A report on Chicago

Traditional Potawatomi regalia on display at the Field Museum of Natural History

An artist's rendering of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871

Court of Honor at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893

Men outside a soup kitchen during the Great Depression (1931)

Protesters in Grant Park outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention

Downtown and the North Side with beaches lining the waterfront

The Chicago Building (1904–05) is a prime example of the Chicago School, displaying both variations of the Chicago window.

Replica of Daniel Chester French's Statue of the Republic at the site of the World's Columbian Exposition

Downtown Chicago and the Chicago River during January 2014 cold wave

Map of racial distribution in Chicago, 2010 U.S. Census. Each dot is 25 people:

The National Hellenic Museum in Greektown is one of several ethnic museums comprising the Chicago Cultural Alliance.

The spire of the Copernicus Center is modeled on the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

Ferries offer sightseeing tours and water-taxi transportation along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan.

The Magnificent Mile hosts numerous upscale stores, as well as landmarks like the Chicago Water Tower.

Carl Sandburg's most famous description of the city is as "Hog Butcher for the World/Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat/ Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler,/ Stormy, Husky, Brawling, City of the Big Shoulders."

Chicago Half Marathon on Lake Shore Drive on the South Side

Daley Plaza with Picasso statue, City Hall in background. At right, the Daley Plaza Building contains the state law courts.

When 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.

The University of Chicago, as seen from the Midway Plaisance

WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station.

The former Harpo Studios in West Loop, Chicago was home of The Oprah Winfrey Show from 1986 until 2011 and other Harpo Production operations until 2015.

Aerial photo of the Jane Byrne Interchange, opened in the 1960s

Chicago Union Station, opened in 1925, is the third-busiest passenger rail terminal in the United States.

Amtrak train on the Empire Builder route departs Chicago from Union Station

Prentice Women's Hospital on the Northwestern Memorial Hospital Downtown Campus

Most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois, and the third-most populous city in the United States, following New York City and Los Angeles.

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Near South Side, Chicago

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United States Soccer Federation Building on Prairie Avenue

At the north end of the Near South Side skyscrapers such as One Museum Park and The Grant line Roosevelt Road.

The Near South Side is a community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, just south of the downtown central business district, the Loop.

Galena and Chicago Union Railroad

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The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (G&CU) was a railroad running west from Chicago to Freeport, Illinois, never reaching Galena, Illinois.

Muddy Waters, a major originator of postwar Chicago blues

Chicago, Illinois is a major center for music in the midwestern United States where distinctive forms of blues (greatly responsible for the future creation of rock and roll), and house music, a genre of electronic dance music, were developed.

Crown Fountain

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Opposing 50 ft towers represent Plensa's dualism theme.

Tourists often interact with the fountain by silhouetting themselves against the fountain's lighting at night.

Every 15 minutes the LEDs fade to black and there is a brief pause between individual videos.

Crown Fountain's inviting interactivity is likened to the nearby jungle gym-like Chicago Picasso.

Crown Fountain, Millennium Park night photo

Crown Fountain, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois

Crown Fountain is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Chicago's Millennium Park, which is located in the Loop community area.

ADM (company)

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The Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, commonly known as ADM, is an American multinational food processing and commodities trading corporation founded in 1902 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

WSCR

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WMAQ transmitter towers atop La Salle Hotel, where the studios were also located–1925.

The former home of WMAQ and the Chicago Daily News.

The Merchandise Mart: WMAQ was here for the years it was owned by NBC.

Fibber McGee and Molly from Chicago, 1937.

WSCR's transmitter building in Bloomingdale Township

NBC Tower, where WMAQ moved in 1989. WSCR also broadcast here before moving to Two Prudential Plaza.

WSCR's main and auxiliary towers in Bloomingdale; former ancient rival and now sister station WBBM moved their transmission to the site in 2019.

WSCR (670 AM) – branded as 670 The Score – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to serve Chicago, Illinois, servicing the Chicago metropolitan area and much of surrounding Northern Illinois, Northwest Indiana and parts of the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

Douglas, Chicago

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Douglas, on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, is one of Chicago's 77 community areas.

Union Stock Yards

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The Union Stock Yards in Chicago in 1878

Workers in the stockyards removing hides of animals

General view of the Union Stock Yards, 1901.

Panorama of the beef industry in 1900 by a Chicago-based photographer

1905 International Live Stock Exposition catalogue

The Union Stock Yards Livestock Pens, 1880

The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865.

Kraft Heinz

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The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC), commonly known as Kraft Heinz, is an American multinational food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and Heinz co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh.

Joffrey Ballet

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One of the premier dance companies and training institutions in the world today.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Diba and Joffrey Ballet dancers

Located in Chicago, Illinois, the Joffrey regularly performs classical and contemporary ballets during its annual performance season at Lyric Opera House, including its annual presentation of The Nutcracker.