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CHICAGO
The windy city
Country……….. United States State ………….. IllinoisCounties Cook DuPageSettled 1770s Government*Type Mayor –Council*Mayor Rahm Emanuel*City Council Area*City 606.1km2*Land 588Km2*Water 18km2*Urban 5,498km2*Metro 28,160Km2 Elevation 182mPopulation 2011 EstimateCity 2,707,120
FLAG SEAL
The Early Days The name Chicago The first Europeans:Father Jacques
Marquette and a cartographer Louis Joliet.Jean Baptiste du Sable-Fur trades
1848 0ne of the most important years
The first telegraph connection.The opening of the first rail linkCompletion of the 100-mile Illinois and
Michigan CanalThe founding of the Chicago Board of
Trade to regulate the growing grain trade.
Prior to the turn of the century
• Chicago was leading to devastating cholera and typhoid epidemics.
• Great Chicago Fire 1871
The tallest skylines
1893 WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
Today’s Museum of Science and industry
It was by 1900 the fifth largest city in the world,with more than
a million residentsThe booming economy also attracted
entrepreneursThe World’s leading steel producers.
Chicago• Where bootlegging
was dominated by a notorious gangster named Al Capone
• Mayors and other city officials maintained their power by doling out patronage jobs and favors in return for political support.
The most skilled Richard J.Daley
Residents include immigrants from all over the world
MusicJazz and blues
The Central business district“Loop”
• It has become a major financial center
• O’Hare International Airport
• University
An Array of Leisure Activities• Sears Tower
Skydeck• Navy Pier
Millennium Park• Jay Pritzker Pavilion • Crow Fountain
Cloud Gate
Lurie Garden
Art. Institute of Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Museum of Science and Industry
Shedd Aquarium