avondale, Chicago#The Polish Village - Jackowo and Wac.C5.82awowo, Jackowo. Kosciuszko Park was commissioned in 1914 and completed in 1916; the Northwest Park District, one of Chicago's many park districts of the early twentieth century, opened the park as part of its efforts to add neighborhood parks in Northwest Chicago. As the park's original layout and landscape has changed over time, the fieldhouse is the main surviving piece of its original design. Architect Albert Arthur Schwartz began the design of the building; however, he was replaced by Frederick William Bowes halfway through its construction. The two men gave the fieldhouse a Tudor Revival archit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urantia
''The Urantia Book'' (sometimes called ''The Urantia Papers'' or ''The Fifth Epochal Revelation'') is a Spirituality, spiritual, Philosophy, philosophical, and Religion, religious book that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States sometime between 1924 and 1955. The text, which claims to have been composed by celestial beings, introduces the word "Urantia" as the name of the planet Earth and states that its intent is to "present enlarged concepts and advanced truth." The book aims to unite religion, science, and philosophy. Its large amount of content on topics of interest to science is unique among documents said to have been received from celestial beings. Among other topics, the book discusses the Abiogenesis, origin and meaning of life, mankind's place in the universe, the history of the planet, the relationship between God and people, and the life of Jesus. The Urantia Foundation, a U.S.-based Nonprofit organization, non-profit group, first published ''The Urantia Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brewster Apartments
The Brewster Apartments (originally known as Lincoln Park Palace) is a residential building in the Lake View, Chicago, Lake View neighborhood of Chicago. Located at Diversey and Pine Grove (originally Park), it was designed by architect Enock Hill Turnock for Norwegian-native Bjoerne Edwards, publisher of ''American Contractor'', with construction started in 1893 and completed in 1896. Edwards would die from an eighth-floor fall at the construction site before the project was completed. The Romanesque Revival architecture, Romanesque Revival building was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 6, 1982. Architecture The building features a pink Jasper granite exterior and employs steel frame, skeleton-frame construction, which enabled the advent of skyscrapers at the end of the 19th century. Within the external masonry walls is an interior featuring open cast iron stairways, bridge walkways paved with glass blocks, and a massive skylight. In popular culture The Brewster Apart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
