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    West Chicago is a city in DuPage County, Illinois, United States. The population was 25,614 at the 2020 census. It was formerly named Junction and later...
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    Near West Side, one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, is on the West Side, west of the Chicago River and adjacent to the Loop. The Great Chicago Fire...
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    West Town, northwest of the Loop on Chicago's West Side, is one of the city's officially designated community areas. Much of this area was historically...
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    community areas of Chicago, Illinois. Lakeview is located on the city's North Side and is bordered by West Diversey Parkway on the south, West Irving Park Road...
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    West Ridge is one of 77 Chicago community areas. It is a middle-class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of Chicago. It is located...
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    The West Side is one of the three major sections of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is joined by the North and South Sides. The West Side...
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    West Englewood, one of the 77 community areas, is on the southwest side of Chicago, Illinois. At one time it was known as South Lynne. The boundaries of...
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    West Lawn, one of Chicago's 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the city. It is considered to be a "melting pot" of sorts...
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    West Elsdon, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the southwest side of the City of Chicago, Illinois. It is noted as a twin neighborhood...
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    West Pullman is a neighborhood located on the far south side of the city of Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago...
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    Treaty of Chicago and sent west of the Mississippi River as part of the federal policy of Indian removal. On August 12, 1833, the Town of Chicago was organized...
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    West Garfield Park on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. It is directly west of Garfield...
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    Lower West Side is a community area on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is three miles southwest of the Chicago Loop and its main...
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    West Chicago is a station on Metra's Union Pacific West Line, located in West Chicago, Illinois. The station is 29.7 miles (47.8 km) away from Ogilvie...
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    Michigan, East Chicago is about 18 miles (29 km) from downtown Chicago and is just west of Gary, Indiana. The land that became East Chicago was originally...
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  • County North Chicago, Illinois, Lake County South Chicago Heights, Illinois, Cook County West Chicago, Illinois, DuPage County East Chicago, Indiana, a...
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    Austin is one of 77 community areas in Chicago. Located on the city's West Side, it is the third-largest community area by population (behind the Near...
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  • debuted in the West End in 1979, where it ran for 600 performances. Chicago was revived on Broadway in 1996, and a year later in the West End. The 1996...
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    Chicago, Illinois, is the third-largest city in the United States and a world transit hub. The area is served by two major airports, numerous highways...
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  • The new Chicago Bears Stadium is a planned fixed-roof stadium to be constructed on the Museum Campus in Chicago, Illinois that would be the home of the...
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    Chicago Lawn is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago, Illinois. It is located on the southwest side of the city. Its community neighbors include Gage...
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  • West Chicago Township was a township in Cook County, Illinois that was part of the City of Chicago. It comprised that part of pre-1889 Chicago west of...
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  • Thumbnail for Chicago Union Station
    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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    West of Chicago is a lost 1922 American silent Western film directed by Scott R. Dunlap and starring Buck Jones, Renée Adorée and Philo McCullough. Buck...
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    also known as West Chicago Community High School, WCCHS, or simply WE-GO, is a public four-year high school located in West Chicago, Illinois, a western...
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    Chicago Union Railroad would bypass their towns in favor of West Chicago on its route; at the time, that was the only line running west from Chicago....
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    The Chicago franchise (also called One Chicago) is a media franchise of American television programs created by Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, and Dick Wolf...
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    The Union Pacific West Line (UP-W) is a Metra commuter rail line operated by Union Pacific Railroad in Chicago, Illinois and its western suburbs. Metra...
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    Donda Clairann West (née Williams; July 12, 1949 – November 10, 2007) was an American educator and chair of Chicago State University's Department of English...
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    modern-day Beverly north of 95th Street was annexed to the City of Chicago. The section west of Western Avenue and south of 99th Street was added to Washington...
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