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ETA: Summer 2015
Anticipation is high for the 606, the long-awaited elevated city park along the Bloomingdale Trail. Parks are not the only reason to be excited for what's to come in Chicago, however. Chicago restaurants like Jay Cutler's Steakhouse (tentatively titled Cutler's Cuthouse), the Rock & Roll In-N-Out and the recurring Hot Doug's pop-up have us salivating, too.
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The Riverview amusement park once occupied 74 acres near Belmont and Western Avenues, and boasted one of the most feared roller coasters, the Bobs, which reached speeds of nearly 90 miles per hour and featured a 90-foot drop. The park closed in 1967 and was immediately demolished, but is due for a rebirth, as the developers behind Cedar Point have purchased land alongside the Chicago River (currently partly a DeVry campus) for new thrill rides.
ETA: Spring 2016
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