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According to the United States Census Bureau, the City of Chicago has a total area of 606.1 km 2 (234.0 sq mi). 588.3 km 2 (227.1 sq mi) of it is land and 17.8 square kilometres (6.9 sq mi) of it is water. The total area is 2.94% water. The city has been built on relatively flat land, the average height of land is 579 feet (176 m) above sea level.
0428803. Website. chicago .gov. Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.
The exposition was an influential social and cultural event and had a profound effect on American architecture, the arts, American industrial optimism, and Chicago's image. The layout of the Chicago Columbian Exposition was predominantly designed by John Wellborn Root, Daniel Burnham, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Charles B. Atwood.
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Garfield Park Conservatory, located in Garfield Park in Chicago, is one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States.Often referred to as "landscape art under glass", the Garfield Park Conservatory occupies approximately 4.5 acres (18,000 m 2) inside and out and contains a number of permanent plant exhibits incorporating specimens from around the world, including some cycads ...
The Gold Coast Historic District is a historic district in Chicago, Illinois. Part of Chicago's Near North Side community area, it is roughly bounded by North Avenue, Lake Shore Drive, Oak Street, and Clark Street . The Gold Coast neighborhood grew in the wake of the Great Chicago Fire. In 1882, millionaire Potter Palmer moved to the area from ...
McCormick Place. / 41.85194°N 87.61611°W / 41.85194; -87.61611. McCormick Place is a convention center in Chicago. It is the largest convention center in North America. [2] It consists of four interconnected buildings and one indoor arena sited on and near the shore of Lake Michigan, about 2 mi (3.2 km) south of the Chicago Loop.
Maxwell Street is where the Maxwell Street Polish sausage sandwich originated. The direct-sales entrepreneur Ron Popeil began his career as a street vendor at the Maxwell Street Market. The clarinetist and band leader Benny Goodman was born in 1909 near the Maxwell Street neighborhood and spent most of his youth there.