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Illinois - United States

Essanay Studios

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.

Located at 41.9726, -87.6638 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, Companies established in 1907, Defunct American film studios, Film production companies of the United States, Film distributors, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, American silent films by studio, Culture of Fremont, California, Defunct companies based in Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco Bay Area cinema

Lane Technical College Prep High School

Albert G. Lane Technical College Preparatory High School (also known as Lane Tech), is a public, four-year, magnet high school located on the north side of Chicago. Lane is one of the oldest schools in the city and has an enrollment of over four thousand students. Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take a test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission. Lane is one of nine selective enrollment schools in Chicago.

Located at 41.9454, -87.6907 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Chicago Public Schools, Educational institutions established in 1908, Public high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Magnet schools in Illinois

Francisco (CTA station)

Francisco is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood at 4649 North Francisco Avenue. The adjacent stations are Kedzie, which is about one third of a mile (0.536 km) to the west, and Rockwell, located across the Chicago River about three eighths of a mile (0.6 km) to the east.

Located at 41.9662, -87.7021 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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CTA Brown Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1907

Rockwell (CTA station)

Rockwell is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is a surface level station with a single island platform, located in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood at 4648 North Rockwell Street. The adjacent stations are Francisco, which is located across the Chicago River about three eighths of a mile (0.6 km) to the west, and Western, located about a one quarter mile (0.4 km) to the east.

Located at 41.9662, -87.6947 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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CTA Brown Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1907

Western (CTA Brown Line station)

Western is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Rockwell, which is located about one quarter mile (0.4 km) to the west, and Damen, about one half mile (0.8 km) to the east. Between Western and Rockwell the line descends and runs on surface level tracks for the rest of the route to Kimball.

Located at 41.9663, -87.6884 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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CTA Brown Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1907

Damen (CTA Brown Line station)

Damen is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located at 4643–47 North Damen Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood. The adjacent stations are Western, which is located about one half mile (0.8 km) to the west, and Montrose, about one half mile (0.8 km) to the southeast. Located three blocks east is the Ravenswood Metra station on the commuter railroad's Union Pacific/North Line.

Located at 41.9664, -87.679 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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CTA Brown Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1907

Montrose (CTA Brown Line station)

For other 'L' stations on the Chicago Transit Authority named Montrose, see Montrose (CTA). Montrose {{#invoke:InfoboxImage|InfoboxImage|image=Montrose CTA brown line 20120609.

Located at 41.9617, -87.6752 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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CTA Brown Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1907

Irving Park (CTA Brown Line station)

Irving Park is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located in Chicago's North Center neighborhood. The stations adjacent to Irving Park are Montrose, one half mile (0.8 km) to the north, and Addison, one half mile (0.8 km) to the south.

Located at 41.9544, -87.675 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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CTA Brown Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1907

Addison (CTA Brown Line station)

Addison is an 'L' station on the CTA's Brown Line. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, located at 1818–20 West Addison Street in Chicago's North Center neighborhood. The stations that are adjacent to Addison are Irving Park, one half mile (0.8 km) to the north, and Paulina, about three eighths of a mile (0.6 km) to the southeast.

Located at 41.947, -87.6747 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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CTA Brown Line stations, Railway stations opened in 1907

Conrad Sulzer Regional Library

Conrad Sulzer Regional Library, formerly Hild Regional Library, is one of two regional libraries in the Chicago Public Library system in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It was named for Conrad Sulzer, a 19th-century Swiss settler in what was then Lakeview Township. The library is located in the Lincoln Square neighborhood at 4455 N. Lincoln Ave. It is a full-service library and ADA compliant. As with all libraries in the Chicago Public Library system, it has free Wi-Fi internet service.

Located at 41.9628, -87.6844 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Library buildings completed in 1985, Public libraries in Chicago, Illinois

Gordon Tech High School

Gordon Tech College Prep, formerly known as Gordon Technical High School, is a Roman Catholic high school located in Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the north side of Chicago on Addison Street and California Avenue. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The school is named in honor of the Very Reverend Francis Gordon, an influential and high-ranking member of the Congregation of the Resurrection.

Located at 41.9479, -87.6974 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Educational institutions established in 1952, Private high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Illinois

Ravenswood (Metra)

Ravenswood is a railroad station on the North Side of Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific/North Line. It is located at 4800 North Ravenswood Avenue, just south of West Lawrence Avenue. The Ravenswood Station formerly was located at Wilson Avenue, but was relocated at its current location to be opposite the Chicago & North Western Railway's Ravenswood Accounting Office & Carload Tracing Bureau, which were housed in a building at 4801 North Ravenswood Avenue.

Located at 41.9684, -87.6743 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Metra stations in Chicago, Illinois, Stations along Chicago and North Western Railway lines

Amundsen High School

Amundsen High School is a public 4-year high school located at the corner of Damen and Foster Avenue in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. It is a part of Chicago Public Schools and has approximately 1,600 students, though its building was designed to house 1,300. It is a neighborhood high school without selective enrollment. It is a CPS school with a non-selective International Baccalaureate program.

Located at 41.9751, -87.6803 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Chicago Public Schools, Educational institutions established in 1929, Public high schools in Chicago, Illinois

St. Benedict High School (Chicago, Illinois)

St. Benedict Preparatory High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. St. Benedict Preparatory High School is located on the North Side of Chicago at Irving Park Road and Leavitt St.

Located at 41.9525, -87.6839 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Private high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Illinois, Educational institutions established in 1950, 1950 establishments in the United States

St. Gregory the Great High School

St. Gregory the Great High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Chicago, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.

Located at 41.9831, -87.6714 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Private high schools in Chicago, Illinois, Roman Catholic secondary schools in Illinois, Educational institutions established in 1937

Bachman House

The Bachman House is a house in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located at 1244 W. Carmen Ave. The house was built between 1947 and 1948 by Bruce Goff. Architect Bruce Goff created a neighborhood sensation in 1948, when he remodeled a modest wood house (built in 1889) into the home and studio for recording engineer Myron Bachman. The window openings were changed and an exterior cladding of brick and corrugated aluminum was added.

Located at 41.9748, -87.6617 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Houses completed in 1948, Houses in Chicago, Illinois, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois

Kinetic Playground

The Kinetic Playground was a short-lived nightclub located in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The club was opened on April 3, 1968 as the Electric Theater by Aaron Russo and was located at 4812 N. Clark Street (NW corner of Clark and Lawrence). The building was constructed in 1928 and at one time included a dance hall, entertainment center, and ice and roller skating rinks, all known as Rainbo Gardens.

Located at 41.9693, -87.6677 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Buildings and structures in Chicago, Illinois, Former music venues, Nightclubs in Chicago, Illinois, 1968 establishments

Lake View High School (Chicago)

Lake View High School is a public 4-year high school located in the Lake View neighborhood of Chicago,Illinois. It serves grades 9th through 12th. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools District 299.

Located at 41.9554, -87.6686 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Chicago Public Schools, Educational institutions established in 1874, Public high schools in Chicago, Illinois

Pilgrim Lutheran School, Chicago

Pilgrim Lutheran School, Chicago, is a Lutheran private school affiliated with Pilgrim Lutheran Church located in Chicago, IL. Collectively, the church and school are referred to as Pilgrim Lutheran Church and School.

Located at 41.9598, -87.6779 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Private elementary schools in Chicago, Illinois, Lutheran schools in the United States, Private middle schools in Chicago, Illinois

Daiyuzenji

Daiyuzenji is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple located on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Daiyuzenji began in 1982 as the Illinois betsuin (branch temple) of Daihonzan Chozen-ji, a Rinzai headquarter temple founded in 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii by Omori Sogen Roshi (1904-1994), a successor in the Tenryu-ji line of Rinzai Zen.

Located at 41.9492, -87.6736 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Zen centers, Buddhist temples in the United States, Places of worship in Chicago, Illinois

Ravenswood (CTA station)

Ravenswood was a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Ravenswood Line, which is now known as the Brown Line. The station was located at Wilson Avenue and Ravenswood Avenue in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago. Ravenswood was situated east of Damen and north of Montrose. Ravenswood opened on May 18, 1907, and closed on August 1, 1949, along with 23 other stations as part of a CTA service revision.

Located at 41.9652, -87.6753 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Defunct Chicago 'L' stations, Railway stations opened in 1907, Railway stations closed in 1949

Ravenswood Manor Historic District

The Ravenswood Manor Historic District is a historic district on the north side of Chicago, Illinois in the Albany Park Community Area. It is bordered by the Chicago River and Lawrence, Sacramento, and Montrose Avenues. Ravenswood Manor is a primarily residential neighborhood that was developed during the early twentieth century. It contains many bungalows, and some of the homes along the river have their own docks.

Located at 41.9653, -87.7009 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois, Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements architecture, National Register of Historic Places in Chicago, Illinois, Neighborhoods in Chicago, Illinois

Koval Distillery

Koval Distillery is a craft distillery located in Chicago, Illinois (established in 2008). It is the first distillery within Chicago's city limits since Prohibition. Koval's founders, Robert and Sonat Birnecker, left academic careers to found the distillery, aiming to bring the distilling traditions and techniques of Robert’s Austrian grandfather to America.

Located at 41.9767, -87.6778 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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Companies based in Chicago, Illinois, Distilleries in the United States

All Saints Episcopal Church (Chicago, Illinois)

All Saints Episcopal Church (or All Saints) is a church of the Episcopal Church of the United States in the neighborhood of Ravenswood in Chicago. Built in 1883, it is currently the oldest wood-framed church in the city, and was also declared a Chicago Landmark. All Saints is currently an active church, and is most well known for its community outreach programs. All Saints has been called the "fastest growing Episcopal congregation in Chicago."

Located at 41.965, -87.6728 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
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19th-century Episcopal church buildings, Landmarks in Chicago, Illinois, Places of worship in Chicago, Illinois

Mountain Moving Coffeehouse

The Mountain Moving Coffeehouse for Womyn and Children was a feminist venue located in Chicago that operated for thirty-one years, from 1974 until 2005. The name of the organization evokes the political task that feminists must "move the mountains" of institutional sexism and homophobia. The "coffeehouse" was a once-a-week Saturday night gathering, held at a rented space in a local Unitarian church, that presented woman-identified music and entertainment by and for lesbians and feminists.

Located at 41.9773, -87.6723 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
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1974 establishments in the United States, 2005 disestablishments in the United States, Coffee houses of the United States, Defunct organizations of the United States, Feminism and transgender topics, Feminist collectives, Feminist organizations in the United States, Lesbian collectives, Lesbian feminist organizations, Lesbian organizations in the United States, LGBT culture in Chicago, Illinois, Organizations based in Chicago, Illinois, Radical feminist organizations, Women in Illinois, Women only space, Women's music, Women's organizations in the United States