NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Illinois Center

Illinois Center is a mixed-use urban development in downtown Chicago, Illinois, USA, lying east of Michigan Avenue. It is notable in that the streets running through it have three levels. Elsewhere in Chicago, some streets have two levels, with the lower level for through traffic and service vehicles, and the upper level for other local traffic. In Illinois Center, the lower level has been split, with a middle level for through traffic and a lower level for service vehicles. Mixed-use development refers to the practice of containing more than one type of use in a building or set of buildings. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 606. ... The Michigan Avenue Bridge across the Chicago River. ... Service level South Water Street; there are three levels here Downtown Chicago, Illinois, both north and south of the Chicago River, has some double-decked and even a few triple-decked streets. ...

The development was built on land that had formerly been used for railroad yards (owned by the Illinois Central Railroad). Only the west half has been built; the east half was turned into a temporary golf course on the lowest level, where the rail yards had been. That half is now planned as an "urban village" called Lakeshore East. Chicago and Northwestern Railways Proviso Yard in Chicago, Illinois, December 1942. ... The Illinois Central (AAR reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. ... This article is about the sport of golf. ... An urban village is an urban planning concept. ... A string of fountains of the Lakeshore East residential development can be seen. ...

The development consists of four blocks with a large area to the east. It is bounded on the west by Michigan Avenue, which has two levels. Just east of that road, the upper level rises to become a higher third level, only accessible on the west edge of the development and at the east end of Upper Wacker Drive. Stetson Avenue and Columbus Drive run north-south, and Lake Street, South Water Street and Wacker Drive run east-west. Randolph Street lies a block south of the main part, and forms the south border of the east half. All of these streets are at least partly triple-decker. In the south half of the complex, the Metra Electric Lines and the South Shore Line terminate, halfway between Michigan and Stetson Avenues, at Randolph Street Station. The Michigan Avenue Bridge across the Chicago River. ... All three levels of Wacker Drive, east of Columbus Drive, including a ramp between the upper and lower (middle) levels Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, United States, running along the downtown side of the Chicago River. ... Looking west at the three-level Columbus Drive from Lakeshore East Looking southwest at the three-level Columbus Drive from Upper Wacker Drive Columbus Drive is a north-south street in Chicago, Illinois. ... Lake Street is a road in Chicagoland which is part of U.S. Route 20. ... All three levels of Wacker Drive, east of Columbus Drive, including a ramp between the upper and lower (middle) levels Wacker Drive is a major street in Chicago, Illinois, running along the downtown side of the Chicago River. ... Randolph Street is a street in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It runs east-west through the Chicago Loop, carrying westbound traffic west from Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River on the Randolph Street Bridge, interchanging with the Kennedy Expressway (I-90/I-94), and continuing west. ... Metra (officially the Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation) is Chicagolands commuter rail system, serving over 200 stations on 11 lines across the Regional Transportation Authoritys six-county service area (Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties) providing over 67 million rides annually. ... The South Shore Line is an electrically powered interurban streetcar line operated by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD) between Randolph Street Terminal in downtown Chicago, Illinois and the South Bend Regional Airport in South Bend, Indiana. ... The Randolph Street Terminal (sometimes called the Randolph Street Station or the Randolph-South Water Street Station) is a major commuter rail terminal in downtown Chicago that serves the Metra Electric Lines to University Park, Blue Island, and South Chicago; and the South Shore Line to South Bend, Indiana. ...

List of buildings

One Prudential Plaza, Two Prudential Plaza and the Aon Center are in the blocks south of the main part. Fairmont Hotels & Resorts (TSX: FHR) (NYSE: FHR) is a Toronto, Ontario based owner/operator of luxury hotels and resorts in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Bermuda, Barbados, United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. ... The Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group (MOHG) is a hotel management company that is part of Jardines. ... One Prudential Plaza (formerly known as the Prudential Building) is a 44 story structure in Chicago completed in 1955 as the headquarters for Prudentials Mid-America company. ... Two Prudential Plaza is a skyscraper built in Chicago in 1990. ... There is also an Aon Center in Los Angeles, California, see Aon Center (Los Angeles). ...

See also

The Chicago Pedway, is a network of tunnels and overhead bridges connecting skyscrapers, retail stores, hotels and train stations throughout the central business district of Chicago, Illinois. ...

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