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2. Axis Apartments - Wikipedia

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   Axis Apartments is a sixty-story high rise apartment tower in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it was completed in 1986 as Onterie Center. The name was a conflation of "Ontario" and "Erie", the streets at its two entrances. The building consists of two towers: a 60-story Main Tower and an 11 ...

3. Tenement housing in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Tenement housing in Chicago. Tenement housing in Chicago was established in the late 19th and into the early 20th centuries. [1] A majority of tenement complexes in Chicago were constructed in the interest of using land space and boosting the economy. These tenements were built quite tall, often exceeding 3 stories, to accommodate as many low ...

4. Villa District - Wikipedia

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   Journalist Mike Royko famously dubbed the area as the Polish Kenilworth after the posh suburb of Chicago's North Shore. The Villa Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 1979. Its area was increased on March 10, 1983 by the addition of the Villa Apartments, 3948-3952 and 3949-3953 W. Waveland Ave.

5. Montgomery Ward Company Complex - Wikipedia

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   Designated NHL. June 2, 1978. Designated CL. May 17, 2000 (Catalog House only) The Montgomery Ward Company Complex is the former national headquarters of Montgomery Ward, the United States' oldest mail order firm. The property is located along the North Branch of the Chicago River at 618 W. Chicago Avenue in Near North Side, Chicago, Illinois.

6. Grand Plaza I - Wikipedia

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   Grand Plaza I. /  41.89194°N 87.62861°W  / 41.89194; -87.62861. Grand Plaza is a residential apartment building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The 57 story building was completed in 2003 at a height of 641 feet (195 m) when measured from its decorative spires. Grand Plaza I is one of the tallest all-residential buildings in ...

7. 2003 Chicago balcony collapse - Wikipedia

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   On June 29, 2003, an overloaded balcony collapsed during a party in a Chicago, Illinois apartment building, killing thirteen people and seriously injuring fifty-seven others. It was the deadliest porch collapse in American history. The ensuing investigation was highly critical of the way the balcony was built, finding a large number of errors ...