On South Prairie Avenue near East 18th Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Prairie Avenue area has witnessed every significant period in the growth of Chicago from the establishment of Fort Dearborn through the residential rebirth of the central area in the 1990s. The years following the close of the Civil War were . . . — — Map (db m308721) HM
On West Jackson Boulevard at South Albany Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Jackson Boulevard.
Erected in honor of
Our Sorrowful Mother
by
the Novenites of Chicago
The first Novena devotion
was held here on
January 8, 1937
Blessed on the feast of
Our Sorrowful Mother
September 20, 1942
Mother of Sorrows
pray for . . . — — Map (db m244572) HM
On Ada Street north of Taylor Street, on the left when traveling south.
My father's desk, smelling of lemon oil, stood under a window in my parents' small room-an improvement on the dining room turned bedroom in our former apartment. My father seemed most happy there; it gave him an aura of importance and busyness, a . . . — — Map (db m289770) HM
Near North Michigan Avenue south of East Illinois Street, on the right when traveling south.
Benemérito de las Américas
Presidente de México, 1858 a 1872
Postuló que
“Entre los individuos como entre las naciones
el respeto al derecho ajeno es la paz"
Benemeritus of the Americas
President of Mexico, 1858 to 1872
He . . . — — Map (db m249696) HM
On North Michigan Avenue south of East Illinois Street, on the right when traveling south.
Benito Juárez (1806-1872) was the first indigenous President of Mexico. Juárez was committed to the right of the nation's indigenous populations and was known the builder of modern Mexico. A Zapotec Indian, Juárez has been called "the Lincoln of . . . — — Map (db m249697) HM
On North Wells Street at West Evergreen Street, on the right when traveling south on North Wells Street.
The Benjamin Franklin School, located at
225 West Evergreen, is the fifth oldest school
in Chicago. The school, which today is known
as The Franklin Fine Arts Center,
originally opened in 1837 on Canal Street.
In 1856 the school was moved to . . . — — Map (db m188291) HM
On South Francisco Avenue north of West Roosevelt Road, on the right when traveling north.
Benny Goodman
1909–1986
Musician
Benny Goodman, premier jazz clarinetist, band
leader and composer, enjoyed a career that spanned
seven decades.
The Goodman family settled at 1125 South Francisco
Avenue when Benny was eight. . . . — — Map (db m187766) HM
On North Lake Shore Drive at Banks Street, on the left when traveling north on North Lake Shore Drive.
The 1870 marriage of Bertha Honore and Potter Palmer united two of the wealthiest and most influential families of 19th century Chicago. Both were strong-willed individualists who used their economic power and social positions to carry out their . . . — — Map (db m188620) HM
Near South Michigan Avenue north of East Ida B. Wells Drive, on the right when traveling south.
At this site on November 18, 1915, was founded the American Medical Women's Assoc., dedicated to the support of women physicians and women's health. As its founder and first president, Bertha Van Hoosen, M.D., demonstrated her dedication to the . . . — — Map (db m237431) HM
On South Martin Luther King Jr Drive at East 41st Street, on the right when traveling north on South Martin Luther King Jr Drive.
Bessie Coleman
Aviatrix
1892-1926
During the mid-1910s, Bessie Coleman moved from Texas to
Chicago, first working as a manicurist at the White Sox Barber
Shop and later running a chili parlor on the corner of 35th Street
and . . . — — Map (db m180888) HM
On Columbus Drive south of Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south.
Celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the republic
By Isamu Noguchi
Commissioned by the trustees of the B.F. Ferguson Monument Fund
Dedicated November 30, 1976 — — Map (db m262822) HM
• Pitcher
• White Sox (1949-61)
• Started three All-Star games
• Led AL in strikeouts in 1953 (186), ERA in 1955 (1.97) and wins in 1957 (20)
• Seven-time All-Star
• Most victories by a Sox left-hander (186)
On North Halsted Street north of Roscoe Street, on the right when traveling north.
Billy Strayhorn
Gay U.S. Composer, Arranger and Pianist
(1915 - 1967)
“If you want something hard enough, it just gets done.”
- Billy Strayhorn
Billy Strayhorn studied music at the Pittsburgh Music Institute. While . . . — — Map (db m185620) HM
Near Irving Park Road (Illinois Route 19) near North Clark Street.
An Oasis of Art, Architecture, and Landscape Design since 1860.
Native tallgrass prairie covered much of the area in and around Chicago before the city was founded. This small piece of prairie has been planted to recall the native landscape . . . — — Map (db m289870) HM
This unique ensemble of residential flats was intended to resemble an elite street of mansions. Because it was financed, designed, and built as a single development, it possesses a unified layout that is unusual among Chicago residential blocks. . . . — — Map (db m261202) HM
On W south of Webster Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
This unique ensemble of residential flats was intended to resemble an elite street of mansions. Because it was financed, designed, and built as a single development, it possesses a unified layout that is unusual among Chicago residential blocks. . . . — — Map (db m261203) HM
These nine structures are what remains of "The Metropolis," one of the nation's most significant landmarks of African-American urban history. Developed during the first decades of the 20th century, this "city-within-a-city was home to numerous . . . — — Map (db m270515) HM
On East Balboa Avenue near South Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
An outstanding example of Modern French style of Beaux-Arts Classical architecture. As one of the city's earliest luxury hotels, it became the "Hotel of Presidents," serving as host to a dozen U.S. Presidents, including Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. . . . — — Map (db m94409) HM
On West Monroe Street west of North Oakley Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Built in 1874, made a home in 1952, and restored in 2019.
Here, seven children, "just as good as anybody and better than most," came into the world and came of age.
In loving memory of Margaret and Edward Bland. — — Map (db m268459) HM
On Roosevelt Road west of South Columbus Road, on the right when traveling west.
The "Great Migration" from the South to "the Promised Land" of Chicago brought more African Americans here from Mississippi than any other state, especially during and after World War II. With the migrants came the Delta blues that was the . . . — — Map (db m282904) HM
On North Milwaukee Avenue at West Logan Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on North Milwaukee Avenue.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m110744) HM
On North Sheridan Road at West Diversey Parkway, in the median on North Sheridan Road.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m189227) HM
On South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at East 35th Street, in the median on South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m189232) HM
On North Avenue near Humboldt Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m234583) HM
On Lake Street near Central Park Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m241131) HM
On West Congress Parkway at South Independence Boulevard, on the right when traveling west on West Congress Parkway.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m244568) HM
On West Douglas Boulevard west of South Albany Avenue, in the median.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m249341) HM
On North Sacramento Avenue at West Augusta Boulevard, on the left when traveling north on North Sacramento Avenue.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m249820) HM
On Western Avenue at Archer Avenue, in the median on Western Avenue.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m258376) HM
On North Kedzie Boulevard near West Palmer Square.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m273249) HM
On Stony Island Avenue south of Midway Plaisance North, on the right when traveling south.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m314155) HM
On Midway Plaisance near South Cottage Grove Avenue, in the median.
Chicago’s Boulevards are one of the city’s most overlooked treasures, and one of the largest and oldest boulevard systems in the nation. The 28-mile system contains 540 acres of green space, and provides a link between seven inland parks and . . . — — Map (db m314205) HM
On North Pine Grove Avenue at West Diversey Parkway, on the right when traveling south on North Pine Grove Avenue.
Brewster Apartments
Enoch H. Turnock, architect
1893
The principles of skeleton-frame construction
that made possible tall commercial buildings
were used here for an early highrise apartment
building, originally known as the . . . — — Map (db m187901) HM
On South Halsted Street north of West 34th Street when traveling north.
Inspired by the vast, untouched prairies
Long before Bridgeport looked the way it does now, Native Americans walked the area trails formed by the large, migrating herds of bison that made pathways through the oceans of tall-grass prairies and . . . — — Map (db m244240) HM
On North Michigan Avenue at East Wacker Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Michigan Avenue.
This site is designated a Literary Landmark in recognition of the use of bridges as sybmols by such authors as Carl Sandburg, Theodore Dreiser, and Upton Sinclair in Chicago's literary tradition — — Map (db m259812) HM
On East 18th Street west of South Prairie Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
During the last three decades of the 19th century, a six-block stretch of Prairie Avenue between Sixteenth Street and Cermak Road reigned as Chicago's premier residential street, and it remains one of Chicago's most historic neighborhoods.
. . . — — Map (db m308689) HM
On South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive at 35th Street, in the median on South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Will the Negro, in the language of Andre Malraux, find a meaning in his humiliation, make his slums and his sweat-shops his modern cathedrals out of which will be born a new consciousness that can guide him toward freedom? . . . — — Map (db m270703) HM
On South Martin Luther King Drive at 35th Street, in the median on South Martin Luther King Drive.
Depicted here are some of the geographic, cultural and historical features of this area - the "Black Metropolis" of Chicago. In the period after the First World War, an African American community of vitality and influence developed along these . . . — — Map (db m270715) HM
On U.S. 66 at South Franklin Street, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 66.
Holabird & Roche, architect
1909- 10
An excellent example of the Chicago School,
an architectural style of international importance
that developed between the 1880s and the
early 1900s. This building was commissioned
by Boston developers . . . — — Map (db m134414) HM
On South Wabash Avenue north of Balbo Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
For over a half century, this building housed the headquarters of the Company which has come to be known as Brunswick Corporation. Then called the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company, it moved here in 1913 after a fire destroyed its previous home. The . . . — — Map (db m237407) HM
On East Bellevue Place east of North State Street, on the left when traveling east.
Bryan Lathrop House
McKim, Mead and White, architects
1892
Drawing inspiration from the neo-classical styles of
the eighteenth century, Charles Follen McKim here
created a residence of great dignity and elegance.
The clarity and . . . — — Map (db m180726) HM
Near West 87th Street at South Western Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) of the 1930s "changed land and lives forever." The CCC completed construction projects across the country, including many of the Forest Preserves' earliest picnic shelters, bridges and flood control structures. . . . — — Map (db m304279) HM
Near North Clark Street south of Montrose Avenue, on the right.
Completed in 2005, replicating the 1912 design, this bridge to Burnham Island is made possible by the Trustees of Graceland Cemetery. — — Map (db m289871) HM
On Chicago Riverwalk at Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable Lake Shore Drive (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling east on Chicago Riverwalk.
1909 The Burnham Plan saved the lakefront of Chicago for parks, monuments and museums. Three major sites in Grant Park comprise The Museum Campus.
1911-1919 The Field Museum of Natural History
1929 The John G. Shedd Aquarium . . . — — Map (db m289606) HM
On West Sherwin Avenue 0.1 miles west of Sheridan Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
A pioneer of children's television, Burr Tillstrom's earliest puppet shows were put on in the window of his boyhood home for the neighborhood children.
Graduating from Senn High School in 1935, Tillstrom turned down a college scholarship to be . . . — — Map (db m243039) HM
On West Chicago Avenue west of North Clark Street.
This building was constructed as the headquarters and showroom for the Bush and Gerts Piano Company, one of Chicago's leading piano manufacturing companies in the early twentieth century. It stands as a rare example of a commercial building designed . . . — — Map (db m242424) HM
On South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive at East 26th Street, on the right when traveling north on South Doctor Martin Luther King Junior Drive.
On South Giles Avenue north of 35th Street, on the right when traveling south.
One of the few surviving collections of rowhouses on the South Side, dating from the late-19th and early-20th centuries and including early works by famed architects Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. — — Map (db m270289) HM
On South Avenue G at South Crilly Drive on South Avenue G.
This cast-concrete park fieldhouse is an excellent example of the Classical Revival architectural style and is comprised of a large central pavilion, flanked by two gymnasium wings. Its design elements feature eyebrow dormers, large-scale . . . — — Map (db m252550) HM
On South Martin Luther King Drive at East 32nd Street, on the right when traveling south on South Martin Luther King Drive. Reported missing.
Named in honor of the late Illinois Senator Stephen A. Douglas, Camp Douglas, established in 1861, was the earliest and largest Union military camp in the Chicago area. The camp stretched from 31st Street to 33rd Place and from Cottage Grove Avenue . . . — — Map (db m125027) HM
On South Harvard Avenue at West Marquette Road, on the left when traveling south on South Harvard Avenue.
This light-brown brick church, built as the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist, is an architecturally significant religious building designed in the Classical Revival style. It was designed by one of Chicago's most significant late 19th-century . . . — — Map (db m314343) HM
Near Ashland Avenue 0.3 miles north of Archer Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Reported damaged.
[Panel 1:]
Welcome
Origins
Welcome to the place where water connections transformed Chicago from a tiny trading post into a national crossroads. The Illinois and Michigan Canal began here, and so does Chicago’s story.
Water . . . — — Map (db m257619) HM
On East Wacker Place at North Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Wacker Place.
According to popular legend, the architects chose this building’s dark green and gold colors based on a gold-foiled champagne bottle seen at an office holiday party. Whether true of not, the building is one of the most-distinctive features on . . . — — Map (db m51698) HM
On North Hermitage Avenue south of West Leland Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Hog Butcher for the World. Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling. City of the Big Shoulders...
The first five lines from Sandburg's 1914 poem . . . — — Map (db m234538) HM
On North Milwaukee Avenue 0.1 miles north of West Addison Street, on the right when traveling north.
The siting of this structure as well as its forceful brick facade, displaying elements of both the Chicago and Prairie Schools of architecture, make it Dwight Perkins' masterpiece. The school is named in honor of the German-born journalist and . . . — — Map (db m255782) HM
On 26th Street east of Troy Street, on the right when traveling east.
Del pueblo de México a la Comunidad Mexicana de Chicago.
Este reloj, fabricado en Zacatlán, Puebla, fué obsequiado por los Gobiernos de Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Nuevo León, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí y . . . — — Map (db m258353) HM
Near 35th Street 0.2 miles west of Dan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 90/94), on the right when traveling east.
Inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, 2000
Batted .269 with 376 Home Runs and 1,330 RBI over 24 Seasons
11-Time All-Star, 1972-74, 1976-78, 1980-82, 1985, 1991
Uniform No. 72 Retired, 1997
Member of the White Sox Team of the Century, 2000 . . . — — Map (db m248534) HM
Near West 35th Street 0.1 miles west of Dan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 90/94), on the right when traveling east.
• Catcher
• White Sox (1981-93)
• Ranks fourth in club history in home runs (214)
• Ranks second in MLB for games caught (2,226)
• 351 career home runs (2nd most by a catcher)
• 11-time All-Star
• Inducted into Hall of Fame in 2000
. . . — — Map (db m307485) HM
On South Wabash Avenue north of East Monroe Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Carson Pirie Scott store ranks as one of the most important structures in early modern architecture. An example of 19th-century modular construction, it also clearly expresses the period's philosophy about an ornamental architecture.
. . . — — Map (db m244990) HM
On Washington Boulevard east of Ashland Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
"Genius is but audacity and the audacity of Chicago has chosen a star. It has looked upward to it and knows nothing that it fears to attempt and thus far has found nothing that it can not accomplish."
From Mayor's Day address
The World's . . . — — Map (db m238151) HM
Considered the founders of Chicago, Catherine (1756 - 1809) and Jean Baptiste (1745 - 1818) Point du Sable established a fur trading post on this site in the 1770s or early 1780s, approximately a half century before Chicago was incorporated. This . . . — — Map (db m99739) HM
On North Avenue at North Dearborn Street, on the right when traveling west on North Avenue.
Chicago's early Catholic Cemetery ran from North Av. south to Schiller St., and Dearborn St. to the lake, now Astor St. Established in 1845, it existed until the 1871 Chicago Fire charred the grounds. Like the City Cemetery to the north, not all . . . — — Map (db m10665) HM
On North La Salle Drive at West Superior Street, on the right when traveling north on North La Salle Drive.
The St. Vincent Center has played a prominent and unique role in the life-affirming, charitable history of the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
In 1881, the St. Vincent Hospital and Infant Asylum, popularly known as St. Vincent's Orphanage, . . . — — Map (db m238137) HM
On Armitage Avenue at Cleveland Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Armitage Avenue.
This building was constructed circa 1892, the year before the Chicago World's Fair. Designed in the architectural style of the era, it features both Queen Anne and Victorian elements. The cornice metalwork and window trim details are the building's . . . — — Map (db m261155) HM
On Armitage Avenue west of Cleveland Street, on the right when traveling west.
This building was constructed circa 1892, the year before the Chicago World's Fair. Designed in the architectural style of the era, it features both Queen Anne and Victorian elements. The cornice metalwork and window trim details are the building's . . . — — Map (db m261156) HM
This building was constructed circa 1892, the year before the Chicago World's Fair. Designed in the architectural style of the era, it features both Queen Anne and Victorian elements. The cornice metalwork and window trim details are the building's . . . — — Map (db m261157) HM
These carved granite fragments are from the Illinois Central Station which stood at the southwest edge of Grant Park for more than 75 years. Bradford Lee Gilbert, a prolific architect of American railroad buildings, designed the massive . . . — — Map (db m99761) HM
On Chicago Riverwalk at Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling west on Chicago Riverwalk.
1933 A Century of Progress for Chicago's 100th Birthday. A world's fair which focused on science and industry. Buildings were prime examples of art deco and the famous Skyride which was then the tallest man-made structure west of Manhattan.
. . . — — Map (db m289563) HM
On West Cermak Road at South Lumber Street, on the right when traveling west on West Cermak Road.
These four massive industrial buildings clustered around the City's last-remaining double-leaf Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge form the finest intact, early 20th-century riverfront precinct in Chicago. Originally housing wholesale grocers, window shade . . . — — Map (db m313501) HM
On West Cermak Road at South Grove Street, on the right when traveling east on West Cermak Road.
These four massive industrial buildings clustered around the City's last-remaining double-leaf Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge form the finest intact, early 20th-century riverfront precinct in Chicago. Originally housing wholesale grocers, window shade . . . — — Map (db m313503) HM
On North Desplaines Street north of Randolph Street, on the right.
On the 30th anniversary of the passing of Cesar Chavez, we commemorate this plaque to forever honor the lives and legacies of Brother Chavez and Sister Dolores Huerta.
They founded what would eventually become the United Farm Workers and . . . — — Map (db m270449) HM
Near Cannon Drive 0.3 miles east of Du Sable Lake Shore Drive (U.S. 41), on the left when traveling north.
Before observing live Chacoan peccaries in 1972, scientists thought this species was extinct. Local Guarani people knew about the living ones all along.
Survival Surprise
Finding Chacoan peccaries was like finding a herd of woolly . . . — — Map (db m267830) HM
On 35th Street 0.2 miles Dan Ryan Expressway (Interstate 90/94).
Highly Regarded Civic Figure, Philanthropist and Sportsman
Player and Manager
Founder of the Chicago White Sox, 1900
Co-founder of the American League, 1901
Builder of Comiskey Park, 1910
American League Champions, 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919 . . . — — Map (db m248553) HM
On East 60th Street west of South Dorchester Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
In the early 1930s a plan was devised to bring several key
public service organizations together in one building
to improve the exchange of information between them
and thousands of state and local governments they served.
Charles E. . . . — — Map (db m188772) HM
On North Damen Avenue south of West Le Moyne Street, on the right when traveling north.
Charles aged 19 left Vermont to arrive in Chicago in 1839. A true pioneer, he was an egalitarian dedicated to honesty, hard work, family, neighborhood and country. He was well known for his ability and willingness to do whatever was needed most, . . . — — Map (db m229433) HM
Designed as a "model home," this Queen Anne-style house was built for Irving Park land developer Charles N. Loucks. It is a fine example of "pattern book architecture," building designs sold through the mail--a popular method used to keep pace with . . . — — Map (db m66329) HM
On Halsted Street 0 miles north of Adams Street, on the right.
Mr. Walgreen purchased his first store in June 1901 on the South Side of Chicago. By the time of his death in 1939, he had built the largest drugstore chain in America—493 stores. Customer service and innovation were key to his success. . . . — — Map (db m133777) HM
On Midway Plaisance North near Stony Island Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Cheney-Goode Memorial honors two accomplished women who lived on the city's south side, Flora S. Cheney and Kathrine H. Goode.
Flora Sylvester Cheney (1872-1929) was a political activist, reformer, and legislator. She worked to secure . . . — — Map (db m314147) HM
On North Avenue (Illinois Route 64) 0.1 miles west of Kingsbury Street, on the right when traveling east.
• Asymmetrical "bob-tail" style swing-span bridge
• Designed by Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway (Milwaukee Road)
• Superstructure is made from 210 tons of steel, with a 140 ton concrete counterweight
• Bridge spans 120 feet over the . . . — — Map (db m261144) HM
On South Michigan Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Chess Records Office and Studio
Horatio R. Wilson, architect
2120 S. Michigan Avenue is internationally known as the site of some of the most influential Blues and Rock 'n' Roll recordings, including "Johnny B. Goode," "Rescue Me," and . . . — — Map (db m188622) HM
On South Michigan Avenue south of East Cermak Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1947, two nightclub businessmen,
Leonard and Philip Chess, partnered
with Aristocrat Records to start
recording some of the artists who had
performed at Chess' various Chicago
southside nightclubs. The
brothers unleashed some of . . . — — Map (db m189094) HM
On Chicago Riverwalk at Jean Baptiste Point du Sable Lake Shore Drive (U.S. 41), on the left when traveling east on Chicago Riverwalk.
Chicago (Chicagou in the Algonquin tongue) was named for the wild onions that grew in abundance on the river banks.
1673 Guided by Indians, Pere Jacque Marquette, a Jesuit Missionary and Louis Jolliet an explorer, arrive at the portage to . . . — — Map (db m289643) HM
On North Clinton Street north of West Lake Street, on the left when traveling south.
Chicago Landmark
The Powerhouse is the best-surviving building associated with the Chicago and North Western Railway, one of the city’s most prominent historic railroads. While a utilitarian building, this grandly-scaled example of the . . . — — Map (db m47726) HM
On South State Street, on the right when traveling north.
Chicago Bee Building
Z. Erol Smith, architect
1929-31
This Art Deco-style building was constructed as
the headquarters for the Chicago Bee newspaper,
which was founded by noted African American
entrepreneur Anthony Overton. It also . . . — — Map (db m188754) HM
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