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Water Tower
Chicago is home to the Chicago Water Tower and Pumping Station, two of only a handful of buildings to survived the Great Chicago Fire.
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Weather
Chicago is along the southwest shore of Lake Michigan and occupies a plain, which for the most part, is only some tens of feet above the lake. Lake Michigan averages 579 feet above sea level, and the city is in a region of frequently changeable weather.
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Western Avenue
Chicago has the longest continuous street of any city in the United States.
Western Avenue runs the entire north-south length of the city, 24.5 miles.
At 92nd Street, Western Avenue passes over the highest elevation in the city: 683 feet.
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Windy City
New York Sun editor Charles Dana, tired of hearing Chicagoans boast of the world's Columbian Exposition, dubbed Chicago the "Windy City."
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Winter on the West Side
In 1674, Father Marquette spent the winter camped at what is now the intersection of Damen Ave. and the river's South Branch. Frustrated that he couldn't convince the French government of its strategic importance, he left in the spring and never returned to the area.
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Woodfield Mall
The Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg opened in 1971. It was named after Robert E. WOOD, of Sears/Roebuck, and Marshall FIELD.
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World Cup Soccer
In 1994 Chicago held the opening ceremonies and the first game of the first World Cup Soccer championship in the United States.
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World's Columbian Exposition
In 1893 Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition attracted 27 million visitors, almost 1/2 of US total population at that time. More than $5 million in funds was used to construct the Jackson Park lakefront site.
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