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  2. 10 most expensive ZIP codes in the Chicago area - AOL

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    Here are the top 10 most expensive postal codes in the Chicago area, according to data from the Zillow Home Value Index: 10) River Forest, 60305 With an average home value around $739,000, 60305 ...

  3. James R. Thompson Center - Wikipedia

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    The James R. Thompson Center (JRTC), originally the State of Illinois Center, is a postmodern -style civic building designed by architect Helmut Jahn, located at 100 W. Randolph Street in the Loop district of Chicago. Designed with a post-modernist rotunda, it was built to house offices of the Illinois state government in the most populated ...

  4. Community areas in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    The city of Chicago is divided into 77 community areas for statistical and planning purposes. Census data and other statistics are tied to the areas, which serve as the basis for a variety of urban planning initiatives on both the local and regional levels. The areas' boundaries do not generally change, allowing comparisons of statistics across ...

  5. Winnetka, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .villageofwinnetka .org. Winnetka ( / wɪˈnɛtkə /) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, located 16 miles (26 km) north of downtown Chicago. The population was 12,475 [2] as of the 2020 census. The village is one of the wealthiest places in the United States in terms of household income.

  6. Union Stock Yards - Wikipedia

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    Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the ...

  7. List of neighborhoods in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago's Chinatown. St. Simeon Mirotočivi, a Serbian Orthodox church located in East Side. Greektown. Fiesta Boricua on Paseo Boricua in Humboldt Park. The Robie House in Hyde Park is a Frank Lloyd Wright design. The Gateway Theatre 's Solidarity Tower in Jefferson Park is a replica of the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

  8. Chicago-area gas prices are surging after a tornado nearly ...

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    A gallon of gas in Chicago is now selling for an average of $4.34, according to AAA. That’s 27 cents more expensive than just a week ago after a tornado narrowly missed the Joliet Refinery and ...

  9. List of U.S. cities by adjusted per capita personal income

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    An income of $0.88 in Birmingham equals an income of $1.27 in San Jose with the U.S as a whole having an average PCPI of $1.00. To put it another way, the purchasing power of a dollar compared to the U.S. average is $1.13 in Birmingham and $0.79 in San Jose. The net impact of accounting for differences in the purchasing power of a dollar in ...