Chicago most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States . With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census , it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles . As the seat of Cook County , the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area , often colloquially called "Chicagoland" and home to 9.6 million residents.
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, generating $689 billion in 2018. Chicago's economy is diverse , with no single industry employing more than 14% of the workforce. (Full article...
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Image 2 Chicago was home of
The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011, and of other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from
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Image 3 Chicago-style hot dog (from
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Image 4 A
Polish market in Chicago (from
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Image 5 Aerial view of the
Chicago Loop in 2012 (from
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Image 6 Aerial photo of the
Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction; it initially opened in the 1960s. (from
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Image 7 Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the
Chicago River and
Lake Michigan . (from
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Image 8 The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with
Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from
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Image 9 Replica of
Daniel Chester French 's
Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from
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Image 12 Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from
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Image 13 Ethnic origins in Chicago (from
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Image 14 Traditional
Potawatomi regalia on display at the
Field Museum of Natural History (from
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Image 17 The Chicago Picasso (from
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Image 18 Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from
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Image 22 Prentice Women's Hospital on the
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Image 23 Flag of Chicago (from
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Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from
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Image 27 WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from
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Image 28 Aerial view of
Navy Pier located in the
Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the
Midwestern United States . (from
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Image 29 Court of Honor at the
World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from
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Image 30 Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from
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Image 31 Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from
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Great Depression (1931) (from
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Image 36 The Chicago River during the
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Image 37 When 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
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University of Chicago campus as seen from the
Midway Plaisance (from
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Image 39 Buckingham Fountain is located in
Grant Park in the
Loop . (from
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Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the
Chicago School , displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from
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Image 42 Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people:
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Image 44 Daley Plaza and the
Chicago Picasso , with
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Daley Center contains the state law courts. (from
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Image 46 Chicago Union Station , opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from
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Amtrak train on the
Empire Builder route departs Chicago from
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Image 49 An artist's rendering of the
Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from
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Wilco discography This is a comprehensive listing of official releases by Wilco , a Chicago -based alternative rock group. The band has released six studio albums, six singles, a live album, three collaborations, and two extended plays (EPs). Following the breakup of Uncle Tupelo , the band's first three studio albums were released on Reprise Records . During recording for the band's fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Chicago Tribune Warner Bros. Records subsidiary Nonesuch Records in 2002, where the band has released all of its material since. Wilco recorded two albums of Woody Guthrie songs with Billy Bragg , and performed as a session band for The Minus 5 on their Down with Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the most successful album for the band, earning a Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
This list does not include material that members of Wilco recorded with Uncle Tupelo , The Autumn Defense , Golden Smog , Loose Fur , or any solo projects. (Read more...
... that Red Blanchard , the owner of Iowa radio station KSMN Mason City each week to host a radio show in Chicago ?
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... that despite her father wanting her to become a music teacher, Marcia Moore silent film , vaudeville , cabaret , and burlesque performances?
... that Josie Childs
... that kids could fight the Great Chicago Fire at Freedomland U.S.A.
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... that both Christian Albright De'Montre Tuggle Mid-American Conference in 2020, signed with the Chicago Bears in 2022, and debuted in the CFL in 2023?
11 South LaSalle Street Building or
Eleven South LaSalle Street Building (formerly
Roanoke Building and Tower and originally
Lumber Exchange Building and Tower Addition or simply the
Roanoke Building and
Lumber Exchange Building ) is a
Chicago Landmark building that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places and that is located at 11 South
LaSalle Street in the
Loop community area of
Chicago, Illinois ,
United States . This address is located on the southeast corner of LaSalle and Madison Street in
Cook County , Illinois across the Madison Street from the
One North LaSalle Building . The building sits on a site of a former Roanoke building (once known as
Major Block 2 ) that once served as a
National Weather Service Weather Forecast official climate site and replaced
Major Block 1 after the
Great Chicago Fire . The current building has incorporated the frontage of other buildings east of the original site of Major Block 1. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (under the name Lumber Exchange Building and Tower Addition) on December 6, 2007, and named a Chicago Landmark on December 12, 2007. It incorporates the lands of the former DeSoto Building and former Farewell Hall.
"Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood." — Norman Mailer
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