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Chicago (/ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ ^ⓘ shih-KAH-goh, locally also /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/ shih-KAW-goh; Miami-Illinois: Shikaakwa; Ojibwe: Zhigaagong) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and the third-most populous in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. With a population of 2,746,388 in the 2020 census, it is also the most populous city in the Midwest. As the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S., Chicago is the center of the Chicago metropolitan area.

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It has the largest and most diverse 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 six 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) 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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Chase Promenade (formerly Bank One Promenade) is an open-air, tree-lined pedestrian walkway that opened July 16, 2004. It is part of Millennium Park, which is located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. The Promenade was made possible by a gift from the Bank One Foundation. It is 8 acres (3.2 ha) and used for exhibitions, festivals and other family events as well as private rentals.

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Image 1Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 2Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 3Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 4Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 5WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from Chicago)
Image 6The Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 7Jay Pritzker Pavilion at night (from Chicago)
Image 8The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 9Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 10Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 11Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011 and other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)
Image 12Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 13The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 14Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 15Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 16The University of Chicago, as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 17Magnificent Mile hosts numerous upscale stores and landmarks, including the Chicago Water Tower. (from Chicago)
Image 18The spire of the Copernicus Center is modeled on the Royal Castle in Warsaw. (from Chicago)
Image 19The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)
Image 20A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 21Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction, initially opened in the 1960s (from Chicago)
Image 22An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from Chicago)
Image 23Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 24Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station. (from Chicago)
Image 25Chicago Police Department SUV, 2011 (from Chicago)
Image 26Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 27Daley Plaza with Picasso statue, City Hall in background. At right, the Daley Plaza Building contains the state law courts. (from Chicago)
Image 28Boy from Chicago, 1941 (from Chicago)
Image 29Flag of Chicago (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 30Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 31Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 32Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 33Buckingham Fountain, looking north in 2005 (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 34The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 35When 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 36The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 37Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from Chicago)
Image 38Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 39The National Hellenic Museum in Greektown is one of several ethnic museums comprising the Chicago Cultural Alliance. (from Chicago)
Image 40Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 41Carl Sandburg's most famous description of the city is as "Hog Butcher for the World / Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat / Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler, / Stormy, Husky, Brawling, City of the Big Shoulders." (from Chicago)
Image 42The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 43The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 44Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 45A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 46Aerial view of Navy Pier at night (from Chicago)
Image 47Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 48Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 49Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 50O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)
Image 51Andy's Jazz Club in River North, a staple of the Chicago jazz scene since the 1950s (from Chicago)

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This is a discography for the Smoking Popes, a pop punk band from Lake in the Hills, Illinois. The Smoking Popes have released four studio albums, a compilation album, two live albums, four extended plays (EPs), and seven singles. The group was founded in 1991 by Mike Felumlee (drums) and brothers Matt (bass guitar), Eli (guitar), and Josh Caterer (guitar, vocals). After releasing three independent EPs, the Popes signed with local punk rock record label Johann's Face Records. Johann's Face issued a fourth EP and the Popes' first two studio albums—Get Fired and Born to Quit. EMI subsidiary Capitol Records signed the band and re-released Born to Quit in 1995, yielding a minor hit on punk rock radio stations with "Need You Around". The Smoking Popes released their third album through Capitol in 1997 and broke up the following year. To fulfill their contract with Capitol Records, the band recorded an album of cover songs, which was rejected for release by the label. The Popes were dormant until they reunited in late 2005. The band played a reunion show on November 11, 2005, recording and releasing the concert through Felumlee's Double Zero Records. They are currently working on a fourth studio album for Flameshovel Records.

This list does not include material that members of the Smoking Popes recorded with Duvall or other side projects. (Read more...)

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... that the Chicago "L"'s Laflin station had an elevator for caskets?
... that Mark Stanforth won the 1978 Chicago Marathon despite running the last few miles with blisters?
... that decades after its closure, the station house of the Chicago "L"'s Madison station would house a hot dog stand?
... that in Public Access Opinion 16-006, the Illinois Attorney General ordered Chicago police officers to release their private emails about the police-involved murder of Laquan McDonald?
... that about 27 men and newsboys were killed in the Chicago circulation wars in the early 1900s?
... that as the health commissioner of Chicago in the 1920s, Herman Bundesen advocated the distribution of prophylactics by the city to combat sexually transmitted diseases?
... that Red Blanchard, the owner of Iowa radio station KSMN, commuted 800 miles (1280 km) by plane from Mason City each week to host a radio show in Chicago?
... that Chicago-style barbecue is cooked in an aquarium smoker?

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Francis Michael "Whitey" Wistert was an American football and baseball player. He played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines. He was the first of the three Wistert brothers (Alvin, Albert (Al)) who were named All-American Tackles at Michigan and later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1967. He and his brothers are three of the seven players who have had their numbers retired by the Michigan Wolverines football program. During his time at Michigan, Wistert won three consecutive Big Ten football Championships, including back-to-back National Championships. He was also Big Ten conference MVP in baseball in college and later played for the Major League Baseball Cincinnati Reds.

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Schulze Baking Company Plant is a factory building located on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located in the Washington Park community area. Built in 1914, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 12, 1982. Originally built for the Schulze Baking Company, it is now the home of the Butternut Bread Company. The building features a terra cotta exterior with ornamentation that pays tribute to Louis Sullivan. In the early 21st Century, the building fell into a state of disrepair.

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"[Chicago] is the greatest and most typically American of all cities. New York is bigger and more spectacular and can outmatch it in other superlatives, but it is a “world” city, more European in some respects than American." — John Gunther

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October 8, 2023 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine rallies occur in several American cities, including Atlanta, Chicago and New York. (AP)
October 8, 2023 – 2023 Chicago Marathon: Kelvin Kiptum sets a new marathon world record at the Chicago Marathon, becoming the first runner to break 2 hours and 1 minute. (World Athletics) (NPR)

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Chicago

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 • Harold Washington • Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable

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

More did you know?

...that George Lilja (pictured) once played a Michigan Wolverines football game wearing another player's jersey, confusing many of his fans?
...that some of Frank Sinatra's recordings of the 1964 song "My Kind of Town" change the original lyrics to omit reference to the Union Stock Yard which closed in 1971?
...that Patrick Ivuti's photo finish victory in the 2007 Chicago Marathon, one of the five major marathons, was his first marathon victory?
...that Chicago City Council alderman Toni Preckwinkle has dissented against Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley more often than any other alderman in council votes?

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