• Chicago house refers to house music produced during the mid to late 1980s within Chicago. The term is generally used to refer to the original house music...
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  • early 1988, House became mainstream and supplanted the typical 80s music beat. House was created and pioneered by DJs and producers in Chicago such as Frankie...
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  • House of Blues is an American chain of live music concert halls and restaurants. It was founded by Isaac Tigrett, the co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe, and...
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    The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois (or Chicago Baháʼí Temple) is a Baháʼí temple. It is the second Baháʼí House of Worship ever constructed...
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    Deep house is a subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk...
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    Open House Chicago (OHC) is a free weekend festival held annually in Chicago that allows participants to visit dozens of buildings that are not typically...
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    including house music). Chicago is home to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Lyric Opera of Chicago, while the Art Institute of Chicago provides an...
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  • The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is...
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    Chicago House Athletic Club is an American semi-professional men's soccer club owned by Laurence Girard and led by CEO Peter Wilt. The club is based in...
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  • tracks and sometimes sexually explicit lyrics. The template of classic Chicago house music (primarily, "It's Time for the Percolator" by Cajmere) was used...
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  • from Chicago who experimented with the Roland TB-303 electronic synthesizer-sequencer. Afro house Afro house is the South African subgenre of house music...
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  • The Tremont House was a hotel located in Chicago, Illinois. A modern hotel also bears a similar name. The original hotel's building was built in 1833....
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    Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side...
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    Acid house (also simply known as just "acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago. The style is defined primarily...
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  • New Jersey sound) is a dance music style that was developed alongside Chicago house music. The genre was popular in the 1980s in the United States and the...
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    Housing at the University of Chicago includes seven residence halls that are divided into 48 houses. Each house has an average of 70 students. Freshmen...
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  • Stevens song), 2005 "Chicago" (That Toddlin' Town), a 1922 song by Fred Fisher Chicago house, a genre of electronic dance music "Chicago", a 1977 single by...
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  • Fulton House is a former cold storage warehouse converted into a residential building at Wolf Point, Chicago. Fulton House was built in 1898 by Frank...
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    The original Ferris Wheel, sometimes also referred to as the Chicago Wheel, was designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. as the centerpiece...
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    The London House was a jazz club and restaurant in Chicago located at the corner of Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue, in the London Guaranty and Accident...
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    located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, on the campus of the University of Chicago. Robie House is regarded as a high point of the Prairie...
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    The Civic Opera House, also called Lyric Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The Civic's main performance space...
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  • Techno (section Chicago)
    the Chicago house sound developed as a result of Frankie Knuckles' using a drum machine he bought from Derrick May. He claims: Derrick sold Chicago DJ...
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  • Detroit techno (redirect from Detroit house)
    trio traveled to Chicago to investigate the house music scene there, particularly the Chicago DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles. House was a natural progression...
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    Chicago portal Chicago Blues Chicago Blues Festival Chicago hardcore Chicago house Chicago Jazz Festival Chicago record labels Chicago Soul Chicago theatre...
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  • rave-style synth stabs over glitchy 4/4 beats." It contains influences from Chicago house, Detroit techno, Baltimore club, Kuduro and hip hop. Purveyors of the...
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  • juke, or Chicago juke, is a genre of electronic dance music derived from ghetto house with elements of hip hop, first appearing in Chicago in the late...
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    Chicago Union Station is an intercity and commuter rail terminal located in the West Loop neighborhood of the Near West Side of Chicago. Amtrak's flagship...
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    Hampton House is a residential condominium located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois on the property that once housed the Hyde Park House, a...
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  • Company The House Theatre of Chicago The Practical Theatre Company Remains Theatre Redmoon Theater Wayward Productions (formerly Chicago Fusion Theatre)...
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