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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Elder couple is isolated post-pandemic

Detroit Free Press 17 May 2024
– Still Isolated in Chicago ... But you live in Chicago (lucky you), which is an extremely social city with short but glorious summers ... Your local public library (and especially the Harold Washington Library, downtown) will offer book discussion groups and other free events....
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Chance the Rapper Enlists DJ Premier And Graff Artist SLANG for New Single “Together”

The Source 17 May 2024
Housing Justice, displacement, and gentrification are alluded to throughout the record and Chance explicitly calls for a community benefits agreement from former President Barack Obama in the development of the new Presidential Library in the residential neighborhood of South Shore in Chicago, Il....
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Landmarks: Story of Roosevelt’s globe highlights revived Dixie Highway tour

Chicago Tribune 12 May 2024
For a little while, there was a big secret in Chicago Heights ... They oversaw “nine months of secret and sometimes feverish activity,” according to an account published a few years later, on display at Bloom Township High School library in Chicago Heights ... in Chicago Heights, along with the U.S ... Bloom High School in Chicago Heights May 10, 2024....
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Mayor Johnson on the record: The full Tribune Q&A as he approaches 1 year in office

Chicago Tribune 12 May 2024
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson sat down Monday for a wide-ranging interview with City Hall reporters Alice Yin and Jake Sheridan ... What if you did not have a library or librarian to reference as you developed your skill set to become the professionals that you are today? Children in Chicago are being denied a library and a librarian....
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'Wildcat’ a reminder of Flannery O’Connor’s enduring attraction

Catholic Standard 06 May 2024
In 2015, the U.S ... That same year, “Flannery” – the first feature-length documentary about her life, co-directed by Jesuit Father Mark Bosco of Georgetown University and Elizabeth Coffman, director of the film and digital media program at Loyola University Chicago – won the first Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film....
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Speak Out!

Journal Online Chicago 04 May 2024
Zachary Catholic School in Des Plaines is closing due to the Chicago Archdiocese wanting it to close ... Two, congratulations to former Cub Jason Heyward who has a baseball camp in Chicago ... Long Live Libraries ... I’m very supportive of local libraries that have had programming geared for teens and their interests. It will keep libraries alive....
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Illinois governor and wife donate key Civil War document to Lincoln presidential library

Stars and Stripes 01 May 2024
Pritzker and his wife, M.K., donated that historic document to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield ... It’s now one of about 13 million documents and artifacts amassed at the Springfield library and museum ... ©2024 Chicago Tribune....
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