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  2. Lionel Hampton Fine & Performing Arts School - Wikipedia

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    Website. www.hamptoncps.org. Lionel Hampton Fine & Performing Arts School is a public magnet school for grades K–8 in southwestern Chicago, Illinois, United States. This school was started in the fall of 2000. This school was formerly known as New Dawes.

  3. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable - Wikipedia

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    2. Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (also spelled Point de Sable, Point au Sable, Point Sable, Pointe DuSable, or Pointe du Sable [n 1]; before 1750 [n 2] – August 28, 1818) is regarded as the first permanent non-native settler of what would later become Chicago, Illinois. Recognized as the city's founder, [7] the site where he settled near the ...

  4. Prairie Avenue District - Wikipedia

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    Designated CL. December 27, 1979. The Prairie Avenue District is a historic district in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. It includes the 1800 and 1900 blocks of South Prairie Avenue and the 1800 block of South Indiana, and 211-217 East Cullerton. [2] It was the site of the Battle of Fort Dearborn and became the city's ...

  5. South Side Park - Wikipedia

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    South Side Park III (1900–1940) South Side Park (III) in Chicago. The third South Side Park, the best known and longest lived venue by that name, was on the north side of 39th Street (renamed Pershing Road in 1920) between South Wentworth Avenue and South Princeton Avenue, located at 41°49′28″N 87°37′58″W. It was a few blocks west ...

  6. Wilmette Public Schools District 39 - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .wilmette39 .org. Wilmette Public Schools District 39 ( D39) is a school district headquartered in the Mikaelian Education Center in Wilmette, Illinois in the Chicago metropolitan area.

  7. Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident - Wikipedia

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    He was sentenced to 150 hours of community service, fined $10,000, to be paid to Friends of the Chicago River, an environmental organization, and received 18 months probation. The Dave Matthews Band donated $50,000 to the Chicago Park District, $50,000 to Friends of the Chicago River, and paid the State of Illinois $200,000 in settlement.

  8. Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

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    Chicago Metropolitan Area. Headquarters. 100 E Erie St. Chicago, IL 60611. Employees. 2000. Website. https://mwrd.org/. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), originally known as the Sanitary District of Chicago, is a special-purpose district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois since 1889.

  9. Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Wikipedia

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    Number of vehicles. 2,429 commuter rail cars. 6,418 subway cars. 61 SIR cars. 5,725 buses [1] The Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York.

  10. Cook County Board of Commissioners 17th district - Wikipedia

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    History. The district was established in 1994, when the board transitioned from holding elections in individual districts, as opposed to the previous practice of having two multi-member districts districts: one for ten members from the city of Chicago and another for seven members from suburban Cook County.

  11. Chicago Heights School District 170 - Wikipedia

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    Chicago Heights School District 170 (CHSD170 or SD170) is a school district headquartered in Chicago Heights, Illinois. History [ edit ] In 1901, the Board of Education decreed that the school day would run from 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon, and from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. with a 15-minute recess each session.