A suburb
of Chicago, is a city in DuPage, Kane, Kendall, and Will counties
in the U.S. state of Illinois. Located primarily in DuPage and Kane counties, it is an outer
suburb of Chicago and the second most populous city in the state, and the 115th most
populous city in the country. The population was 199,602 by
2018.
Aurora
has grown since the 1960s. The U.S. Census Bureau ranked Aurora as the 34th
fastest-growing city in the United States. From 2000 to 2009, the U.S.
Census Bureau ranked the city as the 46th fastest growing city with a
population of over 100,000.
The city
is divided into three regions, the West Side, on the west side of the Fox
River, the East Side, between the eastern bank of the Fox River and the
Kane/DuPage County line, and the Far East Side/Fox Valley, which is from the
County Line to the city's eastern border with Naperville.
The
Aurora area has some significant architecture, including structures by Frank Lloyd
Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Bruce Goff and George Grant Elmslie.
Aurora is also home to a large collection of Sears Catalog Homes (over 50
homes) and Lustron
all-steel homes (seven homes). The Hollywood Casino Aurora, a dockside gaming
facility is located along the river in downtown Aurora. (Wikipedia)
Aurora has a long tradition of manufacturing.
Caterpillar, Rush Copley Hospital & Provena Mercy Hospital are some of the
largest employers in Aurora.
Downtown Aurora is home to the Paramount Theatre, a large
live performance theater on the National Register
of Historic Places, and the Hollywood Casino. The largest
collection of commercial buildings by Prairie School architect George Grant Elmslie is here.