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Explore Birchwood
The district Birchwood of Howard District in Cook County (Illinois) is located in United States about 598 mi west of Washington DC, the country's capital.
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Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 6°C / 44 °F
Morning Temperature | 5°C / 41 °F |
Evening Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
Night Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 63% |
Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
8°C (47 °F)
10°C (50 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
10°C (49 °F)
7°C (44 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
2°C (36 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
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Hilton Orrington-Evanston
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Chicago Guest House on Lakewood Avenue
DoubleTree by Hilton Chicago - North Shore Conference Center
House 5863- Chicago's Premier Bed and Breakfast
THE WILLOWS HOTEL
Hilton Garden Inn Chicago North Shore-Evanston
Hampton Inn Chicago Downtown-N Loop-Michigan Ave I
Hampton Inn Chicago North-Loyola Station IL
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CTA Howard Terminal Traffic 5/14/2012
Rail traffic around 4 PM on 5/14/2012 at the CTA Howard Street Terminal. This terminal services Red, Yellow, and Purple line trains to and from Skokie, Evanston, and the Loop. Filmed using...
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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.
WLUW
WLUW is a college radio station owned and operated by Loyola University Chicago, serving Chicago, Illinois and its northern suburbs. WLUW was founded by Jim Wagner and Michael Russo in the 1970s and they ran the station until Loyola University offered more funding and support.
Madonna Della Strada Chapel
Madonna della Strada is the namesake of the chapel motherchurch of the Jesuit Province of Chicago (one of the largest Jesuit provinces) and sits on the campus of Loyola University Chicago in the neighborhood of Rogers Park. It was built on the lakefront with the waters of Lake Michigan directly at its front doorstep. The church was designed and built at a time when it was anticipated that Lake Shore Drive would be extended and pass directly in front. That project was abandoned.
Patriarch Dinkha IV of the Assyrian Church of the East
Mar Dinkha IV, born Dinkha Khanania (born 15 September 1935), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East. He was born in the village of Darbandokeh (Derbendoki), Iraq, and was baptized in the Church of Mar Qaryaqos located in the village of his birth. He is the fourth in the line of succession to the Bishopric of Urmia.
Joseph J. Gentile Arena
The Joseph J. Gentile Arena, also known as the Joseph J. Gentile Center, is a 4,486-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. The arena opened in 1996. It is the home of the Loyola Ramblers men's and women's basketball programs. Renovations at the facility began in the summer of 2011. On March 3, 2011, the $26 million Norville Center for Intercollegiate Athletics opened adjacent to the Gentile Arena.
Beaches in Chicago
The beaches in Chicago are an extensive network of waterfront recreational areas operated by the Chicago Park District. The Chicago Metropolitan waterfront includes parts of the Lake Michigan shores as well as parts of the banks of the Chicago, Des Plaines, Calumet, Fox, and DuPage Rivers and their tributaries. The waterfront also includes the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Sanitary and Ship Canal. Historically, the waterfront has been used for commerce, industry, and leisure.
Howard (CTA station)
Howard is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system in Chicago, Illinois. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line and the southeastern terminus of the Yellow Line; it also serves the Purple Line, for which it is the southern terminus outside of weekday rush hours. Trains on the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad (North Shore Line) also stopped at Howard from 1926 until that line was abandoned in 1963.
Alumni Gym (Loyola University Chicago)
Alumni Gym was a 2,000 capacity structure on the campus of Loyola University Chicago. It served as the home of the Loyola Ramblers Men's and Women's Volleyball programs, as well as the Loyola University Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. It is the former home of the Loyola Ramblers basketball team, which last played in Alumni Gym in 1996. The basketball team moved to the 5200-seat Joseph J. Gentile Center at the beginning of the 1996-97 season.
Granville (CTA station)
Granville is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, part of the Chicago 'L' metro system. It is located at 1119 West Granville Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 6200 north, 1200 west). It is in the Edgewater neighborhood, close to the Rogers Park border. From Granville, trains take 36 minutes to reach the Chicago Loop.
Loyola (CTA station)
Loyola is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, served by the Red Line. It is located at 1200 West Loyola Avenue (directional coordinates 6550 north, 1200 west) in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The station sees heavy use by students from its nearby namesake, the Lakeshore Campus of Loyola University Chicago. The Red Line right-of-way runs directly through the southwest corner of the campus.
Main (CTA station)
Main is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Purple Line at 836 Chicago Avenue in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 900 north, 732 west). It is near the Main Street stop of Metra's Union Pacific/North Line.
South Boulevard (CTA station)
South Boulevard (also written as South Blvd) is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Purple Line at 602 South Boulevard in Evanston, Illinois (directional coordinates 525 north, 500 west).
Jarvis (CTA station)
Jarvis is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, on the Red Line at 1523 W. Jarvis Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 7400N, 1600W). The Rogers Park neighborhood, located in the far northeast corner of Chicago, has four 'L' stations (N to S): Howard, Jarvis, Morse, and Loyola.
Morse (CTA station)
Morse is an 'L' station on the CTA's Red Line. It is located at 1358 West Morse Avenue in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 6950N, 1400W; misidentified on station signage as 6900N). The station was formerly known as Rogers Park or Morse-Rogers Park. There is an automated entry/exit from the north end of the platform onto Lunt Avenue (7000N). The Rogers Park neighborhood, located in the far northeast corner of Chicago, has four 'L' stations (N to S): Howard, Jarvis, Morse, and Loyola.
Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston
Saint Francis Hospital of Evanston is a hospital in Evanston, Illinois. It is part of Resurrection Health Care. It Level 1 Trauma and Heart Center in North suburban Chicago. It has 550 general Acute care beds.
Rogers Park (Metra)
Rogers Park is a Metra commuter railroad station in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago. It is located at 7000 N. Ravenswood Avenue, between W. Greenleaf Avenue and W. Lunt Avenue. In Metra's zone-based fare system, Rogers Park is in zone B. The neighborhood that surrounds the station is residential, with single-family houses and small apartment buildings, but just a block to the east is Clark Street, a major north-south artery with buses and shopping.
Evanston Main Street (Metra)
Evanston Main Street is the southernmost of the three commuter railroad stations in Evanston, Illinois, USA. It is served solely by Metra's Union Pacific/North trains, which go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. Travel time to Ogilvie is typically 23 minutes, but can be as high as 26 minutes during rush hour. In Metra's zone-based fare system, the station is in zone C.
Roger C. Sullivan High School
Roger C. Sullivan High School (known as Sullivan High School) is a public 4-year high school located in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the northside of Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is part of the Chicago Public Schools. The school is named for Roger Sullivan, a businessman and politician of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
St. Scholastica Academy (Chicago, Illinois)
St. Scholastica Academy was a private, Roman Catholic, Benedictine all-girls high school in Chicago, Illinois. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. The school was a Benedictine college preparatory school for girls in Chicago, Illinois, educating students from 9th through 12th grade. The school opened in 1865 and was one of the oldest Catholic academies for young women in Chicago.
Jackson-Thomas House
The Jackson-Thomas House is an Italianate style and Second Empire architecture house at 7053 North Ridge Avenue in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The house was built in 1874 by an unknown architect, but Andrew B. Jackson, one of the five partners in the Rogers Park Land Company worked on it. Manufacturer L.H. Thomas acquired the property in 1879. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on October 16, 1984.
Jarvis Square
Jarvis Square is a small commercial district within the Rogers Park neighborhood on Chicago's North Side.
No Man's Land, Illinois
No Man's Land, Illinois was never an official place name, but has been used to refer to at least two areas that fit the broader meaning of No man's land.
Chicago Math and Science Academy
Chicago Math and Science Academy (CMSA) is a public charter middle school and high school (grades 6th-12th) located in Chicago, Illinois in the Rogers Park neighborhood. Chicago Math and Science Academy was opened in 2004. CMSA is managed by Concept Schools. Teachers at the school formed a union under Illinois law, which was approved by the National Labor Relations Board in 2010. The school has since appealed that decision.
Calvary (CRT station)
Calvary was a station on the Chicago Rapid Transit Company's Evanston Line, now the Chicago Transit Authority's Purple Line. The station was located at 400 N. Chicago Avenue. Calvary opened on May 16, 1908, and closed in 1931; it was replaced by South Boulevard. After its closure, Calvary stood abandoned for over 60 years before being demolished in 1995.
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago (Loyola, LUC) is a private Jesuit university located in Chicago, Illinois. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus in 1870 under the name of "St. Ignatius College", and has grown to be the largest Jesuit university in the United States with a total enrollment of 15,068 (as of 2013) and over 150,000 alumni.
Stone Academy (Chicago)
Leander Stone Scholastic Academy (commonly referred to as "Stone Academy") is a magnet school in Chicago, Illinois. In 2008, Stone Academy was ranked #23 out of 250 best schools in Chicago by Chicago Magazine.