2. Chicago - the city of the USA, the second financial center of the country and
the largest transport knot of North America. It is located on the southwest
coast of Lake Michigan, in the State of Illinois. This is also the Cook County.
3. The city of Chicago was founded in 1837 and it rapidly became a major
transportation and telecommunication hub in North America. It is considered
as a center of international business and commerce and is listed as the
world's top ten global financial centers.
4. Chicago is famous for its architecture,
culture, entertainment and business.
5. Willis Tower (Sears Tower) is a
108-story, 1,451-foot (442 m)
skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois.
Millennium Park is a public park located in
the Loop community area of Chicago and originally
intended to celebrate the millennium.
6. Shedd Aquarium (the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public
aquarium in Chicago that opened on May 30, 1930. The aquarium contains
over 25,000 fish, and was for some time the largest indoor aquarium in the
world with 5,000,000 US gallons of water. Shedd Aquarium was the first
inland aquarium with a permanent saltwater fish collection. The aquarium
has 2 million annual visitors. It contains 1500 species including fish, marine
mammals, birds, snakes, amphibians, and insects.
7. The Buckingham Fountain - one of the biggest
fountains in the world. It is situated in the center
the Grant park. It was opened in 1927, and since
then it has given beautiful color musical shows.
"Cloudy gate" or Bob - the huge three-
dimensional mirror by the British artist Anish
Kapoor, constructed in 2006.
8. The Chicago Outfit (or simply the Outfit), also known as
the Chicago Mafia, Chicago Mob, or Chicago Syndicate, is
an Italian American crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois.
Dating back to the 1910s, it is part of the American Mafia.
Originating in South Side Chicago, the Outfit rose to power in the
1920s under the control of Johnny Torrio and Al Capone. The period
was marked by bloody gang wars for distribution of illegal alcohol
during Prohibition. Since then, the Outfit has been involved in a wide
range of criminal activities including loansharking, gambling,
prostitution, extortion, political corruption, and murder. They were
the biggest criminal organization in the Midwestern United States.
The Outfit's control at its peak reached throughout the western and
eastern United States to places as far away as Los
Angeles, Washington, D.C., and parts of Florida.
9. When you think of Chicago, the first that comes to mind is a
severe city with the severe past: gangsters and Al Capone,
Thompson's machine guns and colts. But actually, Chicago is
absolutely different. It, perhaps, is one of the most beautiful
cities of America with improbable architecture and surprisingly
romantic mood. So if you sometime go to Chicago, you won't
regret about it.
10. When you think of Chicago, the first that comes to mind is a
severe city with the severe past: gangsters and Al Capone,
Thompson's machine guns and colts. But actually, Chicago is
absolutely different. It, perhaps, is one of the most beautiful
cities of America with improbable architecture and surprisingly
romantic mood. So if you sometime go to Chicago, you won't
regret about it.
