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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 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) 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 University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago. Incorporated in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society, the school has traditionally dated its founding to July 1, 1891, when William Rainey Harper became President and first member of the faculty; the oil magnate John D. Rockefeller is officially designated "Founder." The University of Chicago held its first classes on October 1, 1892. Chicago was one of the first universities in the United States to be conceived as a combination of the American interdisciplinary liberal arts college and the German research university. Affiliated with 100 Nobel Prize laureates, the University of Chicago is widely regarded as one of the world's foremost universities. Historically, the university is noted for the unique undergraduate core curriculum pioneered by Robert Hutchins in the 1930s, and for influential academic movements such as the Chicago School of Economics, the Chicago School of Sociology, and the Law and Economics movement in legal analysis. The University of Chicago was the site of the world's first man-made self-sustaining nuclear reaction. It is also home to the Committee on Social Thought, an interdisciplinary graduate research program, and to the largest university press in the United States.

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Image 1Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from Chicago)
Image 2Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 3Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 4Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 5Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 6Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 7Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 8Aerial view of the Chicago Loop in 2012 (from Chicago)
Image 9Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from Chicago)
Image 10Flag of Chicago (from Culture of 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 12Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 13Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011 and other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)
Image 14O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)
Image 15The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 16Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 17The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)
Image 18Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 19The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 20The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 21An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from Chicago)
Image 22Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo, North Side (from Chicago)
Image 23The Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 24Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 25"Chicago" by Carl Sandburg (from Chicago)
Image 26Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 27Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 28Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 29Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 30The University of Chicago campus as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 31The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 32Aerial view of Navy Pier located in the Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States. (from Chicago)
Image 33Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 34Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 35The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 36Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station. (from Chicago)
Image 37The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 38Daley Plaza and Chicago Picasso, with City Hall-County Building visible in background. At right, the Daley Center contains the state law courts. (from Chicago)
Image 39Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 40Ford Explorer SUV as a Chicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (from Chicago)
Image 41Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 42When 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 43Jay Pritzker Pavilion (from Chicago)
Image 44Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 45Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 46A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 47Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 48Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction, initially opened in the 1960s (from Chicago)
Image 49People walking around Buckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 50Buckingham Fountain is located in Grant Park in the Loop (from Chicago)
Image 51A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)

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This list of tallest buildings in Chicago ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. city of Chicago, Illinois by height. The tallest building in Chicago is the 108-story Sears Tower, which rises 1,451 feet (442 m) in the Chicago Loop and was completed in 1974. It also stands among the tallest buildings in the United States, and the world. In addition, the Sears Tower had the most floors of any completed building in the world, and stood as the world's tallest completed skyscraper when measuring to pinnacle height, rising 1,730 feet (527 m) with the addition of its western antenna. The second- and third-tallest buildings in Chicago are the Aon Center and the John Hancock Center, respectively. As of June 2008^[update], the John Hancock Center, with 49 floors of condominiums, held the world record for the highest residence. In addition, Chicago has several buildings containing at least 100 floors. (Read more...)

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... that decades after its closure, the station house of the Chicago "L"'s Madison station would house a hot dog stand?
... that the sculpture Chicago Rising from the Lake was meant to show the city's rebirth after the Great Chicago Fire but it went missing twice and was eventually found by a Chicago firefighter?
... that Chicago journalist Jamie Kalven has amassed a database of nearly 250,000 allegations against police officers?
... that Univision bought a Chicago TV station that wasn't for sale?
... that Zenith Data Systems unveiled their SupersPort laptop at a Chicago show that featured helmeted performers and motorcyclists?
... that a "frustration walk" connected Chicago Union Station with the rapid transit Canal station?
... that some regular users of the Schiller Woods magic water pump near Chicago believe that it was covertly blessed by Pope John Paul II in 1979?
... that from the old Chicago Station, a five-cent fare would get you as far west as California?

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Juwan Antonio Howard is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat are Howard's eighth NBA team. A one-time All-Star and one-time All-NBA power forward, he began his NBA career as the fifth overall pick in the 1994 NBA Draft by the Washington Bullets. Before he was drafted, he starred as an All-American on the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team. At Michigan he was part of the Fab Five recruiting class of 1991 that reached the finals of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1992 and 1993. Howard won his first NBA championship with Miami in the 2012 NBA Finals. Howard was an All-American center and an honors student at Chicago Vocational Career Academy. Michigan was able to sign him early over numerous competing offers and then convince others in his recruiting class to join him. The Fab Five, which included Chris Webber, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson, served as regular starters during their freshman and sophomore years for the 1991–92 and 1992–93 Wolverines. Howard is the last member of the Fab Five who remains active as a professional basketball player. Although many of the Wolverines' accomplishments from 1992 to 1998 were forfeited due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal, which involved booster payments to players to launder money from illegal gambling, Howard's 1993–94 All-American season continues to be recognized. Howard has played six-and-a-half seasons (1994–2001) for the Bullets franchise (renamed the Wizards in 1997), three full seasons (2004–2007) for the Houston Rockets, two plus seasons for the Heat and shorter stints for several other teams. During his rookie year with the Bullets, he became the first player to graduate on time with his class after leaving college early to play in the NBA. After one season as an All-Rookie player and a second as an All-Star and an All-NBA performer, he became the first NBA player to sign a $100 million contract. While he continued to be a productive starter, he was never again selected to play in an All-Star Game. Towards the end of his contract, he was traded at the NBA trade deadline twice to make salary cap room. He was most recently a regular starter during the 2005–06 NBA season. In 2010, he signed with the Heat and entered his 17th NBA season, during which he reached the playoffs for the sixth time and made his first career NBA Finals appearance. He remained with the Heat the following season and won his first NBA championship during the 2012 NBA Finals. He returned to the Heat for part of the following season. Howard has developed a reputation as a humanitarian for his civic commitment.

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The Fabyan Windmill is an authentic, working Dutch windmill dating from the 1850s located in Geneva, Illinois. The 68 feet (21 m), five-story wooden smock mill sits upon the onetime estate of Colonel George Fabyan, but is now part of the Kane County Forest Preserve District. In 1979, the windmill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The following year, the windmill was selected to be on a U.S. postage stamp as part of a series of five American windmills included in a stamp booklet called "WINDMILLS USA". It originally operated as a custom grinding mill

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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 Chicago's Crown Fountain (pictured) displays LED images of faces, which typically create the illusion of puckered lips spouting water?
...that the preservation movement that resulted in the Chicago Landmark designation began with the 1957 adoption of the Frank Lloyd Wright Robie House?
...the Art Institute of Chicago Building was co-financed by the financiers of the World's Columbian Exposition, which occupied the building for its first six months?
...that 2006 Winter Olympics speedskating champion, Shani Davis', welcome-home celebration was held at the Harold Washington Cultural Center?
...that the Historic Michigan Boulevard District came to be one of the most famous one-sided streets as a result of the legal persistence of Aaron Montgomery Ward?

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