Chicago

The beautiful streets in Chicago were once burning buildings and smoke, the waters were once bridges leading on the flames, but what does Chicago look like now? The Great Chicago Fire was a devastating event. The fire left many areas in ashes, but now they have rebuilt their city into a modern town with many skyscrapers and monuments. Chicago's architecture has transformed the town because they have fixed the construction issues flaws of 1871, Chicago was built from ashes and now plays an…

The Beauty of Chicago After a difficult week of school or work, ends with an award: the weekend. A maximum of two days to do anything our heart desires. These two days gives us a chance to check off items on our bucket lists. For young teens and adults, the city of Chicago has been a popular area to inhabit. Exploring the city is beneficial because it provides many areas to tour such as parks, zoos, restaurants, beaches, and many more activity-filled areas. Walking around Chicago can still…

Chapter 44 marks a history-making day at the fair. In a promotional effort, Millet designates October 9 as Chicago Day, and Harrison requests that businesses shut down in honor and celebration. Chicago Day puts the fair at record attendance; approximately 750,000 people attend in a single day. The outpouring brings the fair out of debt, and the chapter closes with Burnham and other stakeholders celebrating financial success and planning for the closing of the fair. As Millet schemes to make the…

O’Sullivan Miss Berdick/Mr. Zacharia E336 13 January 2016 Chicago Home of the Hot Dog For my culture project I decided to look into the history of the place I call home, Chicago. The Chicago History Museum takes people through the journey and creation of the thriving city people know and love today. The museum starts with the early history of Chicago starting in 1780 when the first settler, Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable. As time progresses Chicago turned into a prosperous city in 1837 with a…

When most people think about the Chicago suburbs they tend to think of it as a better environment for their children to be raised in. Some parents even up root their entire lives to move their kids to the suburbs. All done in hopes of providing a better life for their children. By getting them away from the dangers of the inner city life style. In their minds they are leaving behind street gangs, a run-down school system, and drugs. There has always been a certain set of higher expectations of…

Among the most magnificent towers/skyscrapers around world. Chicago Tribune wanted to build “the most beautiful office building in the world”. In June 1922, Chicago tribune wanted to build an unusual and a style that was never repeated. The tribune tower had to be an iconic building in Chicago. Chicago Tribune were looking for an image over substance, personality over character, Salesman and acquisition over production. To celebrate newspaper’s Seventy-fifth anniversary, the tribune declared a…

As one of the biggest cities in the United States, Chicago stretches two hundred and thirty seven miles through the state of Illinois. Chicago has roughly two million people living in one city which is one of the many reasons it is unique. That is more people than the whole state of Iowa. The town of Chicago is one unique city compared to small town Fort Madison with the super structures over towering the city, the cultural differences in the food variety there, and ethnically diverse music are…

of all classes and ethnicities can come together. The Columbian World's Fair located in Chicago, Illinois 1893 emphasizes this idea that the city is not only a place of work, but also a place of leisure and a place that people of all identities can come together. The purpose of the exposition was to bring the art and industry of all nations around the world together in one place. In the summer of 1893 Chicago was transformed and from May to October the city served as a place for all of America…

epic transformation day by day. Society changes quickly and people accommodate easily. The West side of Chicago is part of this and over the next twenty five years it will continue. The ways we interact with technology, people, communities, jobs or even our own family is different from several decades ago. The people of West side of Chicago will also experience change. The City of Chicago is known to be a culturally diverse though very segregated at the same time. Many neighborhoods in the…

Chicago Lit Final Essay Throughout the semester we as students have read many different pieces of literature that have helped characterize Chicago. With many opinions and various perspectives to consider Chicago is a twisted city, nobody is safe from its grasp. The city, being divided, has made it difficult to accurately depict Chicago's true nature. Some may say that the city brings nothing but wonder and amazement from the eyes of a tourist however, what lies beneath the tales of wonder is…