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Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. The Chicago metropolitan area has 9.41 million residents and is the third-largest metropolitan area in the country. Chicago is the seat of Cook County, the second-most populous county in the U.S.

Chicago is an international hub for finance, culture, commerce, industry, education, technology, telecommunications, and transportation. It has the largest and most diverse finance 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 ten 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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Pill Hill is a three-act play by American dramatist Sam Kelley. Set in a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago known informally as Pill Hill, the play examines the failures, successes, and relationships of six African American steel mill workers as they transition from blue-collar jobs to white-collar professions between 1973 and 1983. The play is regarded as an allegory of economic progress related to the American Dream. Pill Hill debuted at the 1990 Yale Repertory Theatre Winterfest series of plays in progress, and was subsequently performed in several venues across the United States. The play was published by Dramatic Publishing Company in 1995.

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

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This is a discography for the Smoking Popes, a pop punk band from Lake in the Hills, Illinois. The Smoking Popes have released four studio albums, a compilation album, two live albums, four extended plays (EPs), and seven singles. The group was founded in 1991 by Mike Felumlee (drums) and brothers Matt (bass guitar), Eli (guitar), and Josh Caterer (guitar, vocals). After releasing three independent EPs, the Popes signed with local punk rock record label Johann's Face Records. Johann's Face issued a fourth EP and the Popes' first two studio albums—Get Fired and Born to Quit. EMI subsidiary Capitol Records signed the band and re-released Born to Quit in 1995, yielding a minor hit on punk rock radio stations with "Need You Around". The Smoking Popes released their third album through Capitol in 1997 and broke up the following year. To fulfill their contract with Capitol Records, the band recorded an album of cover songs, which was rejected for release by the label. The Popes were dormant until they reunited in late 2005. The band played a reunion show on November 11, 2005, recording and releasing the concert through Felumlee's Double Zero Records. They are currently working on a fourth studio album for Flameshovel Records.

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... that the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Sports Illustrated have all profiled the smallest TV station in the United States?
... that a college designed for and led by Native Americans was active in Chicago from 1974 to 2005?
... that a "frustration walk" connected Chicago Union Station with the rapid transit Canal station?
... that despite being rivals since the 1920s, the 2010 NFC Championship Game was only the second time the Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers had ever met in the playoffs?
... that Chicago journalist Jamie Kalven has amassed a database of nearly 250,000 allegations against police officers?
... that a desire to be separated from Chicago has led 33 counties in downstate Illinois to hold referendums on secession?
... that, in a 15-day span, Hurles Scales was released by the St. Louis Cardinals, signed by the Chicago Bears, released by the Bears, and signed by the Cardinals?
... that when the architect of Chicago's IBM Building was driven to the construction site, he reportedly asked, "Where's the site"?

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William Morgan DeBeck (1890 – 1942), better known as Billy DeBeck, was an American cartoonist. He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip Barney Google (later retitled Barney Google and Snuffy Smith). The strip was especially popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and featured a number of well-known characters, including the title character, Bunky, Snuffy Smith and Spark Plug the race horse. Spark Plug was a merchandising phenomenon, and has been called the Snoopy of the 1920s. DeBeck drew with a scratchy line, and his characters had giant feet and bulbous noses—what is traditionally called a "big-foot" style. His strips often reflected his love of sports. The first awards of the National Cartoonists Society, beginning in 1946, were the Billy DeBeck Memorial Awards (or the Barney Awards).

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The Wigwam was a convention center and meeting hall that served as the site of the 1860 Republican National Convention. It was located in Chicago, Illinois at Lake Street and Market (later Wacker Drive) near the Chicago River. This site had previously been the site of the Sauganash Hotel, Chicago's first hotel. This is where supporters ushered Abraham Lincoln to the party nomination and the eventual U.S. Presidency. The location at Lake and Wacker was designated a Chicago Landmark on November 6, 2002. The term Wigwam has also been associated with host locations for both the 1864 Democratic National Convention and the 1892 Democratic National Convention, which were hosted in Chicago.

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"Chicago gave me more music than any other city in America." — Dave Grohl

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October 8, 2025 – 2025 deployment of federal forces in the United States: Hundreds of Texas Military Forces troops arrive at a United States Army Reserve military base near Chicago, Illinois, ahead of a deployment to the city. (Sky News)
October 5, 2025 – 2025 deployment of federal forces in the United States: U.S. president Donald Trump authorizes the deployment of 300 National Guard personnel to Chicago, Illinois. (BBC News)

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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 • Pope Leo XIV • 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 Heller House (pictured) marked a turning point in Frank Lloyd Wright's shift to Prairie School architecture?
...that on an average day, 1.6 million rides are taken on the CTA?
...that Garland Rivers was the only true freshman to earn a varsity letter on the 1983 Michigan Wolverines football team?
...that architect, former partner at Skidmore Owings & Merrill, and founder of Lucien Lagrange Architects, Lucien Lagrange was a high school dropout?
...that the Marshall Field and Company Building has three separate atria?

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