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Chicago Links

Here is a list of links of museums, schools, companies, recreational areas, historical landmarks, governing bodies, and more.

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Please report any dead links to Mr. Andrusyk.  Please email him if you know of a good Chicago site to add.   bandrusyk@ichsknights.org

Contents

• General
• Museums
• Other Points of Interest
• Culture
• Outdoors/Nature
• Sports
• Media
• Transportation
• History

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GENERAL

• City of Elmhurst

• City of Chicago

• Cook County Home Page 

• DuPage County Home Page

• Chicago 2016   The official website of Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics!

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MUSEUMS

• Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum

• American Movie Palace Museum (Elmhurst, Ill.)

• Art Institute of Chicago

• Cantigny Park (Wheaton, Ill.)

• Chicago History Museum

• Chicago’s Children’s Museum

• DuPage Children’s Museum (Naperville, Ill.)

• DuPage County Historical Museum (Wheaton, Ill.)

• DuSable Museum of African American History

• Elmhurst Art Museum

• Elmhurst Historical Museum

• Field Museum of Natural History

• Hellenic Museum & Cultural Center

• Illinois Railway Museum (Union, Ill.)

• Irish American Heritage Center

• Jane Addams Hull-House Museum

• Kohl Children’s Museum (Glenview, Ill.)

• Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art (Elmhurst, Ill.)

• Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum

• Museum of Broadcasting Communications

• Museum of Contemporary Art

• Museum of Contemporary Photography

• Museum of Science and Industry

• Naper Settlement (Naperville, Ill.)

• Oriental Institute Museum

• Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

   

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OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST

• AIA Chicago  Here you can get information about Chicago architecture and more.

• Chicago Architecture Foundation  This foundation is well known for its architectural tours both boat and walking.

• Chicago Board of Trade

• Chicago Mercantile Exchange

• Chicago Public Library   The library's web site contains a wealth of information about the city of Chicago and its history.

• Frank Lloyd Wright Home & Studio (Oak Park, Ill.)

• Graue Mill (Oak Brook, Ill.)

• Hancock Observatory

• Magnificent Mile (Michigan Ave.)

• McCormick Place

• Navy Pier

• Newberry Library
  

• Pritzker Military Library

• Robie House

• Sears Tower

• Six Flags Great America

• Wrigley Building

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CULTURE

• Allstate Arena (Rosemont, Ill.)

• Broadway in Chicago  At this site you can find out what show is playing at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts/Oriental Theatre, the Cadillac Palace Theatre, the LaSalle Bank Theatre and the Auditorium Theatre.

• Chicago Shakespeare Theater

• Chicago Symphony Orchestra

• Chicago Theatre

• Drury Lane—Oakbook Terrace

• Goodman Theatre

• Lyric Opera of Chicago

• Ravinia (Highland Park, Ill.)

• Second City

• Steppenwolf Theater

• The Vic Theatre

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OUTDOORS/NATURE

• Brookfield Zoo (Brookfield, Ill.)

• Chicago Botanical Gardens (Glencoe, Ill.)

• Chicago Park District

• Chicago Wilderness  "The Chicago Wilderness consortium is an alliance of more than 200 public and private organizations working together to protect, restore, study and manage the natural ecosystems of the Chicago region, contribute to the conservation of global biodiversity, and enrich local residents' quality of life."  (from Chicago Wilderness Home Page)

• Cook County Forest Preserve District

• Forest Preserve District of DuPage County

• Friends of the Chicago River  This organization is dedicated to improve, preserve, and protect the Chicago River for humans and wildlife.

• Garfield Park Conservatory

• Illinois Prairie Path

• John G. Shedd Aquarium

• Lake View Nature Center (Oakbrook Terrace, Ill.)

• Lincoln Park Zoo

• Morton Arboretum (Lisle, Ill.)

• Millennium Park

• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

• Spring Brook Nature Center (Itasca, Ill.)

• Wildlife Prairie Park (Peoria, Ill.)

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SPORTS

• Chicago Bears

• Chicago Blackhawks

• Chicago Bulls

• Chicago Cubs

• Chicago Fire

• Chicago Sky

• Chicago Rush

• Chicago Storm

• Chicago White Sox

• Kane County Cougars

• Schaumburg Flyers

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MEDIA

• ABC 7

• CBS 2

• Chicago Magazine

• Chicago Sun Times

• Chicago Tribune

• CLTV

• Daily Herald

• Elmhurst Doings

• Elmhurst Press

• NBC 5

• WGN

• WTTW PBS Channel 11

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TRANSPORTATION

• Chicago Transit Authority

• DuPage Airport

• O’Hare International Airport

• Metra Rail

• Midway International Airport

• Pace Bus

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HISTORY

• A Century of Progress: The 1933-34 World’s Fair  Here you can view 350 pamphlets from the World's Fair from the Special Collections Research Center at the University of Chicago.

• Chicago’s “L”  There's information about the history of the "L", stations, rolling stock, and much more.

• CTA Rapid Transit History  This site explores the history of the CTA.

• Eastland Memorial Society  On Saturday, July 24, 1915, more than 844 lost their lives in the Chicago River when the passenger steamer ship, Eastland, rolled on its side.  This site explores this tragedy.

• Encyclopedia of Chicago History  This is an online version, (ICHS also owns a print version of this encyclopedia), of a comprehensive look of the history of Chicago.

• Graveyards of Chicago  This unique site explores the beauty of cemeteries in the Chicagoland area.  See the tombstones of famous Chicagoans and read brief biographies about them.

• Great Chicago Fire: Web of Memory  From the Chicago History Museum and Northwestern University, this site explores the fateful night of October 8, 1871 and includes eyewitness accounts, photos of artifacts, and more.

• Haymarket Affair  The Library of Congress provides images, manuscripts, and other primary sources about the Haymarket Affair in  Chicago.

• The History Files  From the Chicago History Museum, this site takes a look at the history of Chicago and some of the key events from Chicago's past including Al Capone, the Great Chicago Fire, Fort Dearborn, and more.

• History of Chicago: Resources on the Internet  This site lists resources about the history of Chicago, famous firsts, mayors, and many other facts about the city.  From Roosevelt University.

• The Illinois History Resource Page  This is a great site to find about the history of Illinois and its government.

• Illinois Labor History Society  Here you can learn about the history of labor in Illinois including events like the Haymarket Riots, the Pullman strike, mine disasters.

• Jazz Age Chicago   Explores what life was like in Chicago from 1893-1945.

• Learn Chicago  The Chicago Public Library has a very comprehensive site of facts about the city of Chicago including timeline of Chicago history, list of mayors, Chicago symbols, etc.  If you want to know how many parking meters there are in the city, this is where to look for the answer.

• Old Chicago: History & Architecture in Vintage Postcards  This is an interesting site where you can take a look at the city by viewing vintage postcards.

• Pullman Historic District  George Pullman founded the Pullman in the 1880's.  This site explores the Pullman District.

• Studs Terkel  Studs Terkel is a well-known author and radio personality.  On this site there are collections of interviews of people he conducted for his books and his radio program.

• Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and its Neighborhoods: 1889-1963.  Here you'll find historical images, primary sources, maps, and scholarly essays about the history and what life was like in Chicago.

• World’s Columbian Exposition  This is a neat site about the World's Columbian Exposition that took place in Chicago in May - October, 1893.  Those who have read The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson would be very intersted in this site.

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