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Shameless house
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This home is where the fictional, dysfunctional Gallagher family lives in the American television series “Shameless,” which partially films in the Chicago area.
The Showtime series has been running since 2011 and stars William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum. It was developed by John Wells, an American director, writer, and producer in theater, film, and television with a net worth of $80 million. He is also known for being the executive producer and showrunner of Third Watch, ER, and The West Wing. The show is an adaptation of a British show of the same name from Paul Abbott, English television screenwriter and producer.
Macy, who has a net worth of $45 million with his actress wife, Felicity Huffman. Macy has been in many movies such as 1996 “Fargo,” as well as appearing in TV shows such a “Homicide.” He and Huffman have been married since 1997 and have two children together.
Rossum has a net worth of $12 million and has performed since childhood. She played the lead character Christine Dale in the film adaptation of the “Phantom of the Opera,” for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in musical or comedy. She was the youngest actress to be nominated for the award. Rossum made her major film debut in the Clint Eastwood movie, “Mystic River,” playing Sean Penn’s daughter.
Shameless features the story of a single father and his six children. Frank Gallagher, played by Macy, is the alcoholic patron of a dysfunctional family. His alcoholism is a central theme of the show, highlighting the effects of his addiction on his family. The show is meant to show that addiction can take place anywhere.
The series is set in the Canaryville neighborhood of Chicago’s Southside and mostly filmed in the North Lawndale community of Chicago, as well as the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, CA.
The show is planned to air the eleventh and final season in the summer of 2020. Rossum left the show after nine seasons playing Fiona Gallagher.

Barack Obama's house
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Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. This is his pre-Presidential home, in the Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side of the city of Chicago. According to public records, the address is 5046 S Greenwood Ave.
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review.
Two years after graduating, he was hired in Chicago as director of the Developing Communities Project, a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Roseland, West Pullman, and Riverdale on Chicago's South Side and worked there as a community organizer from June 1985 to May 1988, before earning his law degree. He then worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School through 2004, while he was serving terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate. He once ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000.
In 2004, Obama received national attention due to his stirring keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He began his presidential campaign in 2007 and defeated Hillary Clinton in a close, hard-fought Democratic Party primary to receive the presidential nomination in 2008. He then defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the general election, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Obama was reelected president in November 2012, defeating Republican nominee Mitt Romney, and was sworn in for a second term on January 20, 2013 where he will be serving through 2016.
Obama's presidency has been seen with some conflict due to his action on signing into law several bills on divisive domestic issues, including economic stimulus legislation in response to the Great Recession, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often referred to as "Obamacare," the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, his repealing of the the Don't Ask, Don't Tell standard in the military, championing gun control policies in response to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, and his calling for full equality for LGBT Americans by filing briefs which urged the Supreme Court to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 and California's Proposition 8 as unconstitutional.
He also has been no stranger to conflict in his foreign policy, including ending U.S. military involvement in the Iraq War, increasing U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan, signing a New START arms control treaty with Russia, continuing the process of ending U.S. combat operations in Afghanistan, and aiming to normalize U.S. relations with Cuba.
As of 2015, President Obama has an estimated net worth of $7 million dollars.

Louis Farrakhan's House
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The head of the Nation of Islam lives here.

AA Flight 191 crash site
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Although this was the deadliest US aircraft accident, there is nothing to mark the spot near Chicago O'Hare where the plane hit the ground.
No memorial exists anywhere to the 273 people (271 on board, 2 on the ground) who were killed.

Jeff Tweedy's House
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The songwriter, musician, poet, and leader of the band "Wilco" lives here.

The Gallagher's House in Shameless
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Shameless is an American television comedy-drama which airs on Showtime. It is a remake of the award-winning British series of the same name. The series is set in Chicago's South Side Canaryville neighborhood. The show stars Emmy Rossum, William H. Macy, Justin Chatwin, and Joan Cusack.

J.B. Pritzker's House
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Pritzker is the billionaire co-founder of The Pritzker Group, a private investment firm, and an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune. He purchased this Chicago mansion in 2006 for $14.5 million.
Pritzker currently ranks 166th on the Forbes 400 list, worth an estimated $3.0 billion.

"Shameless" Filming Location
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Location used in the Showtime series "Shameless." The series stars, William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin ( Who played Doug Wilson's gay son on "Weeds") and Joan Cusack.
This is the factious home of Shelia Jackson (Cusack). Frank Gallagher (Macy) also lives at the house from time to time, along with Jackson's promiscuous, teenage daughter, Karen who is dating Frank's son Lip.
Please remember this is a private residence, please do not trespass on the property or knock on the door or disturb the residence. Thank you.

Sheila's House in Shameless
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Shameless is an American television comedy-drama which airs on Showtime. It is a remake of the award-winning British series of the same name. The series is set in Chicago's South Side Canaryville neighborhood. The show stars Emmy Rossum, William H. Macy, Justin Chatwin, and Joan Cusack.
This is the filming location for the home of Joan Cusack's character Sheila Jackson.

Bundy's house from Married With Children
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Hands up!
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Lori Lightfoot's House
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Lori Lightfoot is an attorney, who is the Mayor-elect of Chicago. Lightfoot is the first black female and first openly gay leader of the city, which will now be the largest in United States history to have an openly LGBTQ mayor.

CM Punk's Apartment
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The wrestler purchased this customized five bedroom home in 2010 for $2,150,000. The home includes a two-story living room, two decks, theatre room, office with tigerwood flooring, master bathroom with heated floors and Jacuzzi tub, family room with a playroom and loft, wine cellar, African marble, and a three-car garage.

Virgil Abloh's House
Virgil Abloh is an American fashion designer, entrepreneur and DJ who has been the artistic director of Louis Vuitton's men's wear collection since March 2018. He also serves as the chief executive officer of the Milan-based label Off-White, a fashion house he founded in 2013. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018.

Barack Obama's House
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By: Mattsie.
This is the house the President of the United States used to live in, it is now protected by the U.S. secret service, as you can see from the street view.

Kevin & V's House in Shameless
Shameless is an American television comedy-drama which airs on Showtime. It is a remake of the award-winning British series of the same name. The series is set in Chicago's South Side Canaryville neighborhood. The show stars Emmy Rossum, William H. Macy, Justin Chatwin, and Joan Cusack.
This is the filming location for the home of Shanola Hampton and Steve Howey's characters.

Al Capone's Home (former)
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This is the former residence of the Chicago Mafia magnate.

Duncan Keith's House
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The NHL defenseman purchased this property in 2008.

Lincoln Square mural
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Painted in 1991 by Lothar Speer.

Wrigley Field
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Richard Speck Murder Site
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On July 13th 1966 at 11:00pm, Richard Speck invaded the townhouse at 2319 East 100th Street, Chicago, Il. and murdered 8 student nurses; Gloria Davy, Patricia Matusek, Nina Jo Schmale, Pamela Wilkening, Suzanne Farris, Mary Ann Jordan, Merlita Gargullo, and Valentina Pasion. The only survivor was Cora Amurao who went on to be the lone eyewitness that helped convict Speck of the murders. Speck was convicted of all 8 murders and sentenced to death. The death sentence was later overturned and Speck eventually died in prison at the age of 49 in 1991.

Bob Newhart's TV Apartment Building
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From the first Bob Newhart Show.
5901 N. Sheridan Rd., Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois, USA
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068049/locations

Cirque du Soleil
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In the parking lot of the United Center

Rod Blagojevich's House
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This is one of the real estate holdings of the politician from the state of Illinois. A Democrat, he currently serves as governor of Illinois and previously represented parts of Chicago in the U.S. Congress. He purchased the 5-bed, 4-bath, 3,817 sq ft home in May of 1999 for $505K, according to public records.

"A Family Thing" Filming Location " Ray Murdock's Home"
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Filming location used in the 1996 comedy-drama "A Family Thing." The film starred, Robert Duvall, James Earl Jones and Michael Beach.
This was the fictional home of Ray Murdock (James Earl Jones) in the film. This location was used quite a bit throughout the film's production.
Please keep in mind that this is a private residence. Please do not trespass on the property, knock on the door or disturb the homeowners.

2006 Taste of Lincoln Avenue festival
Sunday, July 30, 2006. Lincoln Avenue is closed off between Wrightwood and Fullerton Avenue near DePaul University.
Note - with Bing's failed "upgrade" of their map interface in late 2010, you will need to adjust the heading on this scene to face east.

Steve Wilkos' House
The television personality lives here. He is a former Marine and Chicago police officer. He is now hosting his own talk show, "The Steve Wilkos Show". He is best known as the former director of security on "The Jerry Springer Show".

Puerto Rican flag gateway
'Paseo Boricua". One of two gateways over Division St. (the other is a half mile west of here).

Barack Obama's Garbage Can
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Darnell Donerson's House (Jennifer Hudson Family Home)
The Hudsons, who insisted on not allowing their 27-year-old daughter's (Jennifer Hudson) fame to alter their lives, lived in this 3-story white house bookended by vacant lots. On 10/24/2008, the singer's 57-year-old mother, and 29-year-old brother, Jason, were shot dead inside this home.

House from the movie Lake House
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The 2,000-square-foot structure was built for the film on the banks of 55-acre, man-made Maple Lake in the Palos Forest Preserve, at 95th near Archer. To avoid interfering with the ice fishing that’s one of the lake’s major winter attractions, construction didn’t start until February 2005. The local engineering firm of McDonough Associates and the film’s production designer, Nathan Crowley, had to design the project so it could be completed in just ten weeks. Nearly 100 carpenters, welders, and painters were required to meet the deadline. To accommodate the film crew and its equipment, the house had to support up to 100 pounds per square foot, about double the standard for a typical residence. Thirty-five tons of steel were used in its frame, which had to be engineered to resist movement under strong spring winds that could crack the large panes of glass. And it had to be done without diagonal bracing, rejected by Crowley because it would have obstructed camera angles.
To speed things up the house— ostensibly built in the lake, on stilts—was actually built beside the lake, on land. A temporary dam was constructed, and behind it nearly 1,200 cubic feet of soil excavated, to a depth of 20 feet. A steel foundation was put in place, then concrete footing was poured for ten-foot-high steel supports, and the building was fabricated on top. When it was finished, the dam was removed, water flooded in, and the lake was brought to the house.
A year later, about the time of the film’s release, the Lake House’s exceptional engineering got it named a finalist in the small-project category of awards handed out last month by the Structural Engineers Association of Illinois. But if you’re tempted to run out to Maple Lake to check it out for yourself, think again.
To gain approval for construction, the production team had to deal with EPA guidelines, building and zoning regulations, and interested third parties such as the Audubon Society and Friends of the Forest Preserve. Though the house quickly became something of a tourist attraction, when filming wrapped after three months it was quickly, unsentimentally dismantled. A new fishing pier now marks the site.

Penny Pritzker's house
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Penny Pritzker is an American business executive, and a member of the Pritzker family of Chicago, one of America's wealthiest families. She is the founder and current Chair of Classic Residence by Hyatt, a chain of luxury senior living communities spread throughout the United States, and the national finance chair of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
On November 19, 2008, Reuters via CNN reported that "multiple sources" claim that Penny Pritzker is Barack Obama's top choice for Commerce Secretary.

A car accident
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I think.
The north and south views show the same incident at later points in time.

"Stir Of Echoes" Filming Location "The Witzky Residence"
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Filming location used in the 1999 horror-thriller, "Stir of Echoes." The film starred, Kevin Bacon, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe and Illeana Douglas.
In the film, Kevin Bacon's character, Tom Witzky resides in this Chicago area home with his wife, Maggie (Kathryn Erbe) and son, Jake (Zachary David Cope).
Please keep in mind that this is a private residence. Please do not trespass on the property, knock on the door or do anything to disturb the homeowners.

Convertible stuck in Chicago traffic
On a hot August day on Lakeshore Drive.

Sara Crown Star's House
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An attorney, Crown Star is in line to inherit a share of the $4.1 billion Crown family wealth. She is married to James Star, who helps manage Crown family investments.
Lester Crown founded an industrial company bought by defense company General Dynamics.
The home is 15,000 sq ft.

Jon Lester's House
The MLB pitcher purchased this 4,782 sqft home in 2015 for about $3.8 million.

Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)
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Willis Tower (formerly named and still commonly referred to as Sears Tower) is a 108-story, 1,451-foot (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its completion in 1973, it was the tallest building in the world, surpassing the World Trade Center towers in New York, and it held this rank for nearly 25 years. Willis Tower is the second-tallest building in the United States and the eighth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. The skyscraper is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Chicago, and over one million people visit its observation deck each year. Named the Sears Tower throughout its history, in 2009 the Willis Group obtained the right to rename the building, as part of their lease on a portion of its offices. On July 16, 2009, the building was officially renamed Willis Tower.

Soldier Field
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"Family Matters" Filming Location "The Winslow's House"
The house used in the exterior shots for the 1989 ABC sitcom, "Family Matters."
The house is located in Chicago, Ill.next to rather large house on the left which wasn't there during the production.
Please keep in mind that this is a private residence. Please do not trespass on the property, knock on the door or do anything to disturb the occupants.

Eye Care Center Indian
Muffler man-type figure holds a sign for the eye care center. Seen in the movie "Wayne's World".

Patrick Sharp's House
The NHL player purchased this house in 2012 for $2.95 million.

Billy Corgan's House (former)
The Smashing Pumpkins frontman lived here from 1993 to 2001. Before he bought the home, Corgan was "living in a parking garage and sleeping on a friend's floor," according to a 2000 article in the Chicago Tribune. Corgan kept a piano in the front bay window where, he said, he would write songs. He estimates he wrote 150 here.
He purchased it for $455,000 and sold it for $1.0M.

O'Hare International Airport (ORD)
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O'Hare International Airport. That is a lot of planes to see at once. Scan around.

Roger Ebert's House
The Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic and screenwriter lives here.

Joan Cusack's House (former)
The Academy Award-nominated actress and comedian lived here until August 2007.

Jimmy Butler's House
Jimmy Butler is a professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls.

United Center
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Where the Bulls (and Blackhawks) play

Kochaj Albo Rzuc filming location
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Playboy Enterprises HQ (Former)
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Playboy Enterprises, Inc. is the company founded by Hugh Hefner to manage the Playboy magazine empire. It was created in 1953 as the HMH Publishing Co., Inc., then went public under the current name (NYSE: PLA, PLA.A) in 1971. Christie Hefner, the daughter of Hugh Hefner, has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for Playboy Enterprises since 1981. The Playboy Enterprises Inc. original headquarters was located in, what is now known as the Palmolive Building, a 37 storey art deco building at at 919 N. Michigan Ave in Chicago. In 1980 it moved to 680 N. Lake Shore Drive (formerly 666 N. Lake Shore Drive) in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, where it occupied the 14th (Playboy.com), 15th (main) and 16th (corporate/executive) floors.
Headquarters moved to Beverly Hills, CA in 2012.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Noyola family
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Season, episode 12. Aired 01/14/2007.

Jennifer Aniston
On a billboard for smartwater.

Pink Castle
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Par-King Skill Golf

Ben Zobrist's House
Ben Zobrist is a second baseman for the Chicago Cubs MLB team.

Ryan Dempster's House
The professional baseball player owns this residence.

Abandoned rail viaduct

Louis Farrakhan's Garbage Cans
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'Chicago Spire' site (project cancelled)
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The Chicago Spire was a supertall skyscraper under construction in Chicago, Illinois. The building was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and was being developed by Garrett Kelleher of Shelbourne Development Group, Inc
Originally commissioned by Christopher Carley, the building site for the project was purchased by Irish developer Garrett Kelleher in July 2006 when Carley's financing plans fell through. Construction of the building was to begin in August 2007, for intended completion in 2011. The Chicago Spire would have been the tallest building in North America. The project was canceled in early 2010.

Chicago Water Intake Cribs
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These are the water intake cribs off the Chicago shoreline in Lake Michigan, the source of much of the cities fresh water

Largest Stained Glass Window in the World
The largest stained glass window in the world, according to The Guiness Book of World Records, resides in Resurrection Cemetery, Justice, Illinois. Pickel Studio created this window using over 22,000 square feet of faceted glass. Pickel Studio began working with the medium of faceted glass in the early 1960's. Since then the studio has created over 1,000 exciting windows and walls of glass complementing many styles of architecture.

Navy Pier
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Entertainment Complex at Navy Pier, Chicago. Bonus: Just north is Chicago's sewage treatment plant.

The Original Playboy Mansion
The original Playboy Mansion was a 70-room, 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) classical brick and limestone residence in Chicago's Gold Coast district at 1340 North State Parkway which had been built in 1899 for Dr. George Swift Isham, a prominent surgeon whose social circle included Theodore Roosevelt and Robert Peary. The building was designed by architect James Gamble Rogers, best known for his work at Yale University and Columbia University.
In 1959, the building was acquired by Hugh Hefner. The mansion's basement, Hefner's original "grotto", had a swimming pool with a glass wall and attached bar. In addition to a game room and bowling alley, the residence contained a two-floor dormitory for Bunnies employed at the Chicago Playboy Club and discrete apartments that were occupied by several employees, including longtime Hefner aide Bobbie Arnstein.
For a period in the 1970s, Hefner divided his time between Chicago and the "Playboy Mansion West" in Los Angeles. The Chicago mansion boasted a brass plate on the door with the Latin inscription Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare ("If you don't swing, don't ring").
Although Playboy Enterprises remained headquartered in Chicago until 2012, Hefner left the city permanently for Los Angeles in 1974 following the conviction and ensuing suicide of Bobbie Arnstein, the culmination of an "investigation of drug use in Hefner's mansion" by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (and future Governor of Illinois) James R. Thompson. Derick Daniels (who served as president and chief operating officer of Playboy Enterprises from 1976 to 1982) resided in an apartment at the mansion during his tenure with the company. Eventually, the property was turned into a dormitory for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, with Hefner formally deeding the building to the Art Institute in 1989. In 1993, the Chicago mansion was sold to developer Bruce Abrams and converted into seven high-price luxury condos. In 2011, one 7,874 sq ft (731.5 m2) condominium was placed for sale at an asking price of $6.7 million.

Streetview at night
Perhaps an experiment by the SV crew. A few scenes near the intersection of E. 67th St. and S. Jeffrey Dr. are shown at night.

Site of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
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Guaranteed Rate Field

Joe Trohman's House
The lead guitarist for the Chicago-based band Fall Out Boy lives here. This home was featured on MTV Cribs.

Former Schwinn Bicycle Factory

Airplane approaching Chicago O'hare

Magnificent Mile
The Magnificent Mile is the portion of Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois extending from the Chicago River to Oak Street in the Near North Side community area. The district is located adjacent to downtown; it is also one block east of Rush Street, which is known for its nightlife. The Magnificent Mile serves as the main thoroughfare between Chicago's Loop business district and its Gold Coast. It also serves as the western boundary of the Streeterville neighborhood.
Real estate developer Arthur Rubloff of Rubloff Company gave the nickname to one of the city's most prestigious residential and commercial thoroughfares in the 1940s. Currently, Chicago's largest shopping district, various mid-range and high-end shops line this section of the street and approximately 3.1 million square feet is currently occupied by retail stores, restaurants, museums and motels. It includes fine restaurants, hotels, and stores and several of the tallest buildings in the United States. In addition, numerous prestigious buildings are located along the Magnificent Mile, such as the Wrigley Building and the John Hancock Center, places listed on the National Register of Historic Places such as The Old Chicago Water Tower District and Chicago Landmarks such as Tribune Tower and the Allerton Hotel. Formerly, the headquarters for Bebe was located here as well.

James Iha's house
The American rock musician owns this house.

Interstate 90, 94, and 290

Nicholas Pritzker's House
Pritzker is the billionaire Chairman/CEO of the Hyatt Development Corporation. He's a member of the prominent Chicago family who owns the Hyatt hotel group. He currently ranks 359th on the Forbes 400 list, worth an estimated $1.35 billion.

Rahm Emanuel's House
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The White House Chief of Staff & his wife, Amy Rule, own this house.

Site of the 1993 Brown's Chicken massacre
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The Brown's Chicken massacre was a mass murder that occurred at a Brown's Chicken restaurant in Palatine, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, in the United States in 1993. The massacre occurred on January 8, 1993, when two assailants robbed the Brown's Chicken restaurant and then proceeded to murder seven employees. The case remained unsolved for nearly nine years, until one of the assailants was implicated by his girlfriend in 2002. Police used DNA samples from the murder scene to match one of the suspects, Juan Luna. Luna was put on trial in 2007, found guilty for seven counts of murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. James Degorski, the other assailant, was found guilty in 2009 on all seven counts of murder, and also sentenced to life imprisonment.

Midway Airport (MDW)

Site of Old Comiskey Park
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Concert in Grant Park
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"Return to Me" Filming Location "Bob Rueland's House"
Filming location used in the 2000 romantic-drama "Return to Me." The film, written and directed by Bonnie Hunt, starred,David Duchovny, Minnie Driver and Carroll O'Connor.
This Chicago area home was the fictional residence of Bob Rueland (David Duchovny) in the film.
Please keep in mind that this is a private residence. Please do not trespass on the property, knock on the door or do anything to disturb the homeowners.

Dwyane Wade & Gabrielle Union's House
The basketball player and his actress/model wife are renting this Gold Coast home.
The exterior of the home was used in the 1980s TV show 'Webster' which starred Emmanuel Lewis.

Airplane Taking Off
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Harpo Studios
Home of the Oprah Winfrey Show

St. Charles Air Line Bridge
Built in 1930.
"The B&OCT bridge, like the terminal and the tracks, has been abandoned. However, it was not dismantled and remains permanently locked in an "open" position. Because they are bascule bridges, both the B&OCT and the Air Line bridges each have a counterweight of their own, and in this case, they share a common third counterweight between them. This design allowed them to operate in unison, with an operator from the B&OCT in charge of operating both bridges. This has led to a curious historical oddity, as the CSX, successor railroad to the B&O, owns a useless bridge that it cannot abandon, because the bridge is needed to continue operating a second bridge it does not own. An uncertain but inevitable future awaits the old B&OCT bridge, as the trackage it once served will likely never be rebuilt."

Chicago Union Station
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Union Station is a major railroad station which opened in 1925 in Chicago, replacing an earlier 1881 station. It is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago, as well as being the city's primary terminal for commuter trains. The station stands on the west side of the Chicago River between West Adams Street and West Jackson Boulevard, just outside the Chicago Loop. Including approach and storage tracks, it is about nine and a half city blocks in size. Its facilities are mostly underground, buried almost entirely beneath streets and skyscrapers.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House
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"Backdraft" Filming Location Emmits Irish Pub
Filming location used in the 1991action-crime-drama, "Backdraft." The film starred, Kurt Russell, William Baldwin and Robert De Niro.
Emmits Irish Pub in Chicago, Ill. was featured in the movie after Brian McCaffrey (William Baldwin) graduates from the fire academy.
Besides Backdraft,Emmits has been seen in some films that include, Uncle Buck, Only the Lonely, Blink, two episodes of the Untouchables,Oceans Eleven, Oceans Twelve, U.S. Marshalls, Eagle Eye and Overcoat. Some TV shows include the CBS weekly drama Turks, Early Edition, the Beast and a few Playboy Shoots as well.

North Avenue Beach House shaped like a ship
The steamboat-shaped North Avenue Beach House was constructed in 1938 as a WPA project. It housed a concession stand, lifeguard station, and restrooms. In 1998, it was replaced with this slightly more realistic ship.

"Backdraft" Filming Location Main Fire station
Filming location used in the 1991action-crime-drama, "Backdraft." The film starred, Kurt Russell, William Baldwin,Robert De Niro and was directed by Ron Howard.
This Chicago fire station was the setting of the main fire station used throughout the film,and is actually home of the brave men and women of engine company 65 & 52.

Jonathan Toews' House (Former)
The NHL centre purchased this 6,400 sqft home in 2014 for about $3.5 million.

Biograph Theater
The location where bank robber John Dillinger was shot by the FBI on July 22, 1934.

875 North Michigan Avenue
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FKA John Hancock Center
By Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP

Bill Grimshaw's House
Bill Grimshaw, a political science professor, and Jacky Grimshaw, the vice president of policy at the Center for Neighborhood Technology and a former aide to Mayor Harold Washington have listed this home for sale. It is situated directly next to President Obama’s Chicago residence.

Willis (Sears) Tower
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The Original Playboy Mansion
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By: daggerwell.
The original Playboy Mansion was a 70-room, 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m2) classical brick and limestone residence in Chicago's Gold Coast district at 1340 North State Parkway which had been built in 1899 for Dr. George Swift Isham, a prominent surgeon whose social circle included Theodore Roosevelt and Robert Peary. The building was designed by architect James Gamble Rogers, best known for his work at Yale University and Columbia University.
In 1959, the building was acquired by Hugh Hefner. The mansion's basement, Hefner's original "grotto", had a swimming pool with a glass wall and attached bar. In addition to a game room and bowling alley, the residence contained a two-floor dormitory for Bunnies employed at the Chicago Playboy Club and discrete apartments that were occupied by several employees, including longtime Hefner aide Bobbie Arnstein.
For a period in the 1970s, Hefner divided his time between Chicago and the "Playboy Mansion West" in Los Angeles. The Chicago mansion boasted a brass plate on the door with the Latin inscription Si Non Oscillas, Noli Tintinnare ("If you don't swing, don't ring").
Although Playboy Enterprises remained headquartered in Chicago until 2012, Hefner left the city permanently for Los Angeles in 1974 following the conviction and ensuing suicide of Bobbie Arnstein, the culmination of an "investigation of drug use in Hefner's mansion" by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois (and future Governor of Illinois) James R. Thompson. Derick Daniels (who served as president and chief operating officer of Playboy Enterprises from 1976 to 1982) resided in an apartment at the mansion during his tenure with the company. Eventually, the property was turned into a dormitory for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, with Hefner formally deeding the building to the Art Institute in 1989. In 1993, the Chicago mansion was sold to developer Bruce Abrams and converted into seven high-price luxury condos. In 2011, one 7,874 sq ft (731.5 m2) condominium was placed for sale at an asking price of $6.7 million.

Guys Hiding Their Faces
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By: Mike1989.

Chris Farley's Home (former)
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By: mcgrathk.
The actor, who is most famous for being on "Saturday Night Live", and starring in "Tommy Boy", Lived on the 60th floor of the John Hancock Building. It is also the building where he overdosed on a speedball.

U505 German WWII Submarine
The U505 German WWII Submarine, at the end of the East wing of the Museum of Science and Industry. If this map is updated, it will not be visible, as it has been moved to an underground display area.
Operating from Lorient, France, the U-505 was credited with sinking 47,000 tons of allied shipping, including three American ships. As a long-range boat based in the South Atlantic, the U-505 operated in areas such as the waters off Freetown, West Africa, the Panama Canal, Colombia, and Trinidad. During a transit to Trinidad, U-505 was surprised by a British aircraft that dropped three bombs, scoring one direct hit aft of the conning tower. After making emergency repairs, U-505 spent the next month returning home. U-505 earned the distinction of being the most heavily damaged U-boat ever to return home and re-enter service. The second of the three captains assigned to U-505 during the war committed suicide in the conning tower during a heavy depth charge attack, leaving the crew to regain control and find their own way home.
With the aid of Enigma code and radio transmission intercepts, U-505 was tracked and located near Cape Verde Islands. Task Group 22.3, consisting of the escort carrier Guadalcanal and five destroyer escorts, was sent to intercept. On June 4, 1944, after persistent hunting, the U-505 was brought to the surface with a depth charge attack from the USS Chatelain. A boarding party from the USS Pillsbury boarded the sub, secured it, and retrieved valuable documents, including code books and the Enigma machine. U-505 became the first enemy ship boarded and captured on the high seas by U.S. forces since the War of 1812.
After the initial capture, U-505 was turned over to USS Abnaki (ATF-96), an ocean going tug, for her tow. She was studied during the war and in 1946 efforts were begun to save her as a museum. Since 1954 U-505 has remained opened to the public in her dry berth exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry. She is the only surviving Type IX-C submarine in the world.

Man-eating lions of Tsavo (The Ghost and the Darkness)
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By: tallturtle82.
The pair of maneless male lions terrorized the Tsavo region in Kenya between March and December of 1898 by killing an estimated 135 men. Most of the men were construction workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway. They were led by Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson. Patterson killed the first of the lions (measured at 9 feet 8 inches) on December 9, 1898 and 20 days later the second was found and killed.
The skins of the lions were used by Patterson as floor rugs and then were sold to the Filed Museum in 1924 for a sum of $5,000. As you can see the lions have been reconstructed and are on permanent display along with their skulls.

Rooftop seats across the street from Wrigley Field
Buildings beyond Wrigley Field's outfield walls provide a view of Chicago Cubs baseball games from their rooftops.

"Backdraft" Filming Location "Helen McCaffrey's House"
Filming location used in the 1991action-crime-drama, "Backdraft." The film starred, Kurt Russell, William Baldwin and Robert De Niro.
This Chicago area home was the fictional home of Helen McCaffrey, "Bull" McCaffrey's ex-wife played by actress Rebecca De Mornay.
Please keep in mind that is a private residence, Please do not trespass on the property, knock on the door or disturb the residence.