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Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President of the United States. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Lincoln Home National Historic Site, Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices State Historic Site, and the Lincoln Tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
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The concept came to life during an event that started September 2017, to help raise funds to benefit downtown revitalization. It’s a pop up art event in where you can watch artists compete to create a mural in one day and unveil it during a reception party that night. Each year the murals change, making this a great spot to visit and wander through and take pics or the amazing artwork!
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield,_Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat and largest city of Sangamon County. The city's population was 116,250 at the 2010 U.S. Census, which makes it the state's sixth most-populous city, the second largest outside of the Chicago metropolitan area (after Rockford), and the largest in central Illinois. As of 2019, the city's population was estimated to have decreased to 114,230, with just over 211,700 residents living in the Springfield Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Sangamon County and the adjacent Menard County.
Present-day Springfield was settled by European Americans in the late 1810s, around the time Illinois became a state. The most famous historic resident was Abraham Lincoln, who lived in Springfield from 1837 until 1861, when he went to the White House as President. Major tourist attractions include multiple sites connected with Lincoln including his presidential library and museum, his home, and his tomb at Oak Ridge Cemetery.
The city lies in a valley and plain near the Sangamon River. Lake Springfield, a large artificial lake owned by the City Water, Light & Power company (CWLP), supplies the city with recreation and drinking water. Weather is fairly typical for middle latitude locations, with four distinct seasons, including, hot summers and cold winters. Spring and summer weather is like that of most midwestern cities; severe thunderstorms may occur. Tornadoes hit the Springfield area in 1957 and 2006.
The city has a mayor–council form of government and governs the Capital Township. The government of the state of Illinois is based in Springfield. State government institutions include the Illinois General Assembly, the Illinois Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor of Illinois. There are three public and three private high schools in Springfield. Public schools in Springfield are operated by District No. 186. Springfield's economy is dominated by government jobs, plus the related lobbyists and firms that deal with the state and county governments and justice system, and health care and medicine.
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The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, houses the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois. The current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol building since Illinois was admitted to the United States in 1818. Built in the architectural styles of the French Renaissance and Italianate, it was designed by Cochrane and Garnsey, an architecture and design firm based in Chicago. Ground was broken for the new capitol on March 11, 1868, and the building was completed twenty years later for a total cost of $4.5 million.
The building contains the chambers for the Illinois General Assembly, which is made up of the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. An office for the Governor of Illinois, additional offices, and committee rooms are also in the building. The capitol's footprint is cross-shaped, with four equal wings. Its tall central dome and tower roofs are covered in zinc to provide a silvery facade which does not weather. Architecture scholar Jean A. Follett describes it as a building that "is monumental in scale and rich in detail." The interior of the dome features a plaster frieze painted to resemble bronze, which illustrates scenes from Illinois history, and stained glass windows, including a stained glass replica of the state seal in the oculus of the dome.
Rick Springfield is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US. He received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Jessie's Girl". He followed with four more top 10 US hits, "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody". His two US top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982). As an actor, he portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital, from 1981 to 1983 and during 2005 to 2008.
Francine Davis from Newark, Delaware, keeps notes during a group discussion at United Methodist Women’s Just Energy for All training Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at Douglas Avenue United Methodist Church in Springfield, Illinois.
Photo by Rich Saal/Rich Saal Photography
Rick Springfield is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US. He received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Jessie's Girl". He followed with four more top 10 US hits, "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody". His two US top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982). As an actor, he portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital, from 1981 to 1983 and during 2005 to 2008.
at Widener University's Alumni Awards dinner at the Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Pa. on Friday 11 October 2019. Photograph by Jim Graham
'80s heartthrob pop musician and actor Rick Springfield brought his "Stripped Down" tour to Oklahoma City. He played solo, told stories and made a lot of dirty jokes.
Photos by Nathan Poppe
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It took three years, but Karen Mathis' predictions for Springfield retail relief have finally arrived in the form of a new Walgreens store at 8th and Davis. Seen here as just an empty lot, the Walgreens will be a welcome addition to the the neighborhood. I could see that placing being mobbed by snack starved Shandsies. What a great place, in walking distance, to get basics.
Springfield Armory Museum, Springfield Massachusetts.
The Springfield Armory was established in 1777, at the request of George Washington and Henry Knox, to build weapons for the United States military. Another armory was established in Harper's Ferry Virginia. Harper's Ferry Armory was destroyed in the Civil War and was never rebuild. The Springfield Armory was the major source of American weapons until it was closed in 1968.
The square at the center of the armory. The buildings were originally part of the armory and are now part of Springfield Technical Community College. Today was the first day where the the trees were showing masses of green leaves.
Governor Charlie Baker, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Beth Card and Department of Conservation and Recreation Commissioner Doug Rice join kids and state and local officials to kick off DCR’s annual Summer Nights Initiative in Springfield on July 5, 2022. [Joshua Qualls/Governor’s Press Office]
Springfield Rugby Football Club vs Sunday Morning Rugby Football Club on March 16, 2019 at the Springfield Pitch. Springfield wins 29-24!
Traveled to Boston to attend baby sister’s graduation from Springfield College. While there I did a mini photo shoot with her in Springfield to celebrate her accomplishment and was able to get a little sightseeing in as well. Pictured here is the view from our hotel room.
One of Amtrak's Springfield shuttle sets lays spends the weekend in the old Union Station. Which once served the Boston & Maine, New Haven and the Boston & Albany.
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Springfield Armory Museum, Springfield Massachusetts.
The Springfield Armory was established in 1777, at the request of George Washington and Henry Knox, to build weapons for the United States military. Another armory was established in Harper's Ferry Virginia. Harper's Ferry Armory was destroyed in the Civil War and was never rebuilt. The Springfield Armory was the major source of American weapons until it was closed in 1968.
This is the front of the Main Arsenal building which houses the museum.
Rick Springfield is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He was a member of pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971 and then started his solo career with his début single "Speak to the Sky" reaching the top 10 in Australia. In mid-1972, he relocated to the United States. He had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US. He received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Jessie's Girl". He followed with four more top 10 US hits, "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody". His two US top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982). As an actor, he portrayed Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital, from 1981 to 1983 and during 2005 to 2008.
A very dirty 47107 running through Springfield station on 6E89 Aberdeen Craiginches to Immingham. 5 March 1986.
When I was in high school in Springfield, Oregon, which was longer ago than I care to think about, cars like this were THE thing for the cool kids... one of which I was not.
Last week I visited my home town, and the same style of cars, in the same not-quite-running condition, continue to beautify driveways and side yards around the same neighborhoods.
I have no doubt that if I were to knock on the door of the house and ask the owner what he intended to do with this car, I'd get the same response I heard throughout my high school years: it just needs a little work and some wheels and tires and it will be worth a lot of money.
Other than the new construction, row after row of identical rental townhouses, this place is like some kind of weird Twilight Zone, forever stuck in the late 1970s.
First Presbyterian Church of Springfield and historical marker. Founded in 1745. Historical plaque and statue in memorial to the Battle of Springfield during the War for American Independence.
Used by Napoleon Russell (the architect & builder) for his ad in "Picturesque Views Along the Lines of the Springfield Street Railway", published in 1899. pg.182. The ad read:" NOW TAKE YOUR CHOICE. Come & buy a good house & be happy together, or go & buy a cheap house & be sorry forever."
at Widener University's Alumni Awards dinner at the Springfield Country Club in Springfield, Pa. on Friday 11 October 2019. Photograph by Jim Graham
October 9's WHAT it is Wednesday was a cobbler's bench, used for shoemaking and repair. (The miniature version was a handcrafted piece in a frontier diorama scene that we were working on yesterday). We wanted to give you some tidbits from the museum and archives that represent the many many shoe stores and shoe repair shops that were in Springfield. Around 1950 there were FOURTEEN shoe stores in downtown Springfield alone! The 1949 Bill Swonger downtown models on the first floor of the museum show quite of few of those places. Models represented in the collage photo here: Nisley Shoe Company (in the Arcade), Patsiavos Shoe Repair (26 W. Main and Foster), and Dohan Shoes (15 E. Main Street). The last shoe place to leave the downtown was Carmen's Shoe Salon (24 E. Main) in 2000. Also in today's shoe related collage: a full-sized cobbler's bench from our collections, trade cards and ads from George Horner, P. O'Toole and Starkey & Scowden (in the Arcade), a birthday card and sign from Nisley Shoes, a postcard of their location in the Arcade, Nisley's arcade entrance, and the Nisley sign by Mattie Guthries just before the Arcade demolition. You can also see Christ Patsiavos' shoe shaped shoe repair place on the corner of N. Limestone and College, along with the Cat's Meow of the memorable building. In the top right corner of the collage is a picture of the Sterling Shoe Repair building that was located on the spot where Memorial Hall later stood at 300 W. Main Street.