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Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois, is the largest city in the state of Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area Chicago has a population of over 9.4 million in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana making it also the third largest metropolitan area in the U.S.. Chicago is located along the shore of Lake Michigan. City nicknames include "Land of Chicago", the "Windy City", "Chi-Town," Chi-City ", The" Second City "and the" City of Big Shoulders. "
Chicago is a major center of transportation, industry, culture, medicine and higher education.
A major transportation hub, Chicago is the third largest intermodal port in the world after Hong Kong and Singapore. Chicago is a of the largest passenger service centers in the nation with Amtrak provides connections to New York, Seattle, New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington DC. The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) operates an extensive network of buses and rapid transit system known locally as the "L" (for elevation), which includes services of O'Hare and Midway airports. Chicago stands out among the big cities to provide 150 miles of bicycle lanes on the street, 10,000 bike racks and a state art central vicinity of bicycles in Millennium Park.
Chicago has ten interstate highways that traverse the city and suburbs I include-90 (also known in some segments such as the Kennedy Expressway, Chicago Skyway, the Dan Ryan expressway and The O'Hare Extension), I-57 (Bishop Ford Expressway) I-94 (Kennedy Expressway), I-55 (Stevenson Expressway), I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway), I-294 (toll road Tri-State), I-80 (Kingery Expressway), I-355 ( road North-South toll), I-190 (O'Hare expansion) and I-88 (East-West and the Reagan Memorial Tollway).
O'Hare International and Midway International Airport service in the Chicago area. In 2005, O'Hare was reported as the world's busiest airport by aircraft movements and the second busiest by traffic total passengers. Gary / Chicago International Airport located in Gary, Indiana, and the third airport serving the Chicago area. Chicago / Rockford International Airport is a regional base for United Parcel Service flights, some passenger flights and occasionally as a relief to O'Hare. Chicago is also the world headquarters of United Airlines, second largest airline in the world.
The city has been rated as having the most balanced economy in the U.S. due to a high level of diversity. Some of the largest employers include over 66 Fortune 500 companies such as The Boeing Company, Sara Lee, Walgreens, Motorola, Caterpillar, Sears, State Insurance Farm, Allstate, Deere, McDonald's, Aon, Office Max, USG and the Tribune Company. The city hosts four financial and future exchanges, including the Chicago Stock Exchange Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Based in the Chicago area are several medical products and services companies as Baxter International, Abbott Laboratories and the financial health Services division of General Electric.
Chi-Town offers a variety of culture stemming from its deep the history of modern art today. The Museum Campus is a 10-acre park overlooking the lake sitting in the southern part of Grant Park and surrounds three major museums: Adler Planetarium, Field Museum of Natural History and Shedd Aquarium. Grant Park also houses the Art Institute of Chicago, a member of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The only surviving building of the World Columbian Exposition of 1893 is the Museum of Science and Industry. Chicago museums also include the Oriental Institute, part of the University of Chicago, the Freedom Museum, Chicago History Museum, DuSable Museum of African American History, Center Mexican Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art Notebeart Peggy Nature Museum and the Renaissance Society.
The city and plenty of entertainment and performing arts. reputable companies include the Chicago theater Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre Company and Victory Gardens Theatre. Other theaters such as the Strawdog Theatre Company, Chicago House Theatre, TimeLine the Theatre Company and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company offer a variety of plays and musicals.
Broadway musicals are held in venues including LaSalle Bank Theatre, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Ford Oriental Theatre and the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Broadway in Chicago was created in July 2000, brings touring productions of the area Chicago. Some of the productions presented by Broadway in Chicago "are: Blue Man Group, Wicked, Rent, Stomp, The Color Purple, Hairspray, Chicago, Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Cats, The Producers and Jesus Christ Superstar. Chicago is also home to the Lyric Opera Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Joffrey Ballet, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Opera Theater, Chicago Chamber Musicians and more.
Known for its skyscrapers, Chicago has the world's tallest skyline. Note that the historical high-rise buildings grace the Chicago skyline, as the Board of Trade Chicago Building and the Merchandise Mart, once the top of the list of the largest buildings in the world and still appears sixth. The tallest building in the United States United States, the Sears Tower in Chicago. Aon Center and John Hancock Center are also notable skyscrapers that give it a skyline of Chicago other. future skyscrapers building include Waterview Tower, Chicago Spire and Trump International Hotel and Tower. 60 602 zip code was named by Forbes as the hottest zip code in the country with many luxury buildings such as the Heritage at Millennium Park, the Legacy and Momo.
Chicago has a number of architectural gems in its historic buildings of the church. Chicago Temple / First United Methodist Church has a 22-story skyscraper topped by a tower of 568 meters above street level, so is the church highest in the world. Three basilicas: Our Lady of Sorrows, Queen of All Saints and San Jacinto proudly stand on the edge of the city of Chicago. St. Josaphat St. Adalbert, Maria de los Angeles, the Church of the Epiphany, Church of San Gabriel, Metropolitan Community Church, St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, San Clemente Church, Ukrainian Church of San Jose and San Simeon Mirotovici other buildings are pristine and cherished church in Chicago. Chicago was named best sports city in the States United States States by The Sporting News in 2006.
The city is one of three U.S. cities to host two teams of Major League Baseball, the Chicago Cubs (known to fans as "The Cubbies") play at Wrigley Field and play the Chicago White Sox at U.S. field cell. Los Osos Chicago, Chicago NFL team, the game at Soldier Field in Chicago and fever, the city's Arena Football League, play in the Allstate Arena. One team World Basketball most recognized, the Chicago Bulls play at the United Center. The Bulls won six NBA titles in the 1990s during the reign of Michael Jordan. The United Center also Chicago received the sky, a WNBA team. Chicago has two hockey teams: the Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Wolves. The city is also home to the Chicago Fire, MLS, a football team playing at Toyota Park.
Chicago gives tourists a trip to remember and in 2005 thirty-three million visitors from around the world came to visit this wonderful city. Luxury shopping the Magnificent Mile and Navy Pier, a 3,000 meter wharf is home to restaurants, shops, museums, exhibition halls, auditoriums and Ferris wheel 150 feet high.
Navy Pier offers shopping for clothes, memories of Chicago, gifts and collectibles, toys and games and more at stores such as whole time, Mad Hatter DC, earthly elements, Funky Chameleon, Gold & Silver Art FX, Navy Pier Store, a silver lining, the sports store strictly Sterling Coolers Sun, Varsity Outfitters Stop, Leather Windy City, Y-junction, Air One, to make history, Oh Yes Chicago!, Alamo Flags, Photos Noria, Gourmet Grand Avenue, Life is a party, Jahjah Village, oiled, TransPIERency, Fashion Bazaar, Irish Imports, Oriental Arts Center, Passage to India, Russia's Place, Sitara, Workshop Build-A-Bear, Magic Masters, Bike Chicago, Faces in Focus Caricatures, temporary tattoos and more.
Chicago has shopping centers located throughout the city. Stores like Ann Taylor Loft, The Body Shop, The Bose Store, Eddie Bauer, Emporium Luggage, Femme de Carriere, Glenn Poor Chicago, Gold Leaf Snuff, Marshalls, Nordstrom, Olily, Lucky Brand, Sephora, and Swatch are sprinkled all through downtown and the suburbs.
Chicago is famous for its signature deep dish pizza, Italian beef sandwiches veal, Maxwell Street Polish and the Chicago hot dog, which is made from Vienna Beef and loaded with mustard, onion, tomato, cucumber, celery salt, pepper sport and a pickle spear, put ketchup on a Chicago
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