Evanston /ˈɛvənˌstən/ is a suburban city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 12 miles (19 km) north of downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, and Wilmette to the north, with a population of 74,486 as of 2010. It is one of the North Shore communities that adjoin Lake Michigan. The boundaries of the city of Evanston are coterminous with those of Evanston Township – although school districts 65 and 202 take in a small portion of eastern Skokie.
Population: 74,486
Latitude: 42° 02' 28.10" N
Longitude: -87° 41' 24.22" W
Golf is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, incorporated in 1928. As of the 2010 census, the village had a population of 500. The community is primarily residential, and has a dedicated police department, post office, and Metra train …
DeKoven Street is a street in Chicago, Illinois named for John DeKoven, one of the founders of the Northern Trust Company.
Richard T. Crane Medical Preparatory High School (formerly known as Crane Tech Prep or Crane Tech High School) is a public 4-year medical prep high school located in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school is …
Chicago Title & Trust Center is an office tower located in Chicago designed by the firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Before completion in 1990 the twin tower design was awarded The Chicago Athenaeum's "Best Building" Architecture Award,the award wa…
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Wilson is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Red Line, part of the Chicago 'L' metro system and is located at 4620 North Broadway in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.
Westlawn Cemetery is a Jewish cemetery located in Norridge, Illinois.
Victory Gardens Theater is a theater in Chicago, Illinois dedicated to the development and production of new plays and playwrights. The theater was founded in 1974 when eight Chicago artists, Cecil O'Neal, Warren Casey, Stuart Gordon, Cordis Heard, …
Schaumburg High School, or SHS is a public four-year high school located in Schaumburg, IL, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States.
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Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica (officially: The Basilica Of Our Lady Of Sorrows) is a Roman Catholic basilica on the west side of Chicago, Illinois. Located at 3121 West Jackson Boulevard, it is, along with St.
The Virgin Hotels Chicago (formerly Old Dearborn Bank Building or 203 North Wabash Avenue) is a historic building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, that has been converted from use as an office building to use as a hotel run via a mob…
Large Interior Form, 1953-54 is a sculpture by Henry Moore.
Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary (G-ETS) is a graduate school of theology of The United Methodist Church located in Evanston, Illinois. It is located a few miles north of Chicago on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University.
Fountain of the Great Lakes or Spirit of the Great Lakes Fountain is an allegorical sculpture by Lorado Taft in the Art Institute of Chicago South Stanley McCormick Memorial Court south of the Art Institute of Chicago Building in the Loop community …
Elk Grove High School, or EGHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Gro…
The Chicago Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois was constructed between 1898 and 1905 for the purpose of housing the midwest's federal courts, main post office, and other government bureaus. It stood in The Loop neighborhood on a block bounded by …
The Chicago Academy for the Arts, founded in 1981, is an independent preparatory high school for the performing and visual arts located in the River West neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It was named a National School of Distinction by the John F.