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Kids Off the Block. Kids Off the Block ( KOB) was a memorial of stones of young people killed by gun violence. The memorial was located in Chicago 's West Pullman neighborhood, with the mission "to provide at-risk low income youth positive alternatives to gangs, drugs, truancy, violence and the juvenile justice system." [1] [2]
McCormick Place. / 41.85194°N 87.61611°W / 41.85194; -87.61611. McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago. It is the largest convention center in North America. [ 2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the Chicago Loop.
Designated. November 1, 1995. The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), formerly known as the Museum of Science and Industry, is a science museum located in Chicago, Illinois, in Jackson Park, in the Hyde Park neighborhood between Lake Michigan and The University of Chicago. It is housed in the Palace of Fine Arts from the 1893 World's ...
Alamy It is fitting that Chicago, Illinois, is known as the "windy city," because visiting this engaging Midwestern city is a breeze with tots in tow. There are enough things to do in Chicago to ...
Lincoln Park is a 1,208-acre (489-hectare) park along Lake Michigan on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois.Named after US President Abraham Lincoln, it is the city's largest public park and stretches for seven miles (11 km) from Grand Avenue (500 N), on the south, [1] [2] to near Ardmore Avenue (5800 N) on the north, just north of the DuSable Lake Shore Drive terminus at Hollywood Avenue. [3]
7. Let the kids take an active role in trip planning. Ask for your children’s input and weave their interests into the itinerary and they’ll be more invested in your European vacation. My kids ...
NRHP reference No. 10000311. Added to NRHP. June 3, 2010. West Argyle Street Historic District (also known as Little Saigon, [ 1] New Chinatown, and Asia on Argyle) is a historic district in northern Uptown, Chicago, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 2010. The community covers an area of about 41 ...
Chicago tourism recorded 55 million visitors in 2017. [3] In 2016, Chicago saw 54.1 million visitors; a 2.9% increase from 2015. [4] In 2015, it was estimated that 50.1 million visitors came to Chicago, which was a 4.5 percent increase from 2014. [5] From 2010 through 2014, the tourism and hospitality industries have added 9,800 jobs ...