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Chicago


Located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan, Chicago is the largest city in Illinois, and 3rd largest in the United States over all. As of the 2000 census, the city iself had a population of 2,896,016. Additionally, when combined with its suburbs and the nine surrounding counties in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, the metropolitan area (known as "Chicagoland") has a population of almost 10 million.

Chicago, Illinois

The city has a highly diversified economy, including financial services, manufacturing, printing and publishing. Chicago is home to the nation's 2nd largest business district (after New York City), and the 3rd largest media market (after Los Angeles and New York City), and four major financial and futures exchanges.

Chicago is a popular tourist destination, attracting well over 30 million visitors each year. Some of the attractions in Chicago include: Here is some other information about Chicago:
  • Perhaps the best known educational institution in Chicago is the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago is a private university that was originally founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1890, and held its first classes in 1892.

  • Some of the major companies that have based their headquarters in Chicago include Boeing, Exelon and Sara Lee.

  • Airports serving Chicago include Chicago Midway International Airport and O'Hare International Airport.

  • Sports teams in Chicago include the baseball team, the Chicago Cubs, the baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, the basketball team, the Chicago Bulls, the ice hockey team, the Chicago Blackhawks, and the NFL American football team, the Chicago Bears.

  • Chicago is home to a unique style of pizza, known simply as Chicago-style pizza. Chicago-style pizza is very a deep dish pizza, more like a casserole or lasagna than traditional thin crust pizza, and which was probably invented at Pizzeria Uno in Chicago in 1943. Additionally, there also another style of pizza that is unique to the city, sometimes known as "flat pizza" which has a crunchy texture and is usually cut into squares (known as "party cut").

    Flat Pizza
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Scenes in Chicago Parks, Chicago, Illinois
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Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

 
 
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Streetwise Chicago Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Chicago, Illinois - Folding pocket size travel map with CTA, Metra map

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Streetwise Maps
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Streetwise Chicago Map - Laminated City Center Street Map of Chicago, Illinois - Folding pocket size travel map with integrated CTA & Metra map including lines & stations

This map covers the following areas:
Main Chicago Street Map 1:27,000
Downtown Chicago Map 1:18,000
Hyde Park - Kenwood Map 1:40,000
Wicker Park & Bucktown Map 1:27,000
Chicago Area Map 1:330,000
Chicago CTA & Metra Map

Crack! A roaring cheer muffles the ecstatic cry of the announcer’s amplified voice. The entire city block erupts in joy as a ball drops into the asphalt of West Waveland Avenue. Welcome to Wrigley field, one of the oldest ballparks in the country. Now you’re in Chicago, home to some of America’s biggest baseball fans, its tallest building and its deepest deep-dish pizza.

Chicago is the most active city, as well as the center of the Midwest. Hop on Lake Shore Drive and watch as this glistening waterside metropolis unfolds before your eyes. From the Art Institute at Grant Park to the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Science (home to Sue, the city’s beloved Tyrannosaurus Rex) to the architectural oasis of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus and Oak Park, Chicago is a world known cultural capital.

All these sites are clearly marked and indexed on the STREETWISE® Chicago city map. Also included are an enlarged detailed map of the downtown, an area map that includes the major routes and surrounding towns of Chicago and a map of the Metra system.

Our pocket size map of Chicago is laminated for durability and accordion folding for effortless use. The STREETWISE® Chicago map is one of many detailed and easy-to-read city street maps designed and published by STREETWISE®. Buy your STREETWISE® Chicago map today and you too can navigate Chicago, Illinios like a native. For a larger selection of our detailed travel maps simply type STREETWISE MAPS into the search bar.

A CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1933 TRAVEL BY TRAIN.

By C & E I [Chicago and Eastern Illinois Ry.].

Poole Brothers.
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A CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXPOSITION CHICAGO 1933 TRAVEL BY TRAIN.
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Experience Chicago: a travel guide (2009)

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Dolphin Books
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Experience Chicago: a travel guide (2009)
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This ebook is a handy and usable travel guide to Chicago. It was adapted for the Kindle from wikitravel.org*, which was named by Time magazine as one of the 50 best websites of 2008. This ebook has been prepared by Dolphin books specifically for the Amazon Kindle, and includes careful formatting and a hyperlinked table of contents. In length, this ebook is roughly equivalent to 75 printed pages.

This ebook contains no advertising. Dolphin books is not paid to endorse any products or services.

Among other things, this guide provides:

information about travelling to from and within Chicago, by plane, train, taxi, bus, bicycle, foot, boat, and car.

useful telephone numbers

lists of events, landmarks, museums, and things to do

information on shopping, dining, drinking, and hotels

*wikitravel.org does not endorse this ebook.

Michelin Must Sees Chicago

Michelin Travel Publications
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Michelin Must Sees Chicago
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Wikitravel Chicago: The Free, Complete, Up-To-Date And Reliable Guide To Chicago

Wikitravel Press
Released: 2008-11-12
Paperback (432 pages)

Wikitravel Chicago: The Free, Complete, Up-To-Date And Reliable Guide To Chicago
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Wikitravel Chicago is the most comprehensive guide ever published to Chicago, with museums, sports, and skyscrapers from top to bottom, up-to-date info on jazz, blues, and Chicago nightlife, in-depth coverage of amazing restaurants across the city and 27 handy city maps with attractions marked. Built using the award-winning Wikitravel website, all Wikitravel guides are written by fellow travelers and updated by our editors from top to bottom every single month, so you're always guaranteed to get the newest information.

Chicagoland Recreation: Chicago, Illinois

By David J. Peckarsky

Great Pacific Recreation Map
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Chicagoland Recreation: Chicago, Illinois
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Comprehensive coverage from the Wisconsin State Line to Northwest Indiana. Detailed inset maps of Downtown Chicago, Hyde Park/ U of Chicago, O'Hare International Airport/ Rosemont and Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Elevated & Subway Rapid Transit lines.

The Politics of Place: A History of Zoning in Chicago (Illinois)

By Joseph Schwieterman; Dana Caspall

Lake Claremont Press
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The Politics of Place: A History of Zoning in Chicago (Illinois)
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LUXE Chicago (LUXE City Guides)

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LUXE Asia Limited
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LUXE Chicago (LUXE City Guides)
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Want sunset cocktails with breathtaking sky-high city views, or jazz-hot nights in a swinging former gangster speakeasy? Want to sample the restaurants turning the Second City into America's culinary capital? Want to find stashes of fine antiques, period decor and architectural salvage? Want to take in Chicago's spectacular skyline from your own yacht, or visit a suburb full of immaculate Frank Lloyd Wright homes? Want your own art expert or personal shopper to guide you to the city's treasures? Well now you can. Along with all the finest and funkiest places to dine, drink and dance, "Luxe" incorporates invaluable, bespoke shopping and activity itineraries for you to mix and match, secret shops and services you'd simply never find as a visitor as well as the latest beautiful spas, salons and aestheticians. And whats more, "Luxe" comes with online city updates - simply visit our website and log-in. How darn smart is that?

Rand McNally Fabmap Downtown Chicago Illinois

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The Spiritual Traveler: Chicago and Illinois: A Guide to Sacred Sites and Peaceful Places

By Marilyn J. Chiat

HiddenSpring
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The Spiritual Traveler: Chicago and Illinois: A Guide to Sacred Sites and Peaceful Places
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The Spiritual Traveler: Chicago and Illinois is a unique guidebook. It introduces hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, meetinghouses, Buddhist meditation centers and Hindu temples, as well as retreat centers of various religious traditions. It lists landmarks that rank among America's finest works of architecture and contain treasures of spiritual art and history. It describes numerous beautiful gardens, parks, cemeteries, and other peaceful places, as well as the natural beauty of the land between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River. Introductory chapters recount the spiritual history of Illinois, offer an overview of many faith traditions, and explain its sacred architecture.

Written for readers and seekers of every faith or none, The Spiritual Traveler: Chicago and Illinois reveals the stories behind these extraordinary sites and places of spiritual power and takes you to the heart and soul of this ancient land.


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