( formerly known as ImprovOlympic ).

* iO, a Chicago improvisational comedy theater formerly known as ImprovOlympic

The United States ' two tallest towers are both located in Chicago ; Willis Tower ( formerly Sears Tower, and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere ), and Trump International Hotel and Tower.

At the same time, the Chicago Cubs awarded Sosa's # 21 to new pitcher Jason Marquis, despite the fact that it was formerly worn by Sosa, who coincidentally later hit his 600th home run against Marquis.

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.

The Aon Center ( 200 East Randolph Street, formerly Amoco Building ) is a modern skyscraper in the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States, designed by architect firms Edward Durell Stone and The Perkins and Will partnership, and completed in 1974 as the Standard Oil Building.

* Willis Tower ( formerly Sears Tower ), Chicago, Illinois, United States, 1973

Before World War II, Oklahoma City developed major stockyards, attracting jobs and revenue formerly in Chicago and Omaha.

Rocky also named John McDonough, formerly the president of the Chicago Cubs, as the franchise's new president.

Track west and south of Bureau is operated by Iowa Interstate while tracks east to Chicago were formerly operated by CSX but currently leased to Iowa Interstate.

The Eisenhower Expressway ( Interstate-290 )-- formerly the Congress Expressway — is the primary highway between Chicago and Oak Park.

Freight rail service is provided by the Union Pacific Railroad, formerly the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, Illinois Central Gulf, Chicago, Missouri and Western, Southern Pacific Chicago-St. Louis Railways.

Durham is served by the Union Pacific Railroad, formerly the Southern Pacific, and prior, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.

Tampa is served by the Union Pacific Railroad, formerly the Southern Pacific, and formerly the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.

Alta Vista is served by the Union Pacific Railroad, formerly the Southern Pacific, and prior, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.

The novitiate for the Chicago, Detroit, and Wisconsin provinces of the Society of Jesus ( Jesuits ), Loyola House, was formerly located in Berkley.

* Chris Chelios, NHL hockey star, formerly of the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings

The Norfolk Southern line through Silver Creek was formerly operated by the Norfolk and Western Railway, successor to the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad ( Nickel Plate Road ), the original line.

* Julius Peppers – Defensive end formerly of the Carolina Panthers and currently with the Chicago Bears

* Brian Scalabrine, retired basketball player, formerly of the NBA's Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls

* New Chicago, California, formerly known as Chicago, an unincorporated community in Amador County

He operates a production company called Troublemaker Studios, formerly Los Hooligans Productions.

Construction began on Columbia in 1975 at Rockwell International's ( formerly North American Aviation / North American Rockwell, now Boeing North America ) principal assembly facility in Palmdale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles.

Looking to repeat in 2002, the Sparks again made a strong run toward the postseason, going 25 – 7 in the regular season under head coach Michael Cooper, formerly of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Before the season, Los Angeles signed two-time MVP Karl Malone formerly of the Jazz, and former Seattle Defensive Player of the Year Gary Payton.

Stephin Raymond Merritt ( born 1966 ) is an American singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles ( formerly in New York City ), best known as the principal singer and songwriter in the band The Magnetic Fields.

Other notable buildings are the Forbes Mill annex, dating to 1880 and now housing a history museum ; Los Gatos High School which dates from the 1920s ; and the Old Town Shopping Center, formerly the University Avenue School ( the school was established in 1882 ; the current buildings date to 1923 ).

* Paul LoDuca: retired catcher, formerly of the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals

The Los Angeles World Airports owns the former Boeing hangar ( formerly North American Rockwell ) at Plant 42 near LA / Palmdale Regional Airport which is one of the largest buildings in the world.

West Rancho Dominguez ( formerly, West Compton ) is an unincorporated census-designated place ( CDP ) located in southern Los Angeles County, California.

* Derrick Caracter ( born 1988 ), played power forward / center formerly for the Louisville Cardinals basketball team, then the University of Texas at El Paso ( UTEP ) Miners basketball team, current member of NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.

* Wendi Willits, formerly of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks.

MacArthur Park ( formerly Westlake Park ) is a park in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, named after General Douglas MacArthur and designated city of Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument # 100.

Wilshire Boulevard formerly ended at the lake, but in 1934 a berm was built for it to cross and link up with the existing Orange Street ( which ran from Alvarado to Figueroa ) into downtown Los Angeles.

In the same year, she and drummer Samantha Maloney ( another Hole alumnus and also formerly of Mötley Crüe, and Peaches ), Paz Lenchantin ( of A Perfect Circle, and Zwan ), and Radio Sloan ( of Peaches, The Need ) got together to play a show in Los Angeles, California as The Chelsea, taking their name from the Chelsea Hotel in New York, where Auf der Maur lived for a number of years.

He was replaced by Randy Holden, formerly of Los Angeles garage rock band The Other Half.

Capitol Records is a major American record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group.

Nick 13 announced a new line-up for Tiger Army, featuring drummer James Meza and stand-up bassist Jeff Roffredo, formerly of seminal Los Angeles psychobilly bands Cosmic Voodoo and Calavera, in 2004.

St. Louis would later become a stop for other NFL teams: the St. Louis Gunners very briefly joined the NFL at the end of the 1934 season, the St. Louis Cardinals relocated from Chicago to play in the city from 1960 to 1987 ( when the team moved to Arizona ), and the St. Louis Rams came to the city ( formerly from Los Angeles ) in 1995.

California has a number of established orchestras, including the San Francisco Symphony ( 1911 ), Los Angeles Philharmonic Association ( 1919 ), San Diego Symphony ( 1910 ), Fremont Symphony Orchestra, Oakland East Bay Symphony ( formed in 1988 by combining two older organizations ), Coachella Valley Symphony, Orchestra Nova San Diego ( 1983 ) ( formerly the San Diego Chamber Orchestra ), Peninsula Symphony Orchestra ( 1949 ), and the Fresno Philharmonic Association ( 1954 ).

In 1984, a new wave of bikutsi artists emerged, including Sala Bekono formerly of Los Camaroes, Atebass, a bassist, and Zanzibar, a guitarist who would eventually help form Les Têtes Brulées with Jean-Marie Ahanda.

The new Burbank facility was actually the largest commercial airport in the Los Angeles area until it was eclipsed in 1946 by the Los Angeles Airport in Westchester when that facility ( formerly Mines Field, then Los Angeles Municipal Airport ) commenced scheduled airline operations.