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 * ...that Chicago's Crown Fountain (pictured) displays LED images of faces, which typically create the illusion of puckered lips spouting water?
 * ...that the preservation movement that resulted in the Chicago Landmark designation began with the 1957 adoption of the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House?
 * ...the Art Institute of Chicago Building was co-financed by the financiers of the World's Columbian Exposition, which occupied the building for its first six months?
 * ...that 2006 Winter Olympics speedskating champion, Shani Davis', welcome-home celebration was held at the Harold Washington Cultural Center?
 * ...that the Historic Michigan Boulevard District came to be one of the most famous one-sided streets as a result of the legal persistence of Aaron Montgomery Ward?

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 * Recent additions 133, Chicago Landmark archived from appearance on Main Page
 * Recent additions 149, Art Institute of Chicago Building archived from appearance on Main Page
 * Recent additions 146, Harold Washington Cultural Center archived from appearance on Main Page
 * Recent additions 145, Historic Michigan Boulevard District archived from appearance on Main Page