Today, the Chicago Park District consists of more than 570 parks with over Script error: No such module "convert". The two parks themselves are connected by a wide strip of parkland called the Midway Plaisance, running adjacent to the University of Chicago. Two of the country's premier academic medical centers reside in Chicago, including Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the University of Chicago Medical Center. Chicago has been a hub of the Retail sector since its early development, with Montgomery Ward, Sears, and Marshall Field's. In 1885, the first steel-framed high-rise building, the Home Insurance Building, rose in the city as Chicago ushered in the skyscraper era,Template:Sfnp which would then be followed by many other cities around the world. The CME Group, in addition, owns the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), the Commodities Exchange Inc. (COMEX) and the Dow Jones Indexes. [243], Electricity for most of northern Illinois is provided by Commonwealth Edison, also known as ComEd. A 2011 study by Walk Score ranked Chicago the fourth-most walkable of fifty largest cities in the United States. Prominent Latino cultural attractions found here include Humboldt Park's Institute of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture and the annual Puerto Rican People's Parade, as well as the National Museum of Mexican Art and St. Adalbert's Church in Pilsen. Industrial districts, such as some areas on the South Side, the areas along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, and the Northwest Indiana area are clustered.Template:Sfnp, Chicago gave its name to the Chicago School and was home to the Prairie School, two movements in architecture. [65] The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce defines it as all of Cook and DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. [37] This system for telling time spread throughout the continent. The average land elevation is Script error: No such module "convert". [103][104] Since the legalization of same-sex marriage in the State of Illinois in 2013, over 10,000 same-sex couples have wed in Cook County, a majority in Chicago. Most of the city's high-rise commercial and residential buildings are close to the waterfront. The citizens of Chicago have not elected a Republican mayor since 1927, when William Thompson was voted into office. It is an important component in global distribution, as it is the third-largest inter-modal port in the world after Hong Kong and Singapore.[229]. The racial composition of the city was: Chicago has a Hispanic or Latino population of 28.9%. It is organized as a 4-story north wing (77 East Randolph entrance) and a 5-story south wing (78 East Washington entrance), 104 feet tall, with 3-foot-thick (0.91 m) masonry walls faced with Bedford Blue Limestone on a granite base, and designed in a generally neoclassical style with Italian Renaissance elements. A popular modification is the Combo—an Italian beef sandwich with the addition of an Italian sausage. 48233-Chicago (31145250478).jpg 3,000 × 2,003; 1.42 MB. Seven mainline and four auxiliary interstate highways (55, 57, 65 (only in Indiana), 80 (also in Indiana), 88, 90 (also in Indiana), 94 (also in Indiana), 190, 290, 294, and 355) run through Chicago and its suburbs. Script error: No such module "Footnotes". [42] Continuing racial tensions and violence, such as the Chicago Race Riot of 1919, also occurred. Script error: No such module "navboxes". The Script error: No such module "convert". It is located in the Loop, across Michigan Avenue from Millennium Park. Template:Chicagoland Une page de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Buckingham Fountain anchors the downtown park along the lakefront. [116] Additionally, the Chicago metropolitan area recorded the greatest number of new or expanded corporate facilities in the United States for calendar year 2014. These include the Chicago Picasso, Miró's Chicago, Flamingo and Flying Dragon by Alexander Calder, Agora by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Monument with Standing Beast by Jean Dubuffet, Batcolumn by Claes Oldenburg, Cloud Gate by Anish Kapoor, Crown Fountain by Jaume Plensa, and the Four Seasons mosaic by Marc Chagall. Chicago is also a prominent center of the Polish Cathedral style of church architecture. Some events which shaped the city's history have also been memorialized by art works, including the Great Northern Migration (Saar) and the centennial of statehood for Illinois. At the end of the 19th century, Chicago was the fifth-largest city in the world,[93] and the largest of the cities that did not exist at the dawn of the century. Thunderstorms are common during the spring and summer months which may sometimes produce hail, high winds, and tornadoes. The city lies beside huge freshwater Lake Michigan, and two rivers—the Chicago River in downtown and the Calumet River in the industrial far South Side—flow entirely or partially through Chicago.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp The aldermanic, mayoral, and other city offices are filled through nonpartisan elections with runoffs as needed. [224] Each of the big four U.S. television networks, CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox, directly owns and operates a high-definition television station in Chicago (WBBM 2, WLS 7, WMAQ 5 and WFLD 32, respectively). truetrue. Fichier d’origine ‎(3 000 × 4 000 pixels, taille du fichier : 2,39 Mio, type MIME : image/jpeg). In the 1840s, Chicago became a major grain port, and in the 1850s and 1860s Chicago's pork and beef industry expanded. Other notable schools include: Chicago State University; the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago; East–West University; National Louis University; North Park University; Northeastern Illinois University; Columbia College Chicago; Robert Morris University Illinois; Roosevelt University; Saint Xavier University; Rush University; and Shimer College.[222]. City, and later state laws, that upgraded standards for the medical profession and fought urban epidemics of cholera, smallpox, and yellow fever were both passed and enforced. [71][72], Script error: No such module "main". [21] Within seven years it grew to more than 4,000 people. [247] Because of low participation in the blue bag programs, the city began a pilot program for blue bin recycling like other cities. The Exposition drew 27.5 million visitors, and is considered the most influential world's fair in history. [140] Also performing regularly at Symphony Center is the Chicago Sinfonietta, a more diverse and multicultural counterpart to the CSO. (3 000 × 4 000 pixels, taille du fichier : 2,39 Mio, type MIME : Michigan Avenue and Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois (9181697784).jpg, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0, Ajouter une description locale (wikicode). The Chicago campus of Northwestern University includes the Feinberg School of Medicine; Northwestern Memorial Hospital, which is ranked as the best hospital in the Chicago metropolitan area by U.S. News & World Report for 2010–11;[250] the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, which is ranked the best U.S. rehabilitation hospital by U.S. News & World Report;[251] the new Prentice Women's Hospital; and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Template:World's most populated urban areasScript error: No such module "navboxes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Kennedy and Dan Ryan Expressways are the busiest state maintained routes in the entire state of Illinois. [73] Streets following the Public Land Survey System section lines later became arterial streets in outlying sections. It reversed the flow of the Chicago River so the water flowed away from Lake Michigan rather than into it. From 1995 to 2008, the city had a blue bag program to divert recyclable refuse from landfills. [5] Financing for the project was made possible by the non-profit, Murals of Acceptance and through philanthropic donations from David Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Marc Benioff, and Lynne Benioff.[6]. [95], In the 1920s and 1930s, the great majority of African Americans moving to Chicago were clustered in a so‑called "Black Belt" on the city's South Side. These relationships have sought to promote economic, cultural, educational, and other ties. Chicago ( or ), officially the City of Chicago, is the third-most populous city in the United States. The Potawatomi were forcibly removed from their land after the Treaty of Chicago in 1833.Template:SfnpTemplate:Sfnp[21]. [131] Chicago was also the site of the Schwinn Bicycle Company. A scattering of diagonal streets, many of them originally Native American trails, also cross the city (Elston, Milwaukee, Ogden, Lincoln, etc.). The South Side neighborhood of Hyde Park is the home of former US President Barack Obama. In 2017, Kerry James Marshall was commissioned to produce the inaugural mural entitled “Rush More”. In 1803, the United States Army built Fort Dearborn, which was destroyed in 1812 in the Battle of Fort Dearborn and later rebuilt.Template:Sfnp The Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi tribes had ceded additional land to the United States in the 1816 Treaty of St. Louis. Their service territory borders Iroquois County to the south, the Wisconsin border to the north, the Iowa border to the west and the Indiana border to the east. Script error: No such module "main". Manufacturing and retail and finance sectors became dominant, influencing the American economy. [10], In 2016, Chicago hosted over 54 million domestic and international visitors, a new record making it one of the top visited cities in the nation. [22], As the site of the Chicago Portage,Template:Sfnp the city became an important transportation hub between the eastern and western United States. The Obama's residence is located near the University of Chicago in Kenwood on the city's south side. [95] To these ethnic groups, the basis of the city's industrial working class, were added an additional influx of African-Americans from the American South — with Chicago's black population doubling between 1910 and 1920 and doubling again between 1920 and 1930. The Chicago Public Library system operates 79 public libraries, including the central library, two regional libraries, and numerous branches distributed throughout the city. Chicago's history and economy are closely tied to its proximity to Lake Michigan. Unknown WGN began in the early days of radio and developed into a multi-platform broadcaster, including a cable television super-station. The Chicago Sky is a professional basketball team based in Rosemont, Illinois, playing in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). In 1933 and 1934, the city celebrated its centennial by hosting the Century of Progress International Exposition Worlds Fair. [144] Upscale shopping along the Magnificent Mile and State Street, thousands of restaurants, as well as Chicago's eminent architecture, continue to draw tourists. The city has been an epicenter for rave culture, since the 1980s. Sivua on viimeksi muutettu 6. huhtikuuta 2020 kello 20.41. The Fire have won one league title and four U.S. Open Cups, since their founding in 1997.