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Delve into Shantytown
The district Shantytown of Chicago in Cook County (Illinois) is a district located in United States about 594 mi west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 0°C / 32 °F
Morning Temperature | -0°C / 32 °F |
Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
Night Temperature | 6°C / 42 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 1% |
Air Humidity | 96% |
Air Pressure | 1000 hPa |
Wind Speed | Strong breeze with 18 km/h (11 mph) from South |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Rain and snow |
Friday, 22nd of November 2024
8°C (46 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Saturday, 23rd of November 2024
8°C (47 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
11°C (51 °F)
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Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
The Ritz-Carlton Chicago
Hotel EMC2 Autograph Collection
Michigan Avenue Chicago a Luxury Collection Hotel The Gwen
The James Chicago
The Peninsula Chicago
Conrad Chicago
Sheraton Grand Chicago
AC Hotel Chicago Downtown
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile
Omni Chicago Hotel
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Gleacher Center
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Tribune Tower
The Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic building located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is the home of the Chicago Tribune and Tribune Company. WGN Radio (720 kHz) broadcasts from the building, with ground-level studios overlooking nearby Pioneer Court and Michigan Avenue. CNN's Chicago bureau is located in the building. It is listed as a Chicago Landmark and is a contributing property to the Michigan–Wacker Historic District.
Streeterville
Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, north of the Chicago River in Cook County. It is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east, according to most sources, although the City of Chicago only recognizes a small portion of this region as Streeterville. Thus, it can be described as the Magnificent Mile plus all land east of it.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporary art venues. The museum's collection is composed of thousands of objects of Post-World War II visual art. The museum has hosted several notable debut exhibitions including Frida Kahlo's first U.S. exhibition and Jeff Koons' first solo museum exhibition.
American Osteopathic Association
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is the representative member organization for the over 78,000 osteopathic medical physicians in the United States. The AOA is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, and is involved in post-graduate training for osteopathic physicians. The organization promotes public health, encourages academic scientific research, serves as the primary certifying body for D.O.
Leander J. McCormick
Leander James McCormick (1819–1900) was an American farmer, inventor, manufacturer, and businessman. Born in rural Virginia, he moved with his brothers to Chicago and later owned vast amounts of real estate in downtown Chicago.
Time-Life Building (Chicago)
For other uses see Time-Life Building (disambiguation) The Time-Life Building is a 404-foot-tall, 30-story skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois designed by Harry Weese and completed in 1969. Located at 541 North Fairbanks Court in the Near North Side, it was among the first in the U.S. to use double-deck elevators. The odd-numbered floors are accessible from the lower lobby, with even floors serviced from the upper level. Currently managed by the Golub Group.
Feinberg School of Medicine
The Feinberg School of Medicine, located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois and situated near Lake Michigan and the Magnificent Mile, is one of Northwestern University's 11 schools and colleges. The medical school offers a full-time Doctor of Medicine degree program, multiple joint degree programs, graduate medical education, and continuing medical education.
DOCARE
DOCARE International is a non-profit medical outreach program that brings health care to primitive and isolated people in remote areas of the Western Hemisphere. DOCARE International has worked in countries such as Haiti, Guatemala, Peru, India, Malawi, and Nicaragua.
Olympia Centre
The Olympia Centre is a skyscraper in Chicago. It is a mixed use building consisting of offices in the lower part of the building and residences in the narrower upper section. It was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, and at 725 ft (221 m) tall, with 63 floors, it is Chicago's tallest mid-block building. The exterior is Swedish granite, which was completed in Italy. http://www. emporis.
River East Center
River East Center is a Chicago skyscraper that is a part of the larger River East complex. The tower, containing 620 condominium units, stands at 644 feet (196 m) with 58 floors, and was completed in 2001. The building, designed by DeStefano + Partners, originally called for spires atop of the roof on all sides that would have significantly raised the official height to 680 feet.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) is the primary teaching hospital for Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. It is the second tallest hospital in the United States and the fourth tallest hospital in the world. Along with its Prentice Women’s Hospital and Stone Institute of Psychiatry, the hospital provides a total of 894 inpatient beds and encompasses more than 3 million square feet of medical building space.
Terra Museum
The Terra Museum of American Art was an art museum founded by Daniel J. Terra in Evanston, Illinois in 1980. The museum was relocated to Chicago in 1987. Charged by the Terra Foundation for the Arts, now known as the Terra Foundation for American Art, with exhibiting and interpreting original works of American art, the museum opened to the public in 1980.
McGraw-Hill Building (Chicago)
The McGraw-Hill Building was a 16-story, 190-foot-tall landmark building in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. The facade and its architectural sculpture by Chicago-born artist Gwen Lux was landmarked by the city prior to demolition, then taken down and reinstalled in 2000 on the new Conrad Chicago Hotel building. Its facade was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 7, 1997. The building was demolished in 1998.
680 N Lake Shore Drive
680 N Lake Shore Drive (a.k.a. Lake Shore Place) is a 29 story building located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Originally named the American Furniture Mart, it was designed by Henry Raeder and construction was completed in 1926. At 474 ft (144 m) tall and encompassing the entire block between Lake Shore Drive and McClurg Court, it was the largest building in the world when it was completed.
Chez Paree
The Chez Paree was a Chicago nightclub, which opened in 1932 and closed in 1960. Located in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago at 610 N. Fairbanks Court, the club was host to many great entertainers, ranging from singers to comedians to vaudeville acts. A "new" Chez Paree opened briefly in the mid 1960s on 400 N. Wabash Avenue and was seen in the film Mickey One with Warren Beatty. The Chez Paree was originally opened in 1932 by Mike Fritzel and Joe Jacobson.
Consulate General of India, Chicago
The Consulate General of India in Chicago is a diplomatic mission of India in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located in Suite 850 of the NBC Tower in the Near North Side. Its jurisdiction includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
Inn of Chicago
The Inn of Chicago, originally known as the Hotel St. Clair, was built in 1927 by Oman & Lihienthal, and is located at 162 East Ohio Street in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago. The hotel is currently part of the Choice Hotels International hotel chain, after a history involving many exchanges between management companies.
Streeter Place
Streeter Place is a 55 story rental apartment skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. The building was completed in 2009 and stands 554 feet tall (169 meters). The building is located a quarter of a mile from Lake Michigan and stands adjacent to the Streeterville neighborhood. Streeter Place contains 480 units on the first 53 floors.
American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine
The American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine (AOBPM) is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. ) who specialize in aiding patients in the prevention of injury or disease. The board is one of 18 physician medical specialty boards of the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
Galter Pavilion
The Galter Pavilion is a skyscraper hospital building in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is part of Northwestern Memorial Hospital and is located at 675 N. St. Clair St. The building is named after hospital benefactors Jack and Dollie Galter. It is the second tallest hospital building in the Western Hemisphere, and is the fifth tallest in the world, just behind the neighboring and connected Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.
American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear Medicine
The American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear Medicine (AOBNM) is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. ) who specialize in the use of radioactive substances in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. The board is one 18 medical specialty certifying boards approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and was established in 1974.
American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics
The American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics (AOBP) is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. ) who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of medical diseases in infants, children, and adolescents. The board is one 18 medical specialty certifying boards of the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and was established in 1940.
American Osteopathic Board of Pathology
The American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear Medicine (AOBPa) is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. ) who specialize in the diagnosis and characterization of disease in patients following thorough examination of biopsies and/or bodily fluids.
American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
The American Osteopathic Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AOBPMR) is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. ) who specialize in the treatment of patients with physical impairments or disabilities. The board is one of 18 medical specialty certifying boards of the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), and was established in 1954.
American Osteopathic Board of Proctology
The American Osteopathic Board of Proctology (AOBPR) is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O. ) who specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of disorders of the anus, colon, and rectum of the gastrointestinal tract.