Chicago

💡 About Chicago

Chicago, the great city of the American Midwest on the shore of Lake Michigan, is the birthplace of the modern skyscraper — after the Great Fire of 1871 destroyed the city, architects rebuilt it upward, inventing the steel-framed high-rise and shaping the skylines of every city that followed.

Known as the Windy City, it is a global centre of architecture, blues and jazz, and deep-dish pizza. The Art Institute of Chicago holds one of the finest art collections in the world, and the mirrored "Bean" sculpture in Millennium Park has become an icon.

Chicago's neighbourhoods reflect waves of immigration from Poland, Ireland, Mexico and beyond, giving the city an extraordinary culinary and cultural depth. Its lakefront, with 26 miles of public beaches and parks, is one of the finest urban waterfronts in America.

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