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  2. Open Books - Wikipedia

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    Open Books is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago, Illinois, that sells donated books to fund literacy programs for kids. [3] Founded by Stacy Ratner in 2006, Open Books has since started several literacy programs for kids, and has taken part in literacy events in Chicago. Open Books has three store locations, based in Pilsen, West Loop ...

  3. OpenTheBooks - Wikipedia

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    Website. openthebooks .com. OpenTheBooks.com is an American nonprofit organization based in the Chicago suburb of Burr Ridge, Illinois. It describes itself as a transparency group devoted to posting online all the disclosed spending of every level of government across the United States. [1]

  4. Harold Washington Library - Wikipedia

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    Harold Washington Library Center. /  41.87639°N 87.62806°W  / 41.87639; -87.62806. The Harold Washington Library Center is the central library for the Chicago Public Library System. It is located just south of the Loop 'L', at 400 S. State Street in Chicago, in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a full-service library and is ADA compliant.

  5. Chicago Public Library - Wikipedia

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    Website. chipublib.org. The Chicago Public Library ( CPL) is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. It consists of 81 locations, including a central library, three regional libraries, and branches distributed throughout the city's 77 Community Areas. [5]

  6. Newberry Library - Wikipedia

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    Circulation. non-circulating reference library. Other information. Director. Astrida Orle Tantillo. Website. www .newberry .org. The Newberry Library is an independent research library, specializing in the humanities. It is located in Chicago, Illinois, and has been free and open to the public since 1887.

  7. Gun laws in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Gun laws in Illinois. Gun laws in Illinois regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition in the state of Illinois in the United States. [1] [2] To legally possess firearms or ammunition, Illinois residents must have a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card, which is issued by the Illinois State Police on a shall-issue basis.

  8. Union Stock Yards - Wikipedia

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    Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was operated by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a centralized processing area. By the 1890s, the railroad capital behind the ...

  9. The North Face to open first Illinois outlet store in Chicago ...

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    August 1, 2024 at 3:58 PM. AURORA, Ill. - The North Face will open an outlet store at Aurora's Chicago Premium Outlets in late October. The location will be the first outlet in Illinois. "We could ...