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The James R. Thompson Center (JRTC) is located at 100 W. Randolph in the Loop, Chicago, Illinois and houses many Illinois State Departmental office. The building opened in May 1985 as the State of Illinois Center. It was re-dedicated in 1993 to honor former Illinois Governor James R. Thompson. The property takes up the entire block bounded by Randolph, Lake, Clark and LaSalle Streets. In front of the Thompson Center is a sculpture by Jean Dubuffet The Loop is what locals call the downtown neighborhood of Chicago. ...
Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 25th 149,998 km² 340 km 629 km 4. ...
This article is about the year. ...
James Robert Thompson (born May 8, 1936), also known as Big Jim Thompson, was the longest-serving Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois. ...
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. ...
LaSalle Street is a major north-south street in Chicago. ...
Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (July 31, 1901 - May 12, 1985) was a French artist. ...
 Thompson Center behind City Hall (from the Daley Center) The JRTC was designed by Murphy/Helmut Jahn and called "outrageous" or "wonderful" by critics when it opened. The view from the Daley center is especially striking and some have suggested it looks as if a spaceship has landed in the loop. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1084 KB) Summary taken by Ted Ernst on 10/12/2005, also uploaded to http://www. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 1084 KB) Summary taken by Ted Ernst on 10/12/2005, also uploaded to http://www. ...
The Clark/Lake Chicago Transit Authority rail station, one of the busiest in the system, is housed inside the JRTC and the 203 N. LaSalle building across the street. Orange, Green, Blue, Purple and Brown Line trains stop here. Quincy L Station serving the Brown Line, Purple Line and Orange Line The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), founded on October 1, 1947, provides bus and rail mass transit services to the citizens of Chicago and several of the citys inner suburbs. ...
The Chicago Elevated is the principal urban heavy rail and metro serving Chicago, Illinois in the United States. ...
The Orange Line , also called the Midway Line, is a heavy rail line in Chicago, Illinois run by the Chicago Transit Authority as part of the el system. ...
The Green Line, formerly the Lake-Englewood/Jackson Park line, of the Chicago Transit Authority runs entirely above ground. ...
The Blue Line, formerly the OHare-Congress/Douglas line is part of the Chicago L system run by the Chicago Transit Authority. ...
The Purple Line (Evanston Service) of the Chicago Transit Authority is a 3. ...
The Brown Line of the Chicago Transit Authority runs completely above ground. ...
The Illinois Artisan's shop is also housed inside the JRTC.
The Chicago Pedway connects from here to 203 N. LaSalle, Chicago Title and Trust Company and Chicago City Hall. Open 24 hours a day and covering over 40 blocks Chicago’s downtown the Pedway helps Chicagoans traverse their city during inclement weather. ...
Chicago City Hall, adjacent to the Richard J. Daley Center, is the official seat of government of the City of Chicago. ...
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