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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 in 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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Streeterville is a neighborhood in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, north of the Chicago River in Cook County. It is bounded by the river on the south, the Magnificent Mile portion of Michigan Avenue on the west, and Lake Michigan on the north and east. Thus, it can be described as the Magnificent Mile plus all land east of it. The majority of the land in this neighborhood is reclaimed landfill and sandbar. The neighborhood contains a combination of hotels, restaurants, professional office centers, residential high rises, universities, medical facilities, and cultural venues. The area has undergone increased development in the early 21st century as numerous empty lots in Streeterville have been converted into commercial and residential properties, especially in the southern part of the neighborhood. The neighborhood had earlier experienced booms following World War I and World War II.

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

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This is a list of seasons completed by the Chicago Bears American football franchise of the National Football League. The list documents the season-by-season records of the Bears' franchise from 1920 to present, including postseason records, and league awards for individual players or head coaches. The Bears franchise was founded as the Decatur Staleys, a charter member of the American Professional Football Association. The team moved to Chicago in 1921, and changed their name to the Bears in 1922, the same year the APFA changed its name to the National Football League. The Chicago Bears have played over one thousand games. In those games, the club won nine professional American football championships including eight NFL Championships and one Super Bowl—the second most in the NFL after the Green Bay Packers' twelve. The franchise captured seventeen NFL divisional titles and four NFL conference championships, and recorded more regular season (677) and overall victories (693) than any other NFL franchise. (Read more...)

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... 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's Kasama is the world's first Filipino restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star?
... that after getting drunk and verbally abusing Cap Anson at a baseball game during his off day, Charlie Bartson was released from the Chicago Pirates?
... that a "frustration walk" connected Chicago Union Station with the rapid transit Canal station?
... that Chicago Radio public address systems were used extensively by the pro-independence Indian National Congress during the British Raj?
... that Univision bought a Chicago TV station that wasn't for sale?
... that Manny's Deli in Chicago received national recognition for its popularity among politicians, including Barack Obama?
... that when Oprah Winfrey was honored at the 2018 Golden Globes, the first person she thanked was Dennis Swanson, the Chicago TV station manager who hired her?

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David Molk (born December 15, 1988 in Lemont, Illinois) is an American football center who has completed his redshirt sophomore season for the 2009 Michigan Wolverines football team. He has been included on the 2009 preseason watchlists for the Lombardi Award and the Rimington Trophy. However, after helping the 2009 team get off to a 3–0 start he was injured and only saw action in one more game during the season. He had started all 12 games at center and played every snap at center during his first year as a starter for the 2008 team. Molk attended high school at Chicago Southland suburb Lemont Township High School. He was an All-State selection.

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The Marquette Building, completed in 1895, is a Chicago, Illinois landmark that was built by the George A. Fuller Company and designed by architects Holabird & Roche. The building is currently owned by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. It is located in the community area known as the "Loop" in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The building was one of the early steel frame skyscrapers of its day, and is considered one of the best examples of the Chicago School of architecture. The building originally had a reddish, terra cotta exterior that is now somewhat blackened due to decades of Loop soot. It is noted both for its then cutting edge frame and its ornate interior. Since being built, the building as received numerous awards and honors. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on June 9, 1975, and it is considered an architectural masterpiece. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 17, 1973. It was a named a National Historic Landmark on January 7, 1976. The building's preservation has been a major focus of the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation completed an extensive four year restoration in 2006.

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"Chicago was a town where nobody could forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood." — Norman Mailer

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April 25, 2024 – 2024 NFL draft: The first round of the NFL draft is held in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., with the Chicago Bears taking former USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the first overall pick. (Chicago Tribune)

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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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