Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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Labor leaders, Illinois officials fear workers’ rights at risk under Trump, but vow to keep fighting

Chicago Tribune 10 Nov 2024
“The best defense is a good offense,” said Roberta Lynch, the executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, which over the last several years has notched union wins at some of Chicago’s foremost cultural institutions, including the Art Institute and the Shedd Aquarium....
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‘A magical experience:’ How the Oakland Zoo’s Glowfari became a stunning attraction for 150,000 visitors ...

East Bay Times 03 Nov 2024
The zoo was looking for something fresh and new — “larger than life,” says zoo marketing manager Isabella Linares — when a staffer met Tianyu Art & Culture’s Jessie Li at an Association of Zoos and Aquariums conference in 2020. The Chicago-based ......

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