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48-500: The Chicago Cultural Center , opened in 1897, is a Chicago Landmark building operated by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. The Cultural Center houses the city's official reception venue, where the Mayor of Chicago has welcomed presidents, royalty, diplomats, and community leaders. It is located in the Loop , across Michigan Avenue from Millennium Park . Originally

96-473: A Triple Cage match , the same match featured in the climax of Ready to Rumble . In the end, he turned on Page and gave the victory to Jarrett. After Slamboree, Arquette cut a promo on the May 8 episode of Nitro , explaining that his entire friendship with Page and title run was a " swerve ". Page subsequently ran down to the ring and hit him with a Diamond Cutter . Arquette made one final appearance with WCW at

144-537: A singles match on the April 24 episode of Nitro . On the following episode of Thunder , Arquette teamed with Page in a match against Bischoff and Jeff Jarrett , with the stipulation that whichever man got the pin would take the championship . Arquette pinned Bischoff again in the match's finish, winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in the process. During his time as champion, Arquette

192-452: A steel chair . In another portion of the show, Arquette was seen backstage trembling in fear and attempting to "give back" the championship belt . However, he did successfully defend the title against Tank Abbott with help from Page. Arquette held the title for 12 days until the Slamboree pay-per-view on May 7, 2000, when he was booked to defend the championship against Jarrett and Page in

240-459: A 1968 Chicago city ordinance. The commission considers areas, districts , places, buildings, structures, works of art, and other objects within the City of Chicago for nomination based solely on whether each meets two or more of the following criteria: Once the commission has determined that a candidate meets at least two of the above criteria, the group may provide a preliminary landmark designation if

288-606: A 3D psychological thriller . The film began shooting in July 2011 in Canada. Arquette appeared on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars , partnered with two-time champion Kym Johnson . He was eliminated on November 1, 2011. On October 7, 2013, Arquette's new show Dream School , in which he plays a mentor to high risk kids in L.A., premiered on the Sundance Channel. In 2017, he starred in

336-473: A double Superkick. In June 2021, Arquette announced he was retiring as a wrestler. His last match was on 31 July 2021, teaming with A Little Angry Tree defeating Whopper Texas Ranger for Wrestling Pro Wrestling in Burbank, California. On April 23, 2023, Arquette appeared on AEW's internet television show Hey! (EW) . In May 2007, Image Comics (in conjunction with Raw Studios) published David Arquette's

384-478: A father who occasionally had issues with substance abuse . Their mother died of breast cancer . Arquette appeared in a number of films in the 1990s, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Airheads (1994) and Never Been Kissed (1999). He had guest spots on television shows like Blossom (1992), Beverly Hills, 90210 (1992) and Friends (1996). Arquette achieved his biggest success in

432-422: A granite base. The building is designed in a generally neoclassical style, with Italian Renaissance elements. It is capped with two stained-glass domes, set symmetrically atop the two wings. Key points of architectural interest are as follows: The Chicago Cultural Center underwent an extensive renovation during 2021–2022 with the goal of unearthing the original beauty of the building. The meticulous restoration of

480-719: A number of other districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Not all Chicago Landmarks have been listed on the National Register, and not all Registered Historic Places (not even all of those that are further designated National Historic Landmarks) have been designated Chicago Landmarks. No Chicago Landmarks are classified as any other type of National Park System protected area including National Parks , National Monuments , or National Preserves . The charts below detail these designations for

528-530: A part of Washington's Red Museum and recorded "Post Empire" with the band, which was released in 2011. Arquette is part owner of Bootsy Bellows, an exclusive nightclub in Los Angeles. The club is named for Arquette's mother, a burlesque dancer who performed by that name. Arquette married his Scream co-star Courteney Cox on June 12, 1999. They have a daughter, Coco Arquette, born in June 2004. Jennifer Aniston

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576-557: A puppeteer and actor. Arquette's paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette . Arquette's mother was Jewish (from a family that emigrated from Poland ) while his father was a convert from Roman Catholicism to Islam ; through him, David is distantly related to explorer Meriwether Lewis . His father, whose family's surname was originally Arcouet, was partly of French-Canadian descent. Arquette's four siblings, Rosanna , Richmond, Patricia , and Alexis , all became actors as well. The Arquettes had an unusual upbringing, with

624-749: A severe cut in the neck, causing him to bleed profusely. After the match, he went to a hospital and was operated on. Arquette later stated that he was done with deathmatches. On May 23, 2019, Arquette made his debut on Being the Elite , where he attempted to convince Nick and Matt Jackson to allow him to enter the Over the Budget Battle Royal at All Elite Wrestling 's (AEW) Double or Nothing event. Neither of them recognized him at first, however they eventually recalled his WCW World Heavyweight Championship reign but still refused to let him compete, instead, giving him

672-658: Is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago , Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting a combination of criteria, including historical, economic, architectural, artistic, cultural, and social values. Once a site is designated as a landmark, it is subject to the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance, which requires that any alterations beyond routine maintenance, up to and including demolition, must have their permit reviewed by

720-521: Is her godmother . On October 11, 2010, the media announced that Arquette and Cox were having a trial separation, but "still love each other deeply." In June 2012, Arquette filed for divorce after nearly two years of separation from Cox. The divorce became final in May 2013. He started dating Entertainment Tonight correspondent Christina McLarty in 2011. They announced they were expecting their first child together in November 2013. McLarty gave birth to

768-652: Is known for playing Dewey Riley in the slasher franchise Scream (1996–2022), which won him a Teen Choice Award and two Blockbuster Entertainment Awards . As a professional wrestler, he is best known for his panned 2000 stint in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) where he won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship , headlining the Slamboree pay-per-view event, and appearing in WWE and on

816-627: Is one of the city's most popular attractions and is considered one of the most comprehensive arts showcases in the United States . Each year, the Chicago Cultural Center features more than 1,000 programs and exhibitions covering a wide range of the performing, visual and literary arts. It also serves as headquarters for the Chicago Children's Choir . The building was designed by Boston architectural firm Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge for

864-526: The Landmarks Commission . Many Chicago Landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places , providing federal tax support for preservation, and some are further designated National Historic Landmarks , providing additional federal oversight. The Mayor and the City Council appoint a nine-member Commission on Chicago Landmarks to develop landmark recommendations in accordance with

912-532: The New Blood Rising pay-per-view on August 13, when he interfered in a match between Buff Bagwell and Kanyon . Arquette was against the idea of becoming the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, believing that fans like himself would detest a non-wrestler winning the title. Vince Russo , who was the head booker for WCW at the time, insisted that Arquette becoming the champion would be good for

960-636: The Sega video game ESPN NFL 2K5 , voicing himself as a "celebrity adversary" and manager of his own team, the Los Angeles Locos, as well as appearing as an unlockable character in Season Mode. He also appeared in the 2001 EA video game SSX Tricky , as the voice of lead character Eddie. He also starred in See Spot Run in 2001. Arquette starred in the 2007 ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency , which

1008-579: The horror / slasher film franchise Scream . It was during the filming of the first film in 1996 that he first met his future wife, Courteney Cox . The couple married in 1999; together, they appeared in a 2003 advertisement for Coke and formed the production company Coquette (both a portmanteau of their last names and a word meaning a flirty woman ), which has produced a number of films and television series, including Daisy Does America , Dirt and Cougar Town . Arquette guest starred alongside Cox on Cougar Town in 2012. Arquette appeared in

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1056-564: The independent wrestling circuit . Arquette rose to recognition with roles in films such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Wild Bill (1995), Never Been Kissed (1999), See Spot Run (2001), and Eight Legged Freaks (2002). He directed, wrote, and produced the film The Tripper (2006), and has additionally produced the films Just Before I Go (2014) and 12 Hour Shift (2020). His television credits include CBS ' Double Rush (1995), ABC 's In Case of Emergency (2007), and Disney Channel 's animated series Jake and

1104-461: The Internet and that he wanted people to have respect for his name in professional wrestling. He began training with professional wrestler Peter Avalon for his return. On July 15, 2018, Arquette made his return to professional wrestling making his debut for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood (CWFH) in a losing effort against RJ City . On October 6, 2018, Arquette teamed with RJ City to defeat

1152-537: The Never Land Pirates (2011–2016). He executive produced the game show Celebrity Name Game (2014–2017), for which he received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. Arquette was born in a Subud commune in Bentonville, Virginia . He is the youngest child of Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, burlesque dancer, poet, theatre operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette ,

1200-549: The Tripper , which was adapted for the comic book medium by artist Nat Jones and writer Joe Harris , with whom Arquette shared writing duties. Propr Collection is a clothing line run by Arquette and Ben Harper . Arquette was briefly in a band by the name of Ear2000, who contributed a song to the Scream 2 soundtrack and Scream 3 soundtrack . The group, whose style blended hip hop and rock, has since broken up. Arquette has also been

1248-719: The art glass dome and decorative finishes in the Grand Army of the Republic rooms, a Civil War memorial, was made possible by a grant of services valued at over $ 15 million to the City of Chicago. The Chicago Cultural Center is home to two magnificent stained-glass domes. Chicago-based Harboe Architects, a leading firm in historic preservation, was awarded the project. The scope of the project included recreating long-lost light fixtures, cleaning and polishing old marble, restoring mahogany doors, installation of new glass, and restoration teams performed many meticulous hours removing layers of paint in

1296-451: The candidate "has a significant historic, community, architectural or aesthetic interest or value, the integrity of which is preserved in light of its location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, and ability to express such historic, community, architectural or aesthetic interest or value." In Chicago, the historic preservation movement initially sought to ensure the survival of individual buildings of special significance. However,

1344-651: The city of Chicago-designated sites and the National Historic Landmarks. Download coordinates as: For consistency, the list below uses the name from the Chicago Landmark website. Neighborhood names and boundaries are consistent with the Community areas in Chicago . S. Giles Avenue (odds); 3800 through 3848 S. Calumet Avenue (evens); 3831 through 3847 S. Calumet Avenue (odds); 310 E. 38th Street As noted in

1392-537: The city's central library, and Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) meeting hall and memorial in 1892. The land was donated by the GAR and the building was completed in 1897 at a cost of nearly $ 2 million (equivalent to $ 73.25 million in 2023). It is organized as a four-story north wing (77 East Randolph entrance) and a five-story south wing (78 East Washington entrance), 104 ft (32 m) tall, with 3-foot-thick (0.91 m) masonry walls faced with Bedford Blue Limestone on

1440-558: The company and for publicity, and Arquette reluctantly agreed to the angle. All the money he made during his WCW tenure was donated to the families of Owen Hart (who died in a freak accident), Brian Pillman (who died from an undiagnosed heart condition), and Darren Drozdov (who became a quadriplegic after an in-ring accident). After the World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF/WWE) purchased WCW, Arquette's championship run

1488-576: The couple's son in 2014. The couple announced their engagement in July 2014. They were married on April 12, 2015. McLarty gave birth to their second son in 2017. Arquette checked into a rehabilitation center for treatment of "alcohol and other issues" on January 1, 2011. On April 8, 2011, Arquette announced on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno that he had reached the 100-day sober milestone. Later that year, Arquette said he has been sober for over nine months. In June 2012, while in Israel to film an episode of

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1536-522: The cultural center, the piece is an homage to women who have contributed to the culture of Chicago. Portrayed are: Washington painted the mural on a scale rendering of the building. The piece was then transposed to the actual façade by the muralist Jeff Zimmerman. Financing for the project was made possible by the non-profit, Murals of Acceptance and through philanthropic donations from David Arquette , Patricia Arquette , Marc Benioff , and Lynne Benioff. Chicago Landmark Chicago Landmark

1584-501: The fact that the then-WWF itself briefly booked Vince McMahon as WWF Champion months before Arquette's title win. On the December 13, 2010, episode of Raw , Arquette made his WWE debut by teaming with Alex Riley in a handicap match against Randy Orton , which they lost. In 2018, during an interview on The Wendy Williams Show , Arquette said that, in the years following his controversial WCW title win, he had been trolled on

1632-449: The historic rooms. Also included in the scope was the complete restoration of the 40 ft (12 m) diameter Tiffany-designed stained glass dome, which had become covered in grime and paint. The dome contained over 60,000 individual pieces of glass to be restored. Daprato Rigali Studios of Chicago performed the stained-glass dome restoration. Crossroads: Modernism in Ukraine, 1910-1930

1680-569: The landmark preservation movement in Chicago, by adopting the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House . This led to the formation of the City Landmarks Commission, who chose 39 buildings as "honorary" landmarks. That body evolved into the present Commission on Chicago Landmarks which was empowered by Despres's 1968 city ordinance to select and protect 12 important buildings as the inaugural official Chicago Landmarks. Although

1728-482: The list above, there are many places that are designated as City landmarks but they have not been nationally registered. There are also approximately 200 nationally Registered Historic Places in Chicago that are not also designated Chicago Landmarks. Of these, 13 are further designated as U.S. National Historic Landmarks : David Arquette David Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor, producer, and retired professional wrestler . As an actor, he

1776-533: The main library of the Chicago Public Library , the building was converted in 1978 to an arts and culture center at the instigation of Commissioner of Cultural Affairs Lois Weisberg . The city's central library is now located across the Loop in the spacious, postmodern -style Harold Washington Library Center , which opened in 1991. As the nation's first free municipal cultural center, the Chicago Cultural Center

1824-430: The movement has evolved to include districts and neighborhoods and even encompasses distinctive areas of the natural environment. Preservation is now an integral element of urban planning and design. Three trends led to popular support of the formalization of the movement in response to extensive and far reaching destruction of Chicago's environment: In 1957, Chicago City Council 5th ward alderman Leon Despres began

1872-611: The movement was unable to save either Louis Sullivan 's Garrick Theater in 1960 or Sullivan's Chicago Stock Exchange Building in 1972, the efforts spawned the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois in addition to the municipal Commission. Many landmarks have been designated with National Historic Landmark status by the United States Secretary of the Interior for historical significance. All of those and

1920-548: The reboot of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters as Captain Barnabus. In May 2020, it was confirmed that Arquette would be reprising his role as Dewey Riley for the fifth Scream film , which was directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett . The film was released on January 14, 2022. Arquette has appeared on The Howard Stern Show many times, including multiple times as the show's celebrity intern. Arquette purchased

1968-656: The rights to Bozo the Clown in 2021 and has plans to revive the character. In 2000, after filming the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) film Ready to Rumble , Arquette was brought into WCW storylines . He made his first appearance on the April 12, 2000, episode of Thunder , sitting in the crowd before leaping into the ring to take part in a worked confrontation with Eric Bischoff and his New Blood stable . Afterwards, he formed an alliance with Chris Kanyon and then reigning WCW World Heavyweight Champion Diamond Dallas Page , and with their help, he defeated Bischoff in

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2016-454: The team of Halal Beefcake (Idris Abraham and Joe Coleman) in a tag team match at Border City Wrestling 's 25th Anniversary show in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The event was filmed by Impact Wrestling to air as a One Night Only pay-per-view in November 2018. On November 16, 2018, Arquette wrestled Nick Gage in a deathmatch at Joey Janela 's LA Confidential event. During the match, he suffered

2064-558: The travel show Trippin , Arquette belatedly celebrated his Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall . The presiding rabbi was Shmuel Rabinovitch . The band the Black Math Experiment released "You Cannot Kill David Arquette", a tongue in cheek song about Arquette's acting and wrestling career. Arquette himself helped promote the band on MTV's Total Request Live and during his promotional tour for The Tripper . He also used

2112-817: Was a display of art by Ukrainian artists, such as Sukher Ber Rybak, Vsevolod Maskymovych, and Oleksandr Bohomazov, to name a few. Crossroads was organized by the Foundation for International Arts and Education with the National Art Museum of Ukraine . It was presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Kyiv Committee of the Chicago Sister Cities International Program. The exhibition ran from July 22, 2006 until October 15, 2006. Richard Hunt : Sixty Years of Sculpture

2160-406: Was a major exhibition of sixty sculptures spanning Hunt's career. The exhibition drew primarily from his extensive "self-collection", lent to the center for the show. This exhibition ran from December 6, 2014, through March 29, 2015. In 2017, Kerry James Marshall was commissioned to produce an inaugural mural for a public arts program. The mural entitled "Rush More" is located on the west façade of

2208-593: Was canceled after one season. Since then, he has appeared in the 2008 film Hamlet 2 and reprised his role in Scream 4 , again acting alongside Cox. He appeared alongside his sister in the TV show Medium in January 2011. He appeared in Rascal Flatts ' music video for their song "Why Wait" in 2010. Arquette, a well known horror fan, made his directorial debut with 2007's The Tripper and has signed on to direct Glutton ,

2256-401: Was listed as the top reason for the "failure" of Nitro in a list published by WWE Magazine . Gene Okerlund stated in a 2009 interview on WCW's history that "once Arquette won the title, it might as well been thrown in the trash" due to losing what little credibility it had left at that point, and Arquette's reign as champion has been criticized in other WWE media in the years since, despite

2304-482: Was mostly used as comic relief . He only appeared on two shows as champion, the May 1 Nitro and May 7 Slamboree pay-per-view. During the former, a vignette was shown, filmed on the set of Arquette's film 3000 Miles to Graceland , which also featured his wife Courteney Cox and their co-star Kurt Russell . In the vignette, Cox informs Russell that Arquette is the WCW World Heavyweight Champion, causing Russell to laugh and walk off and Arquette to chase after him with

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