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United States Post Office (Belvidere, Illinois)

The Belvidere U.S. Post Office is a historic building located in the Illinois city's downtown business district. It was built in 1911 and represents a good example of Classical Revival architecture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as United States Post Office-Belvidere in 2000. History The Belvidere U.S. Post Office was constructed in 1911, by Rockford contractor E. Maffioli. A.N. Eason was the construction supervisor for the Treasury Department and the building was constructed according to a schedule which slated completion for September 1, 1911 and occupancy for October 11, 1911. The building was completed on schedule and dedicated on October 11, 1911, attracting a large crowd. The building served as post office until it was put up for sale in 1997. It was sold in 1998 to a member of the public. Architecture The Belvidere U.S. Post Office was built in the Classical Revival style of architecture and was designed by Supervising Architect of the U.S. Treasury James Knox Taylor. The building uses a free mix of Classical and Renaissance forms and possesses several elements characteristic of Classical Revival. The interior dome, the broken pediment over the entryway (a Greek Revival form), finely dressed stonework, a monumental scale, and sculptural stone details are all commonly found among Classical Revival-styled buildings. Historic Significance The Belvidere Post Office reflects the designs of post offices promoted by the U.S. federal government in the early 1900s. The post office is an architecturally significant example of Classical Revival architecture and one of Belvidere's most elaborate Classical buildings. The U.S. Post Office in Belvidere, Illinois was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 2000. See also List of United States post offices References External links United States Post Office (Belvidere, Illinois), Property Information Report, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, accessed May 16, 2008.
Chicago Harbor Lock

The Chicago Harbor Lock, also known as the Chicago River & Harbor Controlling Works, is a stop lock and dam located within the Chicago Harbor in Chicago, Illinois, at the mouth of the Chicago River. It is a component of the Chicago Area Waterway System, and is used to control water diversion from Lake Michigan into the river and for navigation. History The lock was built between 1936 and 1938 by the Sanitary District of Chicago primarily as a means of limiting diversion of water from Lake Michigan, but also as a component of the project to reverse the flow of the Chicago River to improve the water quality of the lake and for improved navigation. It is one of two entrances from the Great Lakes to the Chicago Area Waterway System, the other entrance being the T.J. O'Brien Lock and Dam on the Calumet River. In 1984, maintenance and operation of the lock was transferred to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, though operation of the controlling works sluice gates stayed with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District. Overview The lock chamber is 600 feet (180 m) long, 80 feet (24 m) wide, and 22 feet (6.7 m) deep and can accommodate up to 100 vessels at once. It contains two pair of 30 feet (9.1 m) tall sector gates. The lock requires 12–15 minutes to cycle through a typical water-level difference of two to five feet (0.61 to 1.52 m). Water level is controlled via gravity by partially opening and closing the lock gates. The controlling works contains eight sluice gates along its piers, each measuring 10 feet (3.0 m) x 10 feet (3.0 m), allowing water from Lake Michigan into the river for navigational and sanitation purposes during normal weather operations, and for allowing water out of the swollen river into the lake during heavy rainfall periods as a measure of last resort for flood control purposes. The Chicago Harbor Lock is the fourth-busiest lock in the nation for commercial use and the second-busiest in the nation for recreational use. See also Chicago Harbor Chicago Area Waterway System Port of Chicago References External links Media related to Chicago Harbor Lock at Wikimedia Commons
Beecher High School (Illinois)

Beecher High School or BHS is a public four-year high school located in Beecher, is a southern suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. and is part of the Beecher Community Unit School District 200U. History Beecher Community Unit School District 200-U is one of the longest surviving school districts in Will County. The high school's location has changed twice since 1954, due to overpopulation in the growing community. Construction began on the current Beecher High School in 2000, barely being completed at the start of the school year on September 4, 2001. Student demographics and characteristics The current enrollment at Beecher High School is 679. The ethnic breakdown of the school is 89.6% White, 7% Hispanic/Latino and 3.4% all others. 13.8% of students lie within the low income bracket. The attendance rate is 94%, and the graduation rate is 93.2%. Academics BHS offers a wide variety of curriculum for its students to choose from. Departments include Agriculture, Business, Family and Consumer Sciences, Industrial Technology, Media and Technology, English, Foreign Language (Spanish is the only Foreign Language offered after the Class of 2009), Fine Arts, Mathematics, Health and Physical Education, Science, and Social Studies. Beecher offers Advanced Placement courses in US History, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Chemistry and Calculus AB. Beecher also has a Special Education program. In 2010, 60% of juniors met or exceeded on the PSAE, 7% higher than the statewide average. Juniors and seniors also have the opportunity to attend Kankakee Area Career Center located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The center primarily offers vocational classes for a portion of the official school day, each offering worth 1.5 credits per semester. Departments include Automotive Technology, Business Technology, Child Development, Collision Repair, Computer Technology, Construction Technology, Cosmetology, Drafting/CAD, Fire/Rescue, Health Occupations, Law Enforcement, Precision Metals and Welding Technology. Issues and controversies Cyber bullying BHS made national news in April 2010 when an incident involving hate speech escalated between a Beecher student on the baseball team and a Crete-Monee High School and Peotone High School team member. According to The Huffington Post, "A racist and threatening Facebook exchange between high school baseball players has some wondering why a threat to lynch another person is not being taken more seriously by two Illinois schools. Crete-Monee High School honor student and pitcher Jihad Yousef was stunned the day after playing a double header against Beecher, when he checked his Facebook page and found a disturbing message from a Peotone player, according to Phil Arvia of the Southtown Star." References External links Official website
Martin Luther King Bridge

Le Martin Luther King Bridge, anciennement Veterans Bridge, est un pont à poutres en porte-à-faux d'une longueur de 1 222 mètres. Il est situé sur le fleuve Mississippi et relie Saint-Louis dans le Missouri à East Saint Louis dans l'Illinois. Il est renommé d'après Martin Luther King en 1968. Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis) » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Structurae Portail des ponts Portail de Saint-Louis Portail de l’Illinois
Stephenson County Courthouse

The Stephenson County Courthouse, located on Courthouse Square in Freeport, is the county courthouse serving Stephenson County, Illinois. The present courthouse was built in 1975, replacing a historic courthouse built on the site in 1870. Elijah E. Myers, who went on to design three state capitols, designed the 1870 courthouse in the Second Empire style; the building, which featured a mansard roof and a projecting entrance pavilion, was Myers' only Second Empire work. The 1870 courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, but it was demolished later that year as insufficient for the county's needs; despite its demolition, it remains listed on the National Register. The present courthouse was completed the following year, though by 2008, it was also reported to have insufficient space for the county's needs. References
LaSalle Towers Apartments

LaSalle Towers Apartments is a high-rise apartment complex in the Near North Side neighborhood of Chicago. The building is located at 1211 North LaSalle Street, which is the corner of LaSalle and Division Street. The high-rise was built in 1929 and was originally used as a hotel. It was renovated in the early 1980s by Weese, Seegers, Hickey, Weese and converted into an apartment complex. During the renovation, the exterior of the building was covered on three sides with trompe-l'œil murals by Richard Haas. On the east face, the mural creates the illusion that the structure contains Chicago School bay windows and a cornice with a circular window. On the south face, Haas evokes two Louis Sullivan creations: the Golden Arch from the World's Columbian Exposition Transportation Building, and the circular window of the Merchants' National Bank in Grinnell, Iowa. Beneath the arch, Sullivan, Daniel Burnham, John Wellborn Root, and Frank Lloyd Wright stand together. A "reflection" of the Chicago Board of Trade Building also appears in the painted windows between these two features. On the north face, another set of painted windows contain a fake reflection of Adolf Loos' unused design for the Tribune Tower, which Loos had envisioned as a large column-like structure. Collectively, the murals are called Homage to the Chicago School of Architecture. References External links LaSalle Towers Apartments at Emporis
LaSalle Towers Apartments

De LaSalle Towers Apartments is een flatgebouw in Chicago, Verenigde Staten. Het gebouw staat op 1211 North LaSalle Street en werd in 1929 voltooid. Het gebouw telt 18 verdiepingen (19 bovengrondse bouwlagen) en is door Oldefest & Williams ontworpen. In 1981 werd het oorspronkelijk als hotel ontworpen gebouw gerenoveerd en omgebouwd tot appartementen door Weese Seegers en Hickey Weese. Op drie kanten van het gebouw vindt men muurschilderingen van Richard Haas. In zijn Homage to the Chicago School of Architecture neemt hij elementen uit de bekendste gebouwen van de historische architecten van Chicago over in de muurschildering. Op de gevel vindt men verwijzingen naar onder andere het World's Columbian Exposition Transportation Building en de Merchants' National Bank van Louis Sullivan en het Chicago Board of Trade Building van Holabird & Root.
Cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité de Chicago

La cathédrale de la Sainte-Trinité (en anglais : Holy Trinity Cathedral) est une cathédrale orthodoxe du diocèse du Midwest (en) de l'Église orthodoxe en Amérique située dans le secteur de West Town à Chicago (Illinois, aux États-Unis). C'est l'une des deux seules églises conçues par Louis Sullivan, l'un des architectes les plus influents du XXe siècle aux États-Unis. Elle est inscrite sur la liste du Registre national des lieux historiques des États-Unis (National Register of Historic Places) et a été désignée comme Chicago Landmark par la Commission on Chicago Landmarks de la ville de Chicago. Histoire L'église a été érigée pour la communauté russe de Chicago et se situe sur Russia Street dans le quartier de ce qui est aujourd'hui connu comme Ukrainian Village (secteur de West Town). Elle demeure l'une des deux seules églises orthodoxes au service de la communauté du Village ukrainien de Chicago. Les travaux de construction, financés en partie par l'empereur Nicolas II de Russie, ont duré de 1899 à 1903. L'église conserve de nombreuses caractéristiques de l'architecture russe, y compris une coupole octogonale et un clocher frontal. Les émigrés avaient voulu que l'église fût, de par son aspect architectural, « un petit bout de vieux continent à Chicago ». En fait, l'église aurait pu passer inaperçue en Russie si elle n'avait pas hérité de la sensibilité moderne de Louis Sullivan. L'intérieur de la cathédrale a été inspiré de la cathédrale Saint-Vladimir de Kiev. L'église est mise en évidence dans de nombreux livres sur l'architecture de l'Église, dont Chicago Churches: A Photographic Essay par Elizabeth Johnson ainsi que The Spiritual Traveler's Guide to Chicago and Illinois par Marilyn Chiat. L'église a été consacrée par saint Tikhon de Moscou et se trouvait les premières années sous la direction spirituelle de saint Jean de Chicago (Kotchourov). L'église a été élevée au rang de cathédrale en 1923, et est aujourd'hui fière de servir la communauté orthodoxe de Chicago. Références Voir aussi Articles connexes Chicago Landmark Architecture à Chicago Liste des cathédrales de Chicago Liens externes Ressource relative à l'architecture : Registre national des lieux historiques Site officiel Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de l’architecture chrétienne Portail de Chicago Portail du christianisme orthodoxe
Cattedrale ortodossa della Santissima Trinità (Chicago)

La cattedrale ortodossa della Santissima Trinità (in inglese: Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral) è la chiesa cattedrale dell'eparchia del Midwest della Chiesa ortodossa in America. È una delle sole due chiese progettate da Louis Sullivan, uno degli architetti più importanti della fine del XIX e dell'inizio del XX secolo. È inserita nel Registro Nazionale dei Luoghi Storici degli Stati Uniti ed è designata come Landmark di Chicago. Storia La chiesa fu commissionata da una crescente comunità ortodossa composta da Rusyn, Russi, Serbi e Greci residenti di Chicago, e sorge nel quartiere oggi noto come Ukrainian Village. I fondatori della chiesa erano immigrati dai Rusyn dei Carpazi, dalla Galizia e dai Balcani. Rimane una delle sole due chiese ortodosse che servono la comunità ortodossa cristiana di Ukrainian Village. I lavori di costruzione, parzialmente finanziati da una donazione di 4.000 rubli o circa $2700 dallo zar San Nicola II di Russia, e Louis Sullivan donò parte della sua tariffa di circa $1250 e l'elaborato lampadario realizzato da Healy & Millet (valore sconosciuto). La chiesa conserva molte caratteristiche dell'architettura russa, tra cui una cupola ottagonale e un campanile frontale. Si ritiene che gli emigranti desiderassero che la chiesa fosse "richiamo dei piccoli, intimi edifici rurali che lasciarono alle spalle nel Vecchio Mondo". Le fonti archivistiche indicano come una particolare ispirazione per il progetto finale una piccola chiesa di legno nel villaggio siberiano di Tatarskaya. A questa base tradizionale russa del progetto complessivo, Sullivan aggiunse elementi decorativi più caratteristici del suo più ampio corpus di opere, influenzati dall'Art Nouveau e dai movimenti Arts and Crafts, come si vede, ad esempio, nel disegno decorativo sopra l'ingresso occidentale della chiesa, l'inquadramento di finestre e tetto, e il campanile e le cupole. La chiesa è evidenziata in numerosi libri sull'architettura ecclesiastica, tra cui Chicago Churches: A Photographic Essay di Elizabeth Johnson (Uppercase Books Inc, 1999) e The Spiritual Traveler's Guide to Chicago and Illinois di Marilyn Chiat (HiddenSpring 2004). La chiesa fu consacrata da San Tikhon di Mosca e fu sotto la guida spirituale di John Kochurov durante i suoi primi anni. La chiesa fu elevata a cattedrale nel 1923 e oggi è membro della comunità ortodossa di Chicago. Serve come chiesa cattedrale della Diocesi del Midwest della Chiesa Ortodossa in America. Galleria d'immagini Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Cattedrale ortodossa della Santissima Trinità (Chicago) Collegamenti esterni Sito ufficiale, su holytrinitycathedral.net. Cattedrale ortodossa della Santissima Trinità (Chicago), su archINFORM.
Sobór Trójcy Świętej w Chicago

Sobór Trójcy Świętej – prawosławna cerkiew w Chicago, wzniesiona w latach 1902–1903. Znajduje się na liście National Register of Historic Places. Historia W 1895 parafię prawosławną w Chicago objął ks. Jan Koczurow, który rozpoczął starania na rzecz budowy w mieście wolno stojącej cerkwi oraz domu dla proboszcza. Uzyskał na ten cel wsparcie cara Mikołaja II i Świętego Synodu w wysokości czterech tysięcy dolarów. Pieniądze na budowę wpływały również z darów prywatnych. Projekt budynku wykonał Louis Henry Sullivan, dla którego inspiracją był wygląd szeregu drewnianych cerkwi w Rosji, w szczególności cerkwi we wsi Tatarskaja. Kamień węgielny pod budowę cerkwi został położony 31 marca 1902, zaś gotowy budynek poświęcił w roku następnym biskup Tichon (Bieławin). Od 1923 cerkiew posiada status soboru. W latach 70. świątynia otrzymała status zabytku. Na początku XXI w. obiekt był remontowany w celu przywrócenia mu wyglądu z pierwszych lat istnienia, poprzez usunięcie późniejszych przeróbek architektonicznych. Sobór jest katedrą diecezji Środkowego Zachodu Kościoła Prawosławnego w Ameryce. Przypisy Bibliografia Historia cerkwi na oficjalnej stronie
Prairie Observatory

The Prairie Observatory was constructed near Oakland, Illinois by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Department of Astronomy. The site was adjacent to Walnut Point State Park and provided an accessible but dark sky site only 35 miles from campus. The telescope went into operation in January 1969 and closed on April 1, 1981. In early 2024, the building was demolished by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources due to hazards the building posed to public health. The observatory's principle telescope was a 40-inch (1.0 meter) Cassegrain reflector by Astro Mechanics Inc. The telescope itself cost about $244,000, most of that money coming from a National Science Foundation grant. The dome was 40-foot in diameter and connected to a main building that housed an apartment for astronomers. The telescope had an off-axis equatorial mount and was equipped for direct photography, spectroscopy, and photoelectric photometry. Most of the 80 research papers produced over the 11-years life of the observatory used a multicolor single-channel photometer. The photographic glass slides produced by the camera and the spectrograph are now stored in the university archives (series number 15/3/13). In addition to the 40-inch telescope, a smaller dome housed a 4-inch Ross-Fecker camera. The camera was purchased in 1938 and was originally located in an observatory in Urbana. It remained in use until the telescope was vandalized in the 1980s. The photographic plates produced using that camera are now stored at Yerkes Observatory. The 15-foot dome for that telescope was returned to Champaign in 1986 where it is used by the local Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society. The 40-inch telescope was moved to San Diego State University’s Mount Laguna Observatory in April 1981 where it is still in active use. The building site in Walnut Point State Park is abandoned. It was demolished in early 2024 by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources due to its dilapidated condition and several accounts of unauthorized entry. An empty field currently remains where the building stood. See also List of astronomical observatories References
500 West Monroe

The 500 West Monroe Building (previously Heller International Building) is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. The building rises 600 feet (183 m) in Chicago's Near West Side neighborhood. It contains 45 floors, and was completed in 1992. The 500 W Monroe Building currently stands as the 44th-tallest building in the city. The architectural firm who designed the building was Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the same firm who designed Chicago's Sears Tower and John Hancock Center and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. The 500 West Monroe Building was the tallest building in Chicago situated west of the Chicago River at the time of its construction. It lost the title of the tallest building in Chicago west of the Chicago River with the completion of construction on River Point in 2017. One year after its completion, in 1993, the building won the "Best Structure Award" from the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois. The building's design incorporated a unique turret-like structure on the structure's southeastern corner. The turret stands as the building's highest architectural point, and is illuminated in white lights at night. Tenants GE Healthcare GE Transportation Motorola Solutions See also List of tallest buildings in Chicago Chicago architecture References
Heller International Building

Le Heller International Building est un gratte-ciel de 183 mètres de hauteur construit à Chicago aux États-Unis de 1990 à 1992. Description L'immeuble a été conçu par l'architecte Adrian Smith de l'agence Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. Comme les autres immeubles de cet architecte, le hall (lobby) du Heller building est somptueusement décoré. Au coin sud-est, une tourelle allant du bas au haut de l'immeuble est le point le plus élevé du bâtiment. La nuit, elle est illuminée par des lumières blanches. Le long du côté sud du hall, une série de fontaines prend place dans un long bassin. Voir aussi Articles connexes Liste des plus hautes constructions de Chicago Liens externes Ressources relatives à l'architecture : The Skyscraper Center Structurae Portail des gratte-ciel Portail de Chicago
Heller International Building

L’Heller International Building è un grattacielo di Chicago, in Illinois. Caratteristiche L'edificio, alto 183 metri presenta 45 piani ed è stato completato nel 1992. L'edificio attualmente è il 47° più alto della città. Lo studio di architettura che ha progettato l'edificio era Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, lo stesso studio che ha progettato la Sears Tower di Chicago, il John Hancock Center e il Burj Khalifa a Dubai. Il 500 West Monroe Building è attualmente l'edificio più alto di Chicago situato a ovest del fiume Chicago. Un anno dopo il suo completamento, nel 1993, l'edificio ha vinto il "Best Structure Award" dalla Structural Engineers Association of Illinois. Il design dell'edificio incorporava una struttura unica simile a una torretta nell'angolo sud-est della struttura. La torretta si erge come il punto architettonico più alto dell'edificio e di notte è illuminata da luci bianche. Inquilini Motorola Solutions, Inc. GE Healthcare GE Transportation Note Voci correlate Elenco degli edifici più alti di Chicago Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Heller International Building Collegamenti esterni (EN) Heller International Building, su Structurae. (EN) Heller International Building, su Skyscraper Center.
Heller International Building

Het Heller International Building is een wolkenkrabber in Chicago, Verenigde Staten. Het gebouw staat op 500 West Monroe Street. De bouw van de kantoortoren begon in 1990 en werd in 1992 voltooid. Ontwerp Het Heller International Building is 182,86 meter hoog en telt 45 verdiepingen. Het is door Skidmore, Owings and Merrill in postmoderne stijl ontworpen en heeft een granieten gevel. De totale oppervlakte bedraagt 147.436 vierkante meter. Het gebouw bevat naast kantoren ook een parkeergarage Het gebouw eindigt met een torentje op de zuidoostelijke hoek van het gebouw. Deze toren is 's nacht met wit licht verlicht. Eén jaar na de oplevering, in 1993, won het gebouw de "Best Structure Award" van de Structural Engineers Association of Illinois. Externe link (en) Website van Skidmore, Owings and Merrill