CHICAGO

The windy city

Country……….. United States State ………….. IllinoisCounties Cook DuPageSettled 1770s Government*Type Mayor –Council*Mayor Rahm Emanuel*City Council Area*City 606.1km2*Land 588Km2*Water 18km2*Urban 5,498km2*Metro 28,160Km2 Elevation 182mPopulation 2011 EstimateCity 2,707,120

FLAG SEAL

The Early Days The name Chicago The first Europeans:Father Jacques

Marquette and a cartographer Louis Joliet.Jean Baptiste du Sable-Fur trades

1848 0ne of the most important years

The first telegraph connection.The opening of the first rail linkCompletion of the 100-mile Illinois and

Michigan CanalThe founding of the Chicago Board of

Trade to regulate the growing grain trade.

Prior to the turn of the century

• Chicago was leading to devastating cholera and typhoid epidemics.

• Great Chicago Fire 1871

The tallest skylines

1893 WORLD COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION

Today’s Museum of Science and industry

It was by 1900 the fifth largest city in the world,with more than

a million residentsThe booming economy also attracted

entrepreneursThe World’s leading steel producers.

Chicago• Where bootlegging

was dominated by a notorious gangster named Al Capone

• Mayors and other city officials maintained their power by doling out patronage jobs and favors in return for political support.

The most skilled Richard J.Daley

Residents include immigrants from all over the world

MusicJazz and blues

The Central business district“Loop”

• It has become a major financial center

• O’Hare International Airport

• University

An Array of Leisure Activities• Sears Tower

Skydeck• Navy Pier

Millennium Park• Jay Pritzker Pavilion • Crow Fountain

Cloud Gate

Lurie Garden

Art. Institute of Chicago

Field Museum of Natural History

Museum of Science and Industry

Shedd Aquarium