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Chicago is the 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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The Rock N Roll McDonald's (formerly The Original Rock 'N Roll McDonald's) was one of the most famous McDonald's locations in the world, and was once the busiest in the United States. It was a flagship location. The restaurant/museum, located in the Near North Side community area (neighborhood) of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States a few city blocks west of the Magnificent Mile, was a tourist attraction since it opened in 1983. The site had a Rock & Roll exhibit in a building adjacent to the restaurant and a small upstairs McDonald's museum display. The restaurant had a maximum occupancy of 300, which was about three times the standard patron capacity. The building featured the first two-lane McDonald's drive-through, relatively luxurious decor, a cafe, plasma display flat screen televisions and a green roof.

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Image 1The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 2Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 3Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 4The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 5Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 6Flag of Chicago (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 7Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 8Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 9The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 10Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 11Aerial view of the Chicago Loop in 2012 (from Chicago)
Image 12Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 13Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from Chicago)
Image 14Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo on the North Side (from Chicago)
Image 15Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 16Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 17The Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 18Jay Pritzker Pavilion (from Chicago)
Image 19Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 20Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 21Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 22Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction; it initially opened in the 1960s. (from Chicago)
Image 23Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 24Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 25Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 26Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from Chicago)
Image 27WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from Chicago)
Image 28A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 29O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)
Image 30A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 31Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011, and of other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)
Image 32Buckingham Fountain is located in Grant Park in the Loop. (from Chicago)
Image 33People walking around Buckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 34An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from Chicago)
Image 35Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 36The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 37The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 38Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 39The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 40Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 41The University of Chicago campus as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 42Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 43The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)
Image 44Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 45Aerial view of Navy Pier located in the Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States. (from Chicago)
Image 46Daley 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 47Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 48An Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station. (from Chicago)
Image 49When 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 50Ford Explorer SUV as a Chicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (from Chicago)

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The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. They play in the American League Central division. Since the institution of MLB's Rule 4 Draft, the White Sox have selected 62 players in the first round. Of the 62 players picked in the first round by the Chicago White Sox, 31 have been pitchers, the most of any position. Ten outfielders, eight catchers, five shortstops, five third basemen, and three first basemen were also taken but never a player at second base. Fourteen of the players came from high schools or universities in the state of California, and Florida follows with seven players. The White Sox have also drafted six players from their home state of Illinois. One player has won a championship with the team; Aaron Rowand (1998) was part of the 2005 World Series championship team. Frank Thomas (1989) was a member of the Chicago White Sox for 16 years, including the 2005 season, but was not part of the World Series roster due to injury. Thomas is also the only first-round draft pick to win the Most Valuable Player Award, winning the honor in both 1993 and 1994. One pick, 1987 selection Jack McDowell, has won the Cy Young Award with the team (1993). The White Sox had the first overall selection twice in the draft, which they used on Danny Goodwin (1971) and Harold Baines (1977). The White Sox have failed to sign three of their first-round picks: Danny Goodwin (1971), Steve Buechele (1979), and Bobby Seay (1996). The White Sox did not receive any compensation for Goodwin or Buechele, but they did receive the 51st pick in 1997 for failing to sign Seay. (Read more...)

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... that a college designed for and led by Native Americans was active in Chicago from 1974 to 2005?
... that 900 West Randolph, Chicago's first high-rise building built by a black-owned construction firm, has penthouses that can be rented for over $20,000 per month?
... that the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated have all profiled the smallest TV station in the United States?
... that decades after its closure, the station house of the Chicago "L"'s Madison station would house a hot dog stand?
... that Chicago's Marshfield station had four tracks and three platforms, and involved three branch lines and an interurban?
... that Chicago Radio public address systems were used extensively by the pro-independence Indian National Congress during the British Raj?
... that Bally's Chicago, a proposed casino resort in Chicago, has a goal of bringing in $200 million in annual tax revenue to fund the city's police and firefighter pension fund?
... that Ruth Scott Miller, the first female music critic for the Chicago Tribune, said she was hired to "write for the masses and not for 'four or five thousand freak music lovers'"?

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Albert Alexander "Ox" Wistert (1920–2016) was an All-Pro American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played his entire nine-year NFL career for the Eagles and became their team captain. He was named to play in the NFL's first Pro Bowl as an Eagle. During most of Wistert's career there were no football All-star games, although he was named to the league All-Pro team eight times. He played college football for the University of Michigan Wolverines. He was one of the three Wistert brothers (with Alvin and Francis) who were named All-American Tackles at Michigan and later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the first Michigan Alum to be selected to the National Football League Pro Bowl. The brothers are three of the seven players who have had their numbers retired by the Michigan Wolverines football program.

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The Rookery Building is an historic landmark located in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Completed by John Wellborn Root and Daniel Burnham of Burnham and Root in 1888, it is considered one of their masterpiece buildings and once housed the office of the famous architects. It measures 181 feet (55 m), is twelve stories tall and is considered the oldest standing high-rise in Chicago. It has a unique style with exterior load-bearing walls and an interior steel frame. The lobby was remodeled in 1907 by Frank Lloyd Wright. Starting in 1989, the lobby was again restored to the original Wright design. The building was designated a Chicago Landmark on July 5, 1972. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 17, 1970 and listed as a National Historic Landmark on May 15, 1975. The name Rookery comes from the previous building on the property which became home to many birds, especially pigeons.

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"I'm impressed with the people from Chicago. Hollywood is hype, New York is talk, Chicago is work." — Michael Douglas

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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 • 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 Adriana Pirtea (pictured on right in picture) lost the 2007 Chicago Marathon to Berhane Adere when Adere slipped down the side of the street and crossed outside of the finish-line tape?
...that only Wacker Drive has buildings addressed North, South, East and West. It is the only road in Chicago to exist on both sides of both Madison Avenue and State Street.
...that the Hilton Hotels brand, Waldorf-Astoria, is attempting to expand its brand beyond the The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, with new hotels such as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and Residence Tower in Chicago?
...that Chicago Police Department Police Commander Jon Burge was absolved of responsibility for police brutality and torture by statute of limitations after a $17 million investigation of 148 cases?

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