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Washington Park (community area), Chicago. The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic is the United States' largest African American parade. / 41.7900°N 87.6200°W / 41.7900; -87.6200. Washington Park is a community area on the South Side of Chicago which includes the 372 acre (1.5 km 2) park of the same name, [ 2] stretching east-west from ...
Merchandise Mart. / 41.8884; -87.6355. The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space. [ 1][ 2] The Art Deco structure is at the junction of the Chicago River 's ...
The National Weather Service office of Chicago has one of the longest periods of official weather records, dating back to 1870, though all the 1870 and 1871 weather records taken at 181 West Washington Street were lost in the Great Chicago Fire. Of the two major airports located in Chicago, Midway Airport began observations in 1928, and O'Hare ...
Chicago Loop. / 41.88111°N 87.62972°W / 41.88111; -87.62972. The Loop, one of Chicago 's 77 designated community areas, is the central business district of the city and is the main section of Downtown Chicago. Home to Chicago's commercial core, it is the second largest commercial business district in North America after Midtown ...
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.
Chicago. / 41.88194°N 87.62778°W / 41.88194; -87.62778. 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.
Economy of Chicago. Chicago and its suburbs is home to 35 Fortune 500 companies and is a transportation and distribution center. Manufacturing, printing, publishing, insurance, transportation, financial trading and services, and food processing also play major roles in the city's economy. The total economic output of Chicago in gross ...
Uptown is one of Chicago's 77 community areas.Uptown's boundaries are Foster Avenue to the north; Lake Michigan to the east; Montrose Avenue (Ravenswood Avenue to Clark Street), and Irving Park Road (Clark Street to Lake Michigan) to the south; Ravenswood Avenue (Foster Avenue to Montrose Avenue), and Clark Street (Montrose Avenue to Irving Park Road) to the west. [2]