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Schaumburg is the most populous village in the United States, located in Cook and DuPage Counties, Illinois. It has a rich history of German immigration and a modern shopping and business hub with Woodfield Mall and IKEA.
Schlumberger is the world's largest offshore drilling company and contractor by revenue, founded in 1926 by two brothers from Alsace. It provides various services and products for the petroleum industry, such as seismic data processing, well testing, artificial lift, and software and information management.
Merchandise Mart is a historic commercial building in Chicago, Illinois, that was the world's largest when it opened in 1930. It is a leading retailing and wholesale location for architectural and interior design vendors and trades, and also hosts several other enterprises and attractions.
Woodfield Mall is the largest shopping mall in Illinois and one of the largest in the US, located in Schaumburg, near Chicago. It opened in 1971 and has four anchor tenants, a movie theater, and several outdoor shopping centers nearby.
Learn about the history and architecture of the former Sears mail order and corporate headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The complex includes the Sears Merchandise Building Tower, a National Historic Landmark and the tallest building in the world when it was built in 1906.
Loop Retail Historic District is a shopping district within the Chicago Loop community area in Cook County, Illinois, United States.It is bounded by Lake Street to the north, Ida B. Wells Drive to the south, State Street to the west and Wabash Avenue to the east.
Learn about the history and significance of the Union Stock Yards, the meatpacking district in Chicago that operated for over a century. Find out how the stockyards influenced the railroad, meatpacking, and animal-industrial complex industries.
The Sullivan Center is a historic commercial building in Chicago, Illinois, designed by Louis Sullivan for the retail firm Schlesinger & Mayer in 1899. It was later occupied by Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company, a department store chain, until 2006.