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Chicago, Illinois is the largest city in the state of
Illinois and the third most populous city in the United
States. The Chicago metropolitan area has a population of
over 9.4 million in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, making
it also the third largest metropolitan area in the US.
Chicago is located along the shore of Lake Michigan. The
city's monikers include "Chicago land", the "Windy City",
"Chi-Town", "Chi-City", the "Second City" and the "City of
the Big Shoulders". Chicago is a major center of transportation, industry,
culture, medicine and higher education. A major transportation hub, Chicago is the third largest
inter-modal port in the world after Hong Kong and
Singapore. Chicago is one of the largest hubs of passenger
rail service in the nation with Amtrak providing
connections to New York, Seattle, New Orleans, San
Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington DC. The Chicago
Transit Authority (CTA) operates an extensive network of
buses and a rapid transit system know locally as the "L"
(for elevated), which includes services to Midway and
O'Hare airports. Chicago stands out among large cities for
offering 150 miles of on-street bike lanes, 10,000 bike
racks and a state-of-the-art central bicycle commuter
station in Millennium Park. Chicago has ten interstate highways running through the
city and suburbs which include I-90 (also known in some
segments as The Kennedy Expressway, Chicago Skyway, The Dan
Ryan Expressway and The O'Hare Extension), I-57 (Bishop
Ford Freeway), I-94 (Kennedy Expressway), I-55 (Stevenson
Expressway), I-290 (Eisenhower Expressway), I-294
(Tri-State Tollway), I-80 (Kingery Expressway), I-355
(North-South Tollway), I-190 (The O'Hare Extension) and
I-88 (East-West Tollway and Reagan Memorial). Midway International and O'Hare International Airport
service the Chicago area. In 2005, O'Hare was reported as
the world's busiest airport by aircraft movements and
second busiest by total passenger traffic. Gary/ Chicago
International Airport, located in Gary, Indiana, serves and
the third Chicago area airport. Chicago/Rockford
International Airport is a regional base for United Parcel
Service flights, some passenger flight and occasionally as
a relief to O'Hare. Chicago is also the world headquarters
for United Airlines, the world's second-largest airline. The city has been rated as having the most balanced economy
in the US, due to a high level of diversification. Some of
the largest employers include over 66 Fortune 500 companies
such as The Boeing Company, Sara Lee, Walgreens, Motorola,
Caterpillar, Sears, State Farm Insurance, Allstate, Deere,
McDonald's, Aon, Office Max, USG and the Tribune Company.
The city hosts four major financial and future exchanges
including the Chicago Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board of
Trade, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange and the
Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Headquartered in the Chicago
area are several medical products and services companies
such as Baxter International, Abbott Laboratories and the
Healthcare Financial Services division of General Electric. Chi-Town offers a variety of culture stemming from its deep
history to present-day modern arts. The Museum Campus is a
10-acre lakefront park sitting on the southern section of
Grant Park and surrounds three of the city's main museums:
the Adler Planetarium, the Field Museum of Natural History,
and the Shedd Aquarium. Grant Park also hosts the Art
Institute of Chicago, a partner of The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago. The only building surviving the
World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 is the Museum of
Science and Industry. Chicago's museums also include the
Oriental Institute, part of the University of Chicago, the
Freedom Museum, Chicago History Museum, DuSable Museum of
African-American History, Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum,
Museum of Contemporary Art, the Peggy Notebeart Nature
Museum and The Renaissance Society. The city has and abundant entertainment and performing arts
scene. Chicago's renowned theater companies include the
Steppenwolf Theatre Company, the Goodman Theatre Company
and the Victory Gardens Theater. Other theatres such as the
Strawdog Theatre Company, The House Theatre of Chicago,
TimeLine Theatre Company and Remy Bumppo Theatre Company
offer an array of plays and musicals. Broadway musicals are held at venues including LaSalle Bank
Theatre, Cadillac Palace Theatre, Ford Oriental Theatre and
the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. Broadway in
Chicago was created in July 2000 and brings touring
productions to the Chicago area. A few of the productions
brought by "Broadway in Chicago" are: Blue Man Group,
Wicked, Rent, Stomp, The Color Purple, Hairspray, Chicago,
Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia!, the 25th Annual Putnam County
Spelling Bee, Cats, The Producers and Jesus Christ
Superstar. Chicago is also home to the Lyric Opera of
Chicago, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Joffrey
Ballet, Music of the Baroque, Chicago Opera Theater, the
Chicago Chamber Musicians and more. Known for its skyscrapers, Chicago boasts the world's
tallest skyline. Notably historic high-rise buildings grace
the Chicago skyline such as the Chicago Board of Trade
Building and the Merchandise Mart, once the first on the
list of the largest buildings in the world and still listed
sixth. The tallest building in the United States, the Sears
Tower is located in Chicago. The Aon Center and the John
Hancock Center are also notable skyscrapers that give
Chicago a distinct city skyline. Future building
skyscrapers include Waterview Tower, Chicago Spire and
Trump International Hotel and Tower. The 60602 zip code was
named by Forbes as the hottest zip code in the country with
many upscale buildings such as The Heritage at Millennium
Park, The Legacy and Momo. Chicago has a number of architectural gems in its
historical church buildings. The Chicago Temple/First
United Methodist Church boasts a 22-story skyscraper
surmounted by a steeple 568 feet above street level, making
it the tallest church in the world. Three basilicas: Our
Lady of Sorrows, Queen of All Saints and St. Hyacinth
proudly stand in Chicago's city limits. St. Josaphat's, St.
Adalbert's, Mary of the Angels, Church of the Epiphany, St.
Gabriel Church, Metropolitan Community Church, St. Nicholas
Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, St. Clement Church, St.
Joseph's Ukrainian Church and St. Simeon Mirotovici are
other pristine and cherished church buildings in Chicago.
Chicago was named the best sports city in the Unites States
by The Sporting News in 2006. The city is one of three U.S. cities to host two Major
League Baseball teams; the Chicago Cubs (known to fans as
"The Cubbies") play in Wrigley Field and the Chicago White
Sox play in the US Cellular Field. The Chicago Bears,
Chicago's NFL team, play at Soldier Field and the Chicago
Rush, the city's Arena Football League team, play at the
Allstate Arena. One of the world's most recognized
basketball teams, the Chicago Bulls play at the United
Center. The Bulls won six NBA titles in the 1990's during
the reign of Michael Jordan. The United Center also hosts
the Chicago Sky, a WNBA team. Chicago has two hockey teams:
the Chicago Blackhawks and the Chicago Wolves. The city is
also home to the Chicago Fire, a MLS soccer team playing in
Toyota Park. Chicago gives tourists a trip to remember and in 2005
thirty-three million visitors from across the world came to
visit The Windy City. Luxury shopping along the Magnificent
Mile as well Navy Pier, a 3,000-foot pier is home to
restaurants, shops, museums, exhibition halls, auditoriums
and a 150-foot-tall Ferris wheel. Navy Pier offers shopping for apparel, Chicago souvenirs,
gifts and collectibles, toys and games and more at stores
like All the Time, DC's Mad Hatter, Earthly Elements, Funky
Chameleon, Gold & Silver Art FX, Navy Pier Store, A Silver
Lining, The Sports Store, Strictly Sterling, Sun Coolers,
Varsity Stop Outfitters, Windy City Leathers, Y-Knot, Air
One, Making History, Oh Yes Chicago!, Alamo Flags, Ferris
Wheel Photos, Grand Avenue Gourmet, Life's A Holiday,
Jahjah Village, Oiled Up, TransPIERency, Fashion Bazaar,
Irish Imports, The Oriental Arts Center, Passage to India,
The Russian Place, Sitara, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Magic
Masters, Bike Chicago, Faces in Focus Caricatures,
Temporary Tattoos and more. Chicago has shopping malls scattered throughout the city.
Stores such as Ann Taylor Loft, The Body Shop, The Bose
Store, Eddie Bauer, Emporium Luggage, Femme de Carriere,
Glenn Poor Chicago, Gold Leaf Tobacco, Marshalls,
Nordstrom, Olily, Lucky Brand, Sephora, and Swatch are
sprinkled all through downtown as well as the suburbs. Chicago is famous for its signature deep dish pizza,
Italian beef sandwiches, the Maxwell Street Polish and the
Chicago hot dog, which is made of Vienna beef and loaded
with mustard, onion, tomato, pickle relish, celery salt,
sport peppers and a dill pickle spear; putting ketchup on a
Chicago ?dog' is completely taboo. A few of the city's best
pizzerias are Bacci Pizzeria, Pizza Broker, Pizza Ria,
Edwardo's Natural Pizza, Pizzeria Ora, Pizano's Pizza &
Pasta, Rosati's Pizza & California, Pizzeria Uno, Reggie's
Pizza Express and more.
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