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The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream is a 2013 non-fiction book about Chicago by Thomas Dyja, published by Penguin Books . Dyja noted that, prior to the development of transcontinental aircraft routes in the late 1950s, travelers between the East Coast and West Coast generally traveled through Chicago. [1]
Ambassador East. The Ambassador Chicago, known for many decades as the Ambassador East, is a historic hotel in Chicago, established in 1926. In their heyday, both the hotel and its iconic restaurant, The Pump Room, were frequented by celebrities.
The Berghoff. The Berghoff restaurant, at 17 West Adams Street, near the center of the Chicago Loop, was opened in 1898 by Herman Joseph Berghoff and has become a Chicago landmark. [1] In 1999, The Berghoff won a James Beard Foundation Award in the "America's Classics" category, which honors legendary family-owned restaurants across the country.
The Three Arts Club of Chicago was a Chicago home and club for women in the "three arts" of music, painting and drama. [2] The building is on the List of Chicago Landmarks as of June 10, 1981. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The club, modeled on the Three Arts Club of New York, was founded in 1912.
Website. www.calumetfisheries.com. Calumet Fisheries is a seafood restaurant in the South Deering neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States, directly next to the 95th Street bridge (which appears in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers). [1] It was originally established in 1928, and subsequently purchased in 1948 by Sid Kotlick and Len Toll.
Art Institute of Chicago. Nighthawks is a 1942 oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist Edward Hopper that portrays four people in a downtown diner late at night as viewed through the diner's large glass window. The light coming from the diner illuminates a darkened and deserted urban streetscape.
United States. Inaugurated. 2001. (2001) Website. www.thirdcoastfestival.org. The Third Coast International Audio Festival (TCIAF or TCF), based in Chicago, curates audio stories from around the world and showcases them in various mediums. It is informally referred to as the " Sundance of Radio". [1][2]
List of beaches in Chicago. Montrose Avenue Beach (4400 N.) in Uptown. Ohio Street Beach (400 N.) in Near North. 63rd Street beach house fountain (6300 S.) with beach and lake beyond in Jackson Park. The beaches in Chicago are an extensive network of waterfront recreational areas operated by the Chicago Park District.