By the 1850s, the construction of railroads made Chicago a major hub; over 30 lines entered the city. The name "Chicago" is derived from a French rendering of the indigenous Miami-Illinois word shikaakwa for a wild relative of the onion; it is known to botanists as Allium tricoccum and known more commonly as "ramps". Most of the city's high-rise commercial and residential buildings are close to the waterfront.
In 1683, La Salle built Fort St. Louis on the Illinois River. The most reasonable solution, Chicago decided, was just to raise the whole goddamn city by 4 to 14 feet. Many of the citations are found in newspapers from other Midwest cities, which were in a rivalry with Chicago over who was the region’s main metropolis. Welcome to Chicago, the third largest city in the United States, with a population of nearly three million people. The raising of the streets and installation of sewers also contributed to another Chicago institution - the garden apartment. After 1830, the rich farmlands of northern Illinois attracted Yankee settlers. [140], According to the National Weather Service, Chicago's highest official temperature reading of 105 °F (41 °C) was recorded on July 24, 1934,[141] although Midway Airport reached 109 °F (43 °C) one day prior and recorded a heat index of 125 °F (52 °C) during the 1995 heatwave. This page was last edited on 31 August 2020, at 12:22.
Several neighborhoods near downtown and the lakefront were gentrified and transformed into "suburbs within the city". [340], To celebrate the sister cities, Chicago hosts a yearly festival in Daley Plaza, which features cultural acts and food tastings from the other cities. Navy Pier, located just east of Streeterville, is 3,000 ft (910 m) long and houses retail stores, restaurants, museums, exhibition halls and auditoriums. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second-most-populous county in the US, with a small portion of the northwest side of the city extending into DuPage County near O'Hare Airport. From 1995 to 2008, the city had a blue bag program to divert recyclable refuse from landfills. ", "Sweet home Chicago: Best Sports City 2010", "MLB Teams and Baseball Encyclopedia - Baseball-Reference.com", "Team Encyclopedias and Records | Pro-Football-Reference.com", "Bulls are second-most popular U.S. team on Facebook", "Chicago's Derrick Rose Wins 2010–11 Kia NBA MVP Award", "Chicago Fire are returning to Soldier Field beginning with the 2020 MLS season: 'This can change the whole tenor of the club, "Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District" map, "Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer", "Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District", "WEEKLY LIST OF ACTIONS TAKEN ON PROPERTIES: 02/01/2019 THROUGH 2/7/2019", "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District", "Forest Preserve District of Cook County", "With Michelle Obama In Town, Speculation About Future For Their Home", "Baltimore ranked 6th in murder rate in 2012", "Chicago toll rises despite gun clampdown", "Chicago's 762 homicides in 2016 is highest in 19 years. Retrieved from Census Reporter Profile page for Chicago, IL--IN Urbanized Area, "The city that changed architecture forever", "2017 Passenger Summary - Annual Traffic Data", "CAGDP2 Gross domestic product (GDP) by county and metropolitan area", "Chicago sets new tourism record with nearly 58 million visitors in 2018 — and the mayor is thrilled", "Chicago revealed as the world's number one city for having fun and enjoying life", "The 32 most fun, friendly, and affordable cities in the world", "Chicago named world's best city by Time Out, ahead of London, New York and Melbourne", "Chicago named the world's best city for having it all", Chicago's Twentieth-Century Cultural Exports, "Jean Baptiste Point de Sable—The Founder of Modern Chicago", "Act of Incorporation for the City of Chicago, 1837", "Chicago Daily Tribune, Thursday Morning, February 14", "Built Environment of the Chicago Region", "Race and Hispanic Origin for Selected Cities and Other Places: Earliest Census to 1990", "Enforcing Medical Licensing in Illinois: 1877–1890", "Detroit and the Great Migration, 1916–1929", "Timeline: Milestones in the American Gay Rights Movement", "Century of Progress World's Fair, 1933–1934 (University of Illinois at Chicago) : Home", "Brief History Of Chicago's 1968 Democratic Convention", "The Fix – Hall of Fame – The Case for Richard J. Daley", "Chicago and the Legacy of the Daley Dynasty", "National Building Museum to honor Daley for greening of Chicago", "1992 Loop Flood Brings Chaos, Billions In Losses", "News: Rahm Emanuel wins Chicago mayoral race", "Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel wins 2nd term in runoff victory", "Lori Lightfoot Is Elected Chicago Mayor, Becoming First Black Woman to Lead City", "With Mayor Lori Lightfoot's inauguration, 3 women of color now hold top citywide offices: 'Chicago was ready for this, "State Climatologist Office for Illinois", "The Elevation of Chicago: A Statistical Mystery", "Chicago Tribune Classifieds map of Chicagoland", "Fast Facts About The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce", "CPS Teacher Housing: Chicago Communities", "List of Chicago Neighborhoods – Chicago", "Gulp!