Chicago History - Free helpful Roadmap - By: Bo Williams

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1. Chicago is one of the largest hubs of passenger rail service in the nation.

2. Chicagoans also tend to identify strongly with their neighborhood, reflecting real differences in culture and place throughout the city.

3. Chicago has the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—approximately $506 billion according to 2007 estimates.

4. When Chicago was incorporated in 1837, it chose the motto Urbs in Horto, a Latin phrase which translates into English as City in a Garden.

5. Chicago is also known as The Second City, which refers to its rebuilding after the fire, the current city is literally the second Chicago, after the one that disappeared in 1871.

6. Chicago proper also has a large concentration of graduate schools, seminaries and theological schools such as the Adler School of Professional Psychology, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, the Catholic Theological Union, Moody Bible Institute and the University of Chicago Divinity School.

BREAK IN ARTICLE -- I hope the first half of this article gave you some helpful information related to Chicago. Below are the additional facts that should assist with your research:

1. The Chicago metropolitan area is the third largest media market in North America, after New York City and Los Angeles.

2. The Taste of Chicago in Grant Park runs from the final week of June through Fourth of July weekend.

3. The Chicago Marathon has been held each year since 1977 except for in 1987, when a half marathon was run in its place.

4. The number of authentic Chicago pizzerias specializing in the thin crust version is much higher, with many being Mom and Pop style shops.

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