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Low-rise apartments are common in Central Lakeview, West Lakeview and Wrigleyville. Lakeview, also spelled Lake View, is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Lakeview is located in the city's North Side. It is bordered by West Diversey Parkway on the south, West Irving Park Road on the north, North Ravenswood Avenue on the west ...
The Lakeview Historic District is a historic district on the north side of the city of Chicago, Illinois . The district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1977. [2] The district, which is in southeastern Lakeview Township about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the Chicago Loop, is primarily in the Lake View ...
1950s–1990s PCC streetcar, Chicago, 1950. 1950 Chess Records in business. Population: 3,620,962. This was the peak of Chicago's population, which has been declining ever since. 1953: American Indian Center, the oldest urban Native American center in the United States, opened. 1954: Johnson Products Company in business.
Southport. / 41.943832; -87.663383. Southport is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority 's 'L' system. It is situated between the Paulina and Belmont stations on the Brown Line, which runs between Albany Park on Chicago 's Northwest Side and downtown Chicago. It is an elevated station with two side platforms located at 3411 North Southport ...
Armitage Avenue. Armitage Avenue is an east–west street in Chicago and its western suburbs, being located at 2000 North in the Chicago address system, two and one-half miles north of Madison Street. Its west end is located at President Street in the western suburb of Glendale Heights. In the western suburbs, it is a minor road, being split ...
August 8, 1985. The Austin Historic District is a residential historic district in central Austin, Chicago, Illinois. The district, which includes 336 buildings, has a large number of Victorian homes, with many examples of the Queen Anne, Stick, and Shingle styles. Henry Austin, for whom Austin is named, began development in the district in the ...
147th Street, Dolton. North end. Lake Shore Drive at 1700 North. LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago named for René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, a 17th century French explorer of the Illinois Country. The portion that runs through the Chicago Loop is considered to be Chicago's financial district.
The forward section of the first Vista-Dome car was partitioned off and reserved for women and children. A door was located in the corridor under the dome just behind the women's restroom to allow access to the reserved section. Early on, this reserved section was opened up to all passengers and the door and partitions were removed.