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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. The Chicago metropolitan area has 9.41 million residents and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Chicago is the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S.

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It has the largest and most diverse finance derivatives market in the world, generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone. O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked among the world's top ten busiest airports by passenger traffic, and the region is also the nation's railroad hub. The Chicago area has one of the highest gross domestic products (GDP) of any urban region in the world, ranking sixth globally, generating over $919 billion in 2024. Chicago's economy is diverse, with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. (Full article...)

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The Chicago Spire was a planned supertall skyscraper that began construction in Chicago, Illinois. The skyscraper would have stood taller than Chicago's Sears Tower and New York's upcoming Freedom Tower, as well as Toronto's CN Tower, thereby becoming North America's tallest free-standing structure and the world's tallest all-residential building. The building was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and was being developed by Garrett Kelleher of Shelbourne Development Group, Inc. Originally announced in July of 2005 by Christopher T. Carley of the Fordham Company, the project was supported by many Chicagoans and city officials. After several months of development, Carley failed to acquire necessary financing and the project was taken over by Garrett Kelleher of the Shelbourne Development Group. Since that time, three major revisions were made to the design. After the initial construction began and then stopped, the project was eventually transferred to developer Related Midwest, which in 2014 announced the project would not be completed.

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Image 1Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 2Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 3Daley Plaza and the Chicago Picasso, with City Hall-County Building visible in background. At right, the Daley Center contains the state law courts. (from Chicago)
Image 4Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 5A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 6Aerial view of the Chicago Loop in 2012 (from Chicago)
Image 7Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 8Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 9The Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 10When it was opened in 1991, the central Harold Washington Library appeared in Guinness World Records as the largest municipal public library building in the world. (from Chicago)
Image 11WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from Chicago)
Image 121855 daguerreotype attributed to Alexander Hesler of the Cook County Court House and City Hall. Believed to be the oldest surviving photograph taken in Chicago. (from Chicago)
Image 13A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 14Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 15The University of Chicago campus as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 16The CTA operates the Chicago "L" (from Chicago)
Image 17Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 18Flag of Chicago (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 19The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 20An aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction. It initially opened in the 1960s. (from Chicago)
Image 21Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo on the North Side (from Chicago)
Image 22Buckingham Fountain is in Grant Park in the Loop. (from Chicago)
Image 23A Ford Explorer SUV as a Chicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (from Chicago)
Image 24Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 25Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 26Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 27O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)
Image 28Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 29An aerial view of Navy Pier located in the Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States. (from Chicago)
Image 30Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 31The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 32The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 33People walking around Buckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 34Illustration of the Great Chicago Fire (from Chicago)
Image 35Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 36Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011, and of other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)
Image 37A Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 38Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 39The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 40The Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 41Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 42Divvy bikes (from Chicago)
Image 43Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 44Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 45Chicago Union Station is Amtrak's hub for both national long-distance trains and inter-city trains in the Midwest. It's also served by six Metra commuter lines. (from Chicago)
Image 46The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)
Image 47Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 48Jay Pritzker Pavilion (from Chicago)
Image 49Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from Chicago)
Image 50Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 51The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 52The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)

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The Chicago Bulls are a National Basketball Association (NBA) team based in Chicago, Illinois. Dick Klein founded the Bulls in 1966 after six other professional basketball teams in Chicago had failed. In the Chicago Bulls seasons, the Bulls have achieved a winning record multiple times, and have appeared in the NBA playoffs multiple times. They received international recognition in the 1990s when All-Star shooting guard Michael Jordan led them to their six league championships. The only NBA franchises that have won more championships than the Bulls are the Boston Celtics (17 championships) and Los Angeles Lakers (14). The Bulls initially competed in the NBA's Western Division. The Western Division was renamed the Western Conference in 1970, and was split into the Midwest and Pacific Divisions. The Bulls played in the Midwest Division until 1980, when they moved to the Central Division of the Eastern Conference. (Read more...)

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... that four course records were broken during the 2023 Chicago Marathon?
... that a college designed for and led by Native Americans was active in Chicago from 1974 to 2005?
... that, in a 15-day span, Hurles Scales was released by the St. Louis Cardinals, signed by the Chicago Bears, released by the Bears, and signed by the Cardinals?
... that upon being drafted by the NFL's Chicago Bears, Ralph Jarvis wanted to thank the judge who sent him to the reform school where he first played American football?
... that the Fun Lounge police raid is considered the main cause for the formation of Mattachine Midwest, a gay rights group in Chicago?
... that the art of a reclusive Chicago janitor, Henry Darger, was discovered and popularized by his former landlords?
... that a window-washing railroad track ran atop Chicago's Inland Steel Building?
... that both Christian Albright and De'Montre Tuggle were born on the same day, named second-team all-Mid-American Conference in 2020, signed with the Chicago Bears in 2022, and debuted in the CFL in 2023?

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Wesley Clark is a retired four-star general of the United States Army. Clark was valedictorian of his class at West Point, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to the University of Oxford where he obtained a degree in PPE, and later graduated from the Command and General Staff College with a master's degree in military science. He spent 34 years in the Army and the Department of Defense, receiving many military decorations, several honorary knighthoods, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Clark joined the 2004 race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination as a drafted candidate on September 17, 2003, but withdrew from the primary race on February 11, 2004 in favor of campaigning for the eventual Democratic nominee, John Kerry. Clark currently leads a political action committee — "WesPAC: Securing America" — which was formed after the primaries, and used it to support numerous Democratic Party candidates in the 2006 midterm elections.

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The Marquette Building, completed in 1895, is a Chicago, Illinois landmark that was built by the George A. Fuller Company and designed by architects Holabird & Roche. The building is currently owned by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. It is located in the community area known as the "Loop" in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The building was one of the early steel frame skyscrapers of its day, and is considered one of the best examples of the Chicago School of architecture. The building originally had a reddish, terra cotta exterior that is now somewhat blackened due to decades of Loop soot. It is noted both for its then cutting edge frame and its ornate interior. Since being built, the building as received numerous awards and honors. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 9, 1975, and it is considered an architectural masterpiece. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 17, 1973. It was a named a National Historic Landmark on January 7, 1976. The building's preservation has been a major focus of the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation completed an extensive four year restoration in 2006.

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"Being a [Chicago] Cubs fan prepares you for life—and Washington." — Hillary Clinton

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History of Chicago: Windy City • 1871 Great Chicago Fire • Haymarket affair • World's Columbian Exposition • Chicago race riot of 1919 • Chicago Board of Trade • McDonald's • Millennium Park • Cook County Democratic Party

Geography: Chicago River • Fort Dearborn • Prairie Avenue • Magnificent Mile • Cook County, Illinois

People: Daniel Burnham • Richard J. Daley • Oprah Winfrey • Al Capone • Barack Obama • Michael Jordan • Jesse Jackson • Aaron Montgomery Ward • Marshall Field • Potter Palmer • Pope Leo XIV • Harold Washington • Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable

Landmarks & Tourist Attractions: Chicago Landmarks • Wrigley Field • Buckingham Fountain • Willis Tower • John Hancock Center • Chicago Cultural Center

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...that after the 1871 Great Chicago Fire, the Loop Retail Historic District (pictured) was Chicago's premier retailing district until it was replaced by commuter suburbs and the Magnificent Mile?
...that Patrick Nash helped change the city charter, which called for a special election in the case of death of the Chicago Mayor, so that the Chicago City Council could appoint Edward Joseph Kelly?
...that the merged Rainbow/PUSH is an outgrowth of Jesse Jackson's 1984 Presidential campaign and a factional split in Operation Breadbasket, an affiliate of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference?
...that University of Chicago Graduate School of Business professor Toby Moskowitz won the Fischer Black Prize as the top finance researcher under 40 after a 4 year hiatus with no worthy candidates?

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