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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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Lane Technical College Preparatory High School (also known as Lane Tech), is a public, four-year, magnet high school located on the north side of Chicago. Lane is one of the oldest schools in the city and has an enrollment of over four thousand students. Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take a test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission. As a result of consistent victories in the fields of sports and academics, the school is known as the "School of Champions". Lane has also produced more Ph.D. holders than any other high school in the country.

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

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The list of Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters includes initiated and honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha (ΆKΆ), the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter sorority established for Black college women.

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by nine women who were known as The Original Group of 1908, and seven sophomores, who were accepted as honor initiates and are known as The Sophomores of 1910. Alpha Kappa Alpha serves the community through a membership of more than 200,000 women in over 950 chapters in the United States and several other countries. Membership is extended to female college undergraduate and graduate students. The sorority also bestows honorary membership as the highest honor.

Alpha Kappa Alpha states that since the organization's founding, "the sisterhood of Alpha Kappa Alpha has responded to the world’s increasing complexity. The sorority continues to empower communities through exemplary service initiatives and progressive programs." The sorority celebrated a centennial anniversary on January 15, 2008. (Read more...)

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... 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?
... that Chicago's Marshfield station had four tracks and three platforms, and involved three branch lines and an interurban?
... that Mark Stanforth won the 1978 Chicago Marathon despite running the last few miles with blisters?
... that Chicago journalist Jamie Kalven has amassed a database of nearly 250,000 allegations against police officers?
... that Ruth Scott Miller, the first female music critic for the Chicago Tribune, said she was hired to "write for the masses and not for 'four or five thousand freak music lovers'"?
... that the Chicago Community Bond Fund sought to put itself out of business by eliminating cash bail?
... that kids could fight the Great Chicago Fire at Freedomland U.S.A.?
... that Chicago Radio public address systems were used extensively by the pro-independence Indian National Congress during the British Raj?

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Toni Reed Preckwinkle is an alderman in the Chicago City Council representing Chicago's 4th ward in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Preckwinkle first sought office in 1983, but was defeated twice before securing election in 1991 and subsequently being re-elected four times. In addition to her elected role on the city council, Preckwinkle serves as the Democratic Committeeman of the 4th Ward of the city on the Cook County Central Committee. As 4th ward alderman, she has neighborhood, municipal and regional functions, and has an additional role in the development of the prospective Olympic Village and Olympic Stadium, which is planned in and around her ward as part of the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid. She is a critic of current Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley and ally of United States Senator and 4th ward resident Barack Obama. She is an outspoken Chicago politician, whose actions and opinions are often noted in respected publications across the country such as the New York Times and Washington Post, and who has a reputation for being a progressive leader and for being publicly accountable. In her first four terms in office she emerged as the council's prominent defender of affordable housing. Among other issues she is known for her cost benefit analysis of the city's Olympic bid and for her sponsorship of living wage ordinances. She also has an interest in police brutality and excessive force.

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The Historic Michigan Boulevard District is a historic district in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States encompassing Michigan Avenue between 11th (1100 south in the street numbering system) and Randolph Streets (150 north) and named after the nearby Great Lake. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 27, 2002. The district includes numerous significant buildings on Michigan Avenue facing Grant Park. In addition, this section of Michigan Avenue includes the point recognized as the end of U.S. Route 66. This district is one of the world's most well known one-sided streets rivalling Fifth Avenue in New York City and Edinburgh's Princes Street. It lies a quarter of a mile south of the Chicago River, Michigan Avenue Bridge and the Magnificent Mile.

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"Being a [Chicago] Cubs fan prepares you for life—and Washington." — Hillary Clinton

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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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Chicago

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 the Arts Club of Chicago (pictured) arose from the success of the Art Institute of Chicago's handling of the Chicago showing of the Armory Show?
...that the Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic is the largest African American parade in the United States?
...the AT&T Corporate Center is the tallest building built in Chicago in the last quarter of the 20th century?
...that Jerrold Wexler helped save a transaction to purchase the Denver Nuggets, helped save Goldblatt's from bankruptcy and led the Drake Hotel to a National Register of Historic Places listing?

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