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2. Willis Tower - Wikipedia

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   The Willis Tower, originally and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110- story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest ...

3. Grant Park (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Grant Park (Chicago) Grant Park is a large urban park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Located within the city's central business district, the 319-acre (1.29 km 2) park's features include Millennium Park, Buckingham Fountain, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Museum Campus. Originally known as Lake Park, and dating from the ...

4. List of Chicago Landmarks - Wikipedia

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   Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970 as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...

5. Buckingham Fountain - Wikipedia

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   Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago Landmark in the center of Grant Park, between Queen's Landing and the end of Ida B. Wells Drive. Dedicated in 1927 and donated to the city by philanthropist Kate S. Buckingham, it is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style and inspired by the Latona Fountain at the Palace ...

6. Millennium Park - Wikipedia

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   Millennium Park is a public park located in the Loop community area of Chicago, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.The park, opened in July 2004, is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) section of northwestern Grant Park.

7. 'Power to communities': Chicago considers city-owned grocery ...

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   Chicago is exploring the idea of creating a city-owned grocery store to address food inequity after several grocery giants, including Walmart and Whole Foods, have shuttered stores in the city.

8. Chicago Loop - Wikipedia

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   The Loop is Chicago 's central business district and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas. Located at the center of downtown Chicago [ 3 ] on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest business district in North America after Midtown Manhattan. The headquarters and regional offices of several global and ...

9. Tourism in Chicago - Wikipedia

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   Visitor statistics. Chicago tourism recorded 55 million visitors in 2017. [3] In 2016, Chicago saw 54.1 million visitors; a 2.9% increase from 2015. [4] In 2015, it was estimated that 50.1 million visitors came to Chicago, which was a 4.5 percent increase from 2014. [5] From 2010 through 2014, the tourism and hospitality industries have added ...