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The municipal device of Chicago is a symbol used officially by the city of Chicago, Illinois, as well as unofficially by various agencies and companies associated with the city. As defined by city code, it consists of a Y shape inscribed inside of a circle. [ 2 ]
Less well-known is the Chicago municipal device, a symbol that looks like the letter Y inside a circle. According to the Municipal Code of Chicago , the device is "for use by the varied unofficial interests of the city and its people".
The Y-shaped figure behind the horizontal word Chicago on the State Street marquee is the city's "municipal device," a badge which symbolizes the forked Chicago River at Wolf Point. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Abe and Barney Balaban , together with Sam and Morris Katz—founders of the Balaban and Katz theater chain, built the Chicago Theatre in 1921 as one of ...
Per the Municipal Code of Chicago, it is unlawful to use the flag, or any imitation or design thereof, except for the usual and customary purposes of decoration or display. Causing to be displayed on the flag, any letter, word, legend, or device not provided for in the Code is also prohibited.
The river is represented on the municipal flag of Chicago by two horizontal blue stripes. [7] Its three branches serve as the inspiration for the municipal device, [8] [9] [10] a three-branched, Y-shaped symbol that is found on many buildings and other structures throughout Chicago.
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View of Wolf Point from the south in the Chicago Loop (2005). The origin of the name, Wolf Point, is unknown. In her 1856 memoir Wau-Bun, Juliette Kinzie states that 'the place was then called Wolf Point, from its having been the residence of an Indian named "Moa-way," or "the Wolf."' [2] Other alternate explanations are that it was so-named after the landlord of what would later be called the ...
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