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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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Lincolnshire is an affluent village located in the Vernon Township region of Lake County, which is located in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is a suburb of Chicago, which is located in adjacent Cook County. The population was 6,108 at the 2000 census, the ethnicity of village inhabitants largely Caucasian. Lincolnshire was incorporated on August 5, 1957 from land in the unincorporated Half Day area when land was purchased to build a residential subdivision, and underwent an aggressive era of expansion from 1983 to the 1990s. The Des Plaines River splits the village in half; geographically, it is halved again by a major traffic artery that enters the village at the border that it shares with neighboring Vernon Hills. It is the headquarters of a variety of corporations including global outsourcing company Hewitt Associates, and is the base of operations for the Newman/Haas Racing team. The village of Lincolnshire holds several festivals (including one mirroring the Taste of Chicago) annually in either commercial establishments such as City Park and the Village Green, or in one of the nine public parks and nature reserves that it has created for recreation purposes. Lincolnshire retrieves all of its water from the city of Highland Park, which lies on the coast of Lake Michigan. The village is governed by a Council–manager government, and is a Home rule municipality. The mayor of the village is Brett Blomberg.

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Image 1Flag of Chicago (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 2The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window. (from Chicago)
Image 3Home Insurance Building (1885) (from Chicago)
Image 4Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange (2022) after reconstruction, initially opened in the 1960s (from Chicago)
Image 5The Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 6Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 7Chicago Theatre (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 8"Chicago" by Carl Sandburg (from Chicago)
Image 9Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention (from Chicago)
Image 10Chicago-style deep-dish pizza (from Chicago)
Image 11Chicago tenants picket against rent increases (March 1920) (from Chicago)
Image 12People walking around Buckingham Fountain to attend a rally (2013) (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 13Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History (from Chicago)
Image 14Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011 and other Harpo Production operations until 2015. (from Chicago)
Image 15The Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 16The University of Chicago campus as seen from the Midway Plaisance (from Chicago)
Image 17Chicago-style hot dog (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 18Aerial view of the Chicago Loop in 2012 (from Chicago)
Image 19Ford Explorer SUV as a Chicago Police Department vehicle, 2021 (from Chicago)
Image 20The main hall of the Field Museum of Natural History in 2007, with Sue the T. rex in the foreground (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 21Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of The Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition (from Chicago)
Image 22Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931) (from Chicago)
Image 23Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 24Buckingham Fountain is located in Grant Park in the Loop (from Chicago)
Image 25WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. (from Chicago)
Image 26Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893 (from Chicago)
Image 27Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront (from Chicago)
Image 28Ethnic origins in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 29Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side (from Chicago)
Image 30A Polish market in Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 31An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (from Chicago)
Image 32When 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 33Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus (from Chicago)
Image 34Daley 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 35Community areas of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 36Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States. (from Chicago)
Image 37Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 38Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station. (from Chicago)
Image 39Aerial view of Navy Pier located in the Streeterville neighborhood, one of the most visited attractions in the Midwestern United States. (from Chicago)
Image 40Nature Boardwalk at the Lincoln Park Zoo, North Side (from Chicago)
Image 41Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. (from Chicago)
Image 42O'Hare International Airport (from Chicago)
Image 43Willie Dixon (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 44The Chicago Picasso (from Culture of Chicago)
Image 45A satellite image of Chicago (from Chicago)
Image 46Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. census. Each dot is 25 people: ⬤ White ⬤ Black ⬤ Asian ⬤ Hispanic ⬤ Other (from Chicago)
Image 47Jay Pritzker Pavilion (from Chicago)
Image 48The Chicago Picasso (1967) inspired a new era in urban public art. (from Chicago)
Image 49The Chicago River during the January 2014 cold wave (from Chicago)
Image 50Chicago Theatre (from Chicago)
Image 51The Chicago Board of Trade Building (from Chicago)

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The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. They play in the American League Central division. The White Sox have used 62 Opening Day starting pitchers since they were established as a Major League team in 1901. The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season. The White Sox have a record of 58 wins and 52 losses in their Opening Day games. The White Sox have played in three different home ball parks. They had a record of four wins and two losses in Opening Day games at South Side Park, 18 wins and 19 losses at the first Comiskey Park and four wins and one loss at U.S. Cellular Field, for a total home record in Opening Day games of 26 wins and 22 losses. Their record in Opening Day away games is 32 wins and 30 losses. Mark Buehrle holds the record for making the most Opening Day starts for the White Sox, with eight. Billy Pierce had seven Opening Day starts for the White Sox, Wilbur Wood had five, Tommy Thomas and Jack McDowell each had four, and Frank Smith, Jim Scott, Lefty Williams, Sad Sam Jones, Bill Dietrich, Gary Peters and Tommy John each had three. Several Baseball Hall of Famers have made Opening Day starts for the White Sox, including Ed Walsh, Red Faber, Ted Lyons, Early Wynn and Tom Seaver. (Read more...)

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... that John William Kiser, who arrived in Chicago "practically penniless", took advantage of a boom in bicycle usage when he formed the Monarch Bicycle company?
... that four course records were broken during the 2023 Chicago Marathon?
... that Leander Schnerr survived the Great Chicago Fire and subsequently became the archabbot of Saint Vincent Archabbey?
... 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 YouTuber Joey Santore is known for his "Bill Swerski–esque" Chicago accent and use of profanity on his channel Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't?
... that Chow Leung started a language school for children in Chicago before writing Chinese Fables and Folk Stories with Mary Hayes Davis?
... that the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated have all profiled the smallest TV station in the United States?
... 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?

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Arthur "Art" Schultz was an American Republican politician. He was a five-term mayor of Joliet, Illinois, which is the fourth-largest municipality in the state, behind Chicago, and is located 35 miles (56.3 km) to the northeast, Aurora and Rockford. He was last elected in April 2007. Prior to his first election, he served in the United States Navy and in the Joliet Police Department. His first attempt at public service was highly controversial because he finished as first runner-up in the Joliet City Council election of 1989. When a sitting councilwoman died a few months after the election, he was passed over several times for the nomination which customarily is given to the runner-up in the most recent election. He returned to elective politics to defeat the mayor who refused to nominate him in the subsequent election in 1991. In his time in office, the Joliet economy turned around from the economy of a stagnant prison town with declining population to a fast-growing entertainment and tourism economy. The city benefitted from the casino industry which provided unexpected revenue. Residential and commercial construction increased and the community has seen racing tracks, a baseball stadium and several civic works develop as a result of the booming economy. Schultz did not run for reelection in the 2011 mayoral election. He died of heart disease in November 2011.

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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 141 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois, the address of the Chicago Board of Trade Building (pictured), has been the address of two different buildings that at one point was the tallest building in Chicago?
...that William W. Powers State Recreation Area's Wolf Lake co-hosted a BioBlitz by over 150 scientists who unofficially counted 1,815 species in a day?
...that after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, the population of the neighboring Hyde Park Township exceeded that of the devastated city of Chicago?
...that all four deaths in the thirty annual Chicago Marathons have occurred in the last ten years?

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