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Chicago is the home of the blues and the truth of jazz, the heart of comedy and the idea of the skyscraper. Here, the age of railroads found its center, and airplanes followed suit.
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Loop
The Loop is the central business district of Chicago, bounded by the Chicago River to the north and west, Harrison Street to the south, and Lake Michigan to the east.Rogers Park
Rogers Park is the northern border of Chicago — the wild-eyed inheritor of uninhibited lakefront, swamps become beaches, and the beauty of Chicago bricks.Hyde Park
Hyde Park is one of Chicago's most famous neighborhoods, most certainly so on the South Side, located along the south lakefront.Destinations
Lakeview-North Center
Lakeview has the lion's share of Chicago's nightlife, starting with Wrigleyville, home of the …Bridgeport-Chinatown
Bridgeport-Chinatown is the South Side at its most dynamic, as the old South Side Irish neighborhood of the Daleys increasingly blends with the old Chinese immigrant community to the north.Far West Side
Chicago's Far West Side is best known for being impoverished and crime-ridden, but it has at least one major attraction as well as some fabulous parks, vibrant immigrant communities, and blues legends.Near South
The Near South is the home of several of Chicago's main attractions: the splendid Museum Campus …O'Hare International Airport
O'Hare International Airport is one of the biggest and busiest airports in the world.North Lincoln
North Lincoln is a collection of neighborhoods on the north side of Chicago through which Lincoln Avenue wanders, remembering treasures and curiosities of the last century in Chicago life, moving along, and forgetting them all over again.Near West Side
The Near West Side of Chicago has two of the city's premiere culinary strips, Little Italy and Greektown, and basketball legend Michael Jordan's old stomping grounds with the Chicago Bulls.Far Northwest Side
The Far Northwest Side of Chicago includes the neighborhoods of Avondale and the Polish Village …Chatham-South Shore
Chatham-South Shore is a district at the heart of Chicago's South Side, home to the real Chicago blues, some mind-blowing BBQ, and the best soul food in town.Logan-Bucktown
Logan Square is an expansive neighborhood with sweeping boulevards on Chicago's West Side.Pilsen
Only a few minutes from the center of Chicago by train, Pilsen is a working-class predominately Hispanic neighborhood.Far Southeast Side
The Far Southeast Side of Chicago is a huge section of Chicago with only one large tourist draw: the Pullman Historic District.Bronzeville
Bronzeville, the Black Metropolis, is a mecca of African-American History on Chicago's South Side, just miles south of downtown.Far Southwest Side
The Far Southwest Side of Chicago is home to a large Irish-American community, a ton of Irish pubs, and even a replica Irish castle.Chicago Hotels
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Chicago
- Location: Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- Population: 2,720,000
- Postal codes: 60601 – 60701
- IATA airport code: CHI
- United Nations Location Code: US CHI
- Latitude: 41° 52' 43.9" (41.8789°) north
- Longitude: 87° 38' 8.9" (87.6358°) west
- Elevation: 587 feet (179 meters)
- Neighbors: Oak Park and Park Ridge
- Wikidata: Chicago
- Wikimedia Commons: Chicago
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Amharic: ሺካጎ, Arabic: شيكاغو, Armenian: Չիկագո, Azerbaijani: Çikaqo, Belarusian: Горад Чыкага, Bengali: শিকাগো, Bulgarian: Чикаго, Burmese: ရှီကာဂိုမြို့, Central Kurdish: شیکاگۆ, Chechen: Чикаго, Chinese: 芝加哥, Egyptian Arabic: شيكاجو, Esperanto: Ĉikago, French: Chicago, Gan Chinese: 芝加哥, Georgian: ჩიკაგო, German: Chicago, Gothic: 𐍃𐌾𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌲𐍉, Greek: Σικάγο, Guarani: Chikago, Haitian: Chikago, Hakka Chinese: Chi-kâ-kô, Hawaiian: Kikako, Hebrew: שיקגו, Hindi: शिकागो, Inuktitut: ᓰᖄᑯ
Italian: Chicago, Japanese: シカゴ, Kannada: ಶಿಕಾಗೊ, Kara-Kalpak: Shikago, Karachay-Balkar: Чикаго, Kazakh: Чикаго, Kirghiz: Чикаго, Korean: 시카고, Latin: Sicagum, Latvian: Čikāga, Lithuanian: Čikaga, Macedonian: Чикаго, Malayalam: ഷിക്കാഗോ, Marathi: शिकागो, Mazanderani: شیکاگو, Mingrelian: ჩიკაგო, Mongolian: Чикаго, Nepali (macrolanguage): शिकागो, Newari: शिकागो, Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܫܝܩܓܘ, Ossetian: Чикаго, Panjabi: ਸ਼ਿਕਾਗੋ, Persian: شیکاگو, Portuguese: Chicago, Russian: Чикаго, Samogitian: Čėkaga
Serbian: Чикаго, Sicilian: Chicagu, Spanish: Chicago, Tagalog: Tsikago, Tajik: Чикаго, Tamil: சிகாகோ, Tatar: Çikago, Telugu: చికాగో, Thai: ชิคาโก, Turkish: Şikago, Uighur: Chikago, Ukrainian: Чикаго, Ukrainian: Чикаґо, Urdu: شکاگو, Veps: Čikago, Western Mari: Чикаго, Western Panjabi: شکاگو, Xhosa: E-Chicago, Yakut: Чикаго, Yiddish: שיקאגא, Yoruba: Ṣìkágò, Yue Chinese: 芝加哥, Cikago, The Windy City, Windy City
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